In Spite of Law, Maryland Officials Still Arresting, Charging People for Recording Cops
[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, “Do me a favor and turn that off. It’s illegal to record anybody’s voice or anything else in the state of Maryland.”
That simply isn’t true, and it’s 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’s wiretapping law is ambiguous about recording on-duty police officers. It really isn’t. They’ve just chosen to interpret it that way, logic and common sense be damned.
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’s law does include a privacy provision. That is, if the non-consenting party does <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/2010/05/29/in-spite-of-state-law-maryland-law-enforcement-officials-still-arresting-charging-people-for-recording-cops/">http://www.theagitator.com/2010/05/29/in-spite-of-state-law-maryland-law-enforcement-officials-still-arresting-charging-people-for-recording-cops/</a>;
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