Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Technology Is a Double-Edged Sword / officer.com, 9 June 2008
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Technology/Technology-Is-a-Double-Edged-Sword/20$41738
Steve Ashley
"I have been following an email exchange on one of the many police listservs that I monitor. Officers are discussing whether or not it's right, or even fair, that their personal conversations are recorded while they are riding around on patrol, and are then sometimes used against them in disciplinary proceedings. The commentary from some officers that are apparently attorneys is that there really is no expectation of privacy, even when riding around in a closed-up vehicle...."