Introduction You see flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror, or you walk up on a tense police encounter happening on a public sidewalk. Your natural instinct is to pull out your smartphone, open the camera app, and hit record. As you hold up your phone, the officer turns to you, looks directly into the…
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Introduction You get pulled over. The officer walks up to your window. Before saying a word, you reach for your phone and begin recording. Can you do that? Can the officer order you to stop? Can police take your phone? These are questions I get all the time, and the answers are important. The Short…
Continue reading ›Introduction You see a police encounter happening. Maybe it involves you.Maybe it involves someone else. You pull out your phone and start recording. Can police stop you? Can you legally record officers in Tennessee? This issue comes up constantly — especially in the age of bodycams, livestreams, and viral videos. The Short Answer Yes —…
Continue reading ›Can I legally record a police encounter? I get the question alot, and believe it or not in some jurisdictions my answer used to be different. But now, generally speaking, it is legal to record a police encounter in every state in the United States, unless it would interfere with an investigation (hard to prove)…
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