[B’ Spokes: Since many have helmet cams, I thought I would pass this bit along:]
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\n Now we have another video of an arrest during the Preakness Stakes in which a Baltimore police officer can be heard telling the camera-holder, \u201cDo me a favor and turn that off. It\u2019s illegal to record anybody\u2019s voice or anything else in the state of Maryland.\u201d<\/p>\n
That simply isn\u2019t true, and it\u2019s outrageous that Maryland law enforcement keeps perpetuating this myth. Perhaps that officer was merely misinformed. But Maryland police spokesmen and prosecutors are giving the impression that the state\u2019s wiretapping law is ambiguous about recording on-duty police officers. It really isn\u2019t. They\u2019ve just chosen to interpret it that way, logic and common sense be damned.<\/p>\n
Maryland is an all-parties-consent state, which means you have to get permission from all parties to a conversation before you can record it. But unlike Illinois and Massachusetts, Maryland\u2019s law does include a privacy provision. That is, if the non-consenting party does [B’ Spokes: Since many have helmet cams, I thought I would pass this bit along:] … Now we have another video of an arrest during the Preakness Stakes in which a Baltimore police officer can be heard telling the camera-holder, \u201cDo me a favor and turn that off. It\u2019s illegal to record anybody\u2019s voice or … <\/p>\n
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