Was curious what kind of gear people are using to record interactions with police to protect their rights.

 

I had a nice voice recorder that I ran over (LOL) and I recently bought an RCA that is - well, OK would be putting it nicely.

 

Many of my friends use their cells with offsite recording but I am not much of a cell guy. One of the guys I know that has Dash/car cam actually recorded a cop admitting he was going to lie about the ticket, knowing he was being recorded, and the cop showed up in court and told the lie before the guy showed the video to the judge.

 

Crazy world.

 

So, what's the latest and greatest? I'm assuming more and more people are running cells now. But I am curious how many people are running video on their person or in their cars.

I'm getting a little worried.

 

Is it possible that not a single person in our community is using electronic devices to prevent/counter violations of our civil rights?

i bought a rather nice dashcam from jim at warp7. so far, i really like it. does video and audio. it records to an sd card.

I've bought a lot off equipment from supercircuits.com   I've actually bought some covert mobile video equipment from them but did not use it in vehicles - With a 12 V power supply, the vehicle stuff is usually stand alone, full featured, and very compact and a good choice for portable covert video.    My experience has been that the lower end stuff (under $300) is all junk and won't work when you need it.  The higher end stuff does not include the hard drive - these are extra.  A decent mobile DVR is probably going to cost $600+.  Add a covert camera and you're around $800 in equipment.

 

Probably why cell phones are the way to go.

 

It's also been my experience that covert video never gets what you want.  In dozens of well planned scenarios, only a hand full resulted in anything decent.  The action always happens off camera, the action happened 1 hour before the camera was installed or 1 hour after you gave up and removed it, the action moved to the room next door, somebody who isn't involved finds your equipment, a power outage takes out the camera, the action happens exactly where and when you expected and everything would be on tape if the spider hadn't parked himself over the warm camera lens.   something always goes wrong.

go pro.... 200 bucks and can use a 32gig sd card, will record 8 hours on 720p with 30fps

Comes with a mount and case, although u dont need to use the case if you mount it in the car,  on button one touch recording, can be hard wired to your cars 12v. You can disconnect it from the dash in seconds and continue to use it and record.

 

When you run out of space you can just insert a new sd card, take the other out and erase it via computer.

Personally, I don't have plans to record police interactions. Then again, I don't have police interactions that aren't in my best interest.

 

I've made a career out of utilizing covert CCTV systems and have a lot of experience both installing and troubleshooting. Most times a pinhole camera can cost about $20 for a cheaper model. They aren't the best for covering long distances where the best resolution is needed but they would be more than sufficient for a dash cam type setup. Also, portable DVRs that I've used have been pretty effective in any application and some are battery operated and will activate with motion. Why not use an iPod? I believe even the small Nanos have a camera and the battery will last a long time but you can pick up a car charger anyway. Any the storage is decent too

The App Place :: ACLU of New Jersey

 

I have this on my phone. I haven't used it yet. And, call me naively optimistic, I don't think I'll need to. 

Most* interactions w/ police go how YOU decide they're going to go. Don't do stupid things, and you'll avoid even having to talk to a cop.
If you are stopped, act like a normal person and you'll avoid a lot probing questions. 

 

*there are exceptions where no matter what you're getting f*cked with. Which is why I both have the app and a good criminal attorney from each area I frequent on speed dial.

I've been running this exact car DVR on my front windshield for about 6 months:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181120661244 ( I didn't buy it from this seller).

 

Records to SD card, records about 20 minutes then starts a new file.  Has an internal battery, tt starts itself up and shuts itself down gracefully just based on 12V going hot or off.  If something ever happens that you need saved just yank the 12V power plug so that it shuts down and writes the file.  Picks up in-car audio ok as long as you don't have the stereo blasting or windows wide open at highway speed.  Video quality is ... eh - decent enough to discern what car is doing what, but you're not going to be able to read most license plates from the video.

 

For ~$30 I'm happy with it. 

Wished I had a camera to record what I saw while driving, glad I didnt have proof of my speed even more times.

I was thinking about a dashcam, but for different reasons. There are a lot of stupid people out there that nearly cause accidents on a regular basis. Sooner or later another person will misjudge how much room there is and I'm not going to be able to stop in time. I'd need one that catches traffic lights as well in case I get t-boned.

I think they are....

I was looking into these for my Bike, i hear a lot of stories about people going down and not remembering what happened. Would be nice to know if some jerk off ran me off the road or if it was my fault.

I have been using the Drift HD on my bike with a handlebar mount.

 

http://store.driftinnovation.com/cameras

 

I am considering putting it on my suction cup-arm-with-gummy-cell-phone-holder rig.

 

Probably not to concealed for police stops but good for general road crap.

 

 

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