G.O 119- Recording of Police Activity Flashcards
The Little Rock Police Department recognizes that citizens, including media representatives, have a ———- right, and that ————rights protect the ability of the public, to record officers in public places.
A. Constitutional and Stautory
B. Statutory and Constitutional
C. Custodial and Statutory
Statutory and Constitutional
Officers of the Little Rock Police Department may not prevent, prohibit or discourage any person’s ability to observe, photograph, or make an audio or video recording (with or without a simultaneous audio recording) of police activity that occurs in a public right of way, including but not limited to parks, streets or sidewalks, so long as the person’s location, actions or behavior do not create a legitimate, articulable threat to the safety of the officer or to any person or an unlawful hindrance to successful resolution of the police activity.
True
It is the policy of the Little Rock Police Department that bystanders not involved in an incident may be allowed to remain in proximity of any stop, detention or arrest, or any other incident occurring in public so long as their presence is lawful and their activities, including verbal comments, do not obstruct, hinder, delay, or threaten the safety of another, or the integrity of a crime scene or compromise the outcome of legitimate police actions and/or rescue efforts.
True
Officers may not prevent or prohibit any person’s ability to peaceably observe, photograph or otherwise record police officers, police activity that occurs in public, or individuals who are the subject of police action (such as an Investigative Stop or an arrest) (collectively “police activity”), when the person recording otherwise has the right to be there, does not interfere with the safety of the officer or any person in the immediate area, and does not obstruct, hinder, delay or threaten the safety of another or compromise the outcome or integrity of legitimate police actions and/or rescue efforts.
True
Public spaces where individuals may record police activity include parks, sidewalks, streets, open public property, and locations of public protest.
True
An Officer may instruct an individual to cease recording if the suspect does not wish to be recorded.
False
An officer may instruct a suspect to stop recording his own interaction with officers during a traffic stop.
False
Citizens, regardless of their intent to video and/or audio record any police activity, may not enter any established marked and protected crime scene or a restricted area that would normally be unavailable to the general public. The ______________ or the __________ in charge of the scene will determine who enters or leaves a secure scene.
Field Services Supervisor
Detective
Although contact with individuals to obtain evidence is encouraged, officers may detain citizens or seize their recorded media when that media contains video, still images, or sounds associated with a crime.
False-Officers will not
If the person declines to voluntarily provide the camera or recording device, or to electronically transmit the sound and/or images where possible and practicable, and there is probable cause to believe that the evidence is in immediate jeopardy of being tampered with, altered, deleted, or destroyed, the officer will contact ___________ and request to temporarily seize the device for safekeeping/preservation of the evidence while the appropriate affidavit is prepared and a search and seizure warrant(s) obtained.
Their immediate supervisor
Only law enforcement personnel properly trained in the retrieval of electronic data may attempt to access material contained on the device.
True
If a Little Rock Police Officer reasonably believes that it is necessary to effect the arrest of a bystander who is or has been observing, photographing or audio/video recording police activity, the officer shall notify his/her ———-prior to the arrest and seizure if possible.
Immediate Supervisor
Ensure that any camera or video recording device that has been used to photograph and/or video record police activity was obtained or seized in accordance to which of the following circumstances.
Through the voluntary consent of the individual in possession of the item
Through the execution of a search and seizure warrant
Through some valid exceptions to the warrant requirement
All of the above
Through the voluntary consent of the individual in possession of the item
Through the execution of a search and seizure warrant
Through some valid exceptions to the warrant requirement
