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Police arguments against recording interrogations allow fear to impede self-interest

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Some law enforcement interests, to me, inexplicably, have come out against legislation carried by Rep. Pete Gallego and Sen. Rodney Ellis requiring police to record interrogations in serious violent crimes. The DAs are split - some want interrogations recorded because for them it's more and better evidence - but police unions and a handful of law-enforcement agencies have been adamant against the legislation.The complaints are familiar: Police think the purpose of the video is to play "gotcha," to try to accuse officers of misconduct, that the public is too unsophisticated to understand the techniques used in interrogation (such as lying to suspects or attempting to intimidate them), and secondarily, that the expense and practical requirements of recording would be too onerous...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 04, 2011 (boomark / email).

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