IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO KNOWINGLY MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING
7 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY"
31 MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
32 1. QUESTIONING A SUSPICIOUS PERSON.
33 2. CONDUCTING AN ARREST, ISSUING A SUMMONS OR ENFORCING THE LAW.
34 3. HANDLING AN EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED OR DISORDERLY PERSON WHO IS
35 EXHIBITING ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR.
Edit:
If you're the subject of police action, the 8 ft rule doesn't apply.
A PERSON WHO IS
22 THE SUBJECT OF POLICE CONTACT MAY RECORD THE ENCOUNTER IF THE PERSON IS
23 NOT INTERFERING WITH LAWFUL POLICE ACTIONS,
That's pretty all encompassing. Gives any cop at scene of incident any number of things to claim at the time or retroactively as reason you're in violation and to move 8ft back from them, not just 8ft from incident.
Laws like this are horrible not because of the intent of spirit (which is to protect LEO and suspects from whacko's) but because they are written vaguely and poorly. Then abused by police / DA to suppress, oppress, threaten and selectively prosecute those standing up to their abuse.
If the police officer is questioning you as a suspicious person, "NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION, A PERSON WHO IS
22 THE SUBJECT OF POLICE CONTACT MAY RECORD THE ENCOUNTER IF THE PERSON IS
23 NOT INTERFERING WITH LAWFUL POLICE ACTIONS,..."
IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO KNOWINGLY MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING 7 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY" 31 MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: 32 1. QUESTIONING A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. 33 2. CONDUCTING AN ARREST, ISSUING A SUMMONS OR ENFORCING THE LAW. 34 3. HANDLING AN EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED OR DISORDERLY PERSON WHO IS 35 EXHIBITING ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR.
Edit: If you're the subject of police action, the 8 ft rule doesn't apply.
A PERSON WHO IS 22 THE SUBJECT OF POLICE CONTACT MAY RECORD THE ENCOUNTER IF THE PERSON IS 23 NOT INTERFERING WITH LAWFUL POLICE ACTIONS,