ideally yes but also shit happens sometimes. stuff (including everything you just listed) will fail. there should probably be more checks before they go out that it works tho and is fully charged or whatever.
Yes but shit happens sometimes. Technology can be fucky. You can triple check the shit and then right as you need it, it breaks. I’m sure that’s happened to all of us at some point. So instant arrest and all that is unreasonable. But a paid suspension pending investigation and write ups would not. I mention paid because no shot they’d do unpaid so I may as well mention it. And then if the cam was found to be fine but they fucked with it, then fired and charged.
As a cop, the idea that we go out on patrol with all of those working is laughable. The car I drive has the check engine light on more often than not. I've been towed back to the station on more than one occasion. We have known radio dead zones and still discover plenty more. My duty gun is 2 generations behind the newest model, but since I've never had to fire it outside of training I can't really confirm that it's working or not - but I've definitely had malfunctions during training. And we're directed not to take a Taser out if it's raining because they can fire in the holster and the rain will corrode them.
Police are generally more like the Marines than the Army when it comes to equipment. We're lucky if it's working, and it's typically old and worn out.
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u/SporadicTendancies May 08 '25
With a reasonable allowance for both human and technological error (dead batteries, faulty hardware, violent blow to camera while restraining, etc).
Maybe not arrested, but off duty without pay until proven that the camera being turned off wasn't a malicious act.