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Shooter
- Nov 19, 2008
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I would love to have a dash cam.
If you bought your own dash cam, would the video be admissible in court?
I would love to have a dash cam.
If you bought your own dash cam, would the video be admissible in court?
I had a fine citizen accuse me last week, in open court, of pointing my gun in his face and saying "you are in big trouble now, boy". I would love to have dash cam video of the stop clearly showing that no such thing happened. Fortunately the judge saw through his extra-chunky bull****....
Yes it would, but I would be in violation of General Orders.
No. He cannot install it nor utilize it. Only ones that have them are the traffic safety partnership guys and I think those went away after the merger.
Yes to the bolded and highlighted portion. If the person fleeing poses a danger to the public.
From IMPD General orders:
It is the policy of this department to resort to the use of a firearm when it reasonably appears necessary in the performance of an officer’s lawful duty. An officer is approved to use a department authorized firearm in the following circumstances.
A. An officer may use deadly force when he or she has probable cause to believe that deadly force is necessary to prevent the commission of a forcible felony or reasonably believes that that force is necessary to prevent serious bodily injury to the officer or a third person (refer to Indiana Code (IC) 35-41-3-2 and IC 35-41-3-3).
B. An officer may use deadly force to affect an arrest of a person who the officer has probable cause to believe poses a threat of serious bodily injury to the officer or a third person (refer to IC 35-41-3-2 and IC 35-41-3-3).
C. An officer may use deadly force if the officer has probable cause to believe that deadly force is necessary to prevent the escape from custody of a person who the officer has probable cause to believe poses a threat of serious bodily injury to the officer or third person, and has given a warning, if feasible, to the person against whom the deadly force is to be used (refer to IC 35-1-3-2 and IC 35-41-3-3).
Nope, we are prohibited from using personally owned video recording equipment.So you aren't allowed to have a dashcam?
There are a few guys around that still have department-issued dash cams, but I don't know what their orders are as far as what to do with the recordings or even if they have to be working.No. He cannot install it nor utilize it. Only ones that have them are the traffic safety partnership guys and I think those went away after the merger.
I don't think it went away for any reason other than there were few of them and it was just deemed unimportant at the time.To protect the LEOs or the citizenry?
Only PIT trained officers can perform the maneuver. A small percentage of officers are PIT trained.
Curious as to why didn't they install a push bar on the front of the vehicle to protect it from major damage? However, it looks like you kept it to a minimum!
Only PIT trained officers can perform the maneuver. A small percentage of officers are PIT trained.
Frank_N_Stein,
How do you get to be the "PIT car"? From listening to past chases over the radio, sometimes the lead cars are asked to back off so the "PIT car" can get up there. Does that mean not any officer can PIT or what?
What would happen if the lead car, not PIT trained, spun out the fleeing vehicle? Have there been any instances, that you know of, where that's happened? Any idea of the repercussions?
Curious as to why didn't they install a push bar on the front of the vehicle to protect it from major damage? However, it looks like you kept it to a minimum!
a push bar wont protect the corners. (they typically dont extend beyond the grill area)