http://forums.radioreference.com/wor...ml#post1606755

On 9/6/2011 1:52 PM, zerg90 wrote:
http://forums.radioreference.com/wor...ml#post1606755
In most cases any audio recorded with a video utilizes the microphone
built into the camera or another microphone under the control of the
camera operator or his associates. The sound is already available to
eavesdropping by the unaided human ear. Like a phone tap, a scanner uses
a microphone owned or controlled by the organization/person operating
the wireless transmitter. In most circumstances other people wouldn't be
able to overhear the speech of dispatchers or mobile emergency personnel
without the aid of agency owned electronic equipment.

The issue will gradually become moot anyway as agencies transition to
the use of cell phones, in car computer terminals and other encrypted radios

Caution MUST be used wording laws/regulations concerning monitoring and
recording people indoors. People and invited guests/customers deserve
privacy in areas where they can be expected to bathe, change clothes or
use toilets/urinals. Privacy regulations shouldn't protect persons in
the act of abusing people or pets in their care or in the process of
committing burglary or other access not authorized by those legally
occupying the premises (including landlords who don't provide adequate
prior notice).