*** Quoting Charles Hunter to Glenn Vermette ***
CH> My sentiment exactly, Glenn.  My reference was to my freind's
CH> exposure
CH> in court if a defense attorney ever found out that his recorder
CH> was
CH> rigged to be turned off at will..........period.
It's not a big secret, nor would it be.  The fashion in which the unit was 
used would almost certainly come out in court, something that the police 
officer would know and expect, so it's not a problem.  The police don't 
"hide" things from the defense....
CH> And who do you think doesn't know what they are talking about,
CH> Glenn?
Whoever made the original post about thinking it was wrong that the recorder 
could be turned on/off...that's who...
CH> The point is you could have your case go down the tubes if a jury
CH> took
CH> the wrong inferences from the failure to record an entire
CH> conversation.
"If"...."If" is one of those big small words.  "What if?".  What if your 
auntie had balls?  She'd be your uncle!!
Anything can happen in a trial.  It's not up to some citizen who does some 
wiring work for the cops to make that decision, as he probably has no idea 
what they are even thinking about.  The prosecution could just as easly 
describe the recorder unit and fully justify the need to turn it on/off.  If 
you were a juror would you like to sit through listening to 8 hours of 
traffic going by or the wind blowing, or dishes being cleaned?  Of course 
not...THINK a bit!!!  If you were an electrician, and I came to a job site 
and told you that I personally thought you should install another breaker 
unit just because the one you were using looked too small in my eyes and I 
felt that it might cause a fire, you'd tell me to jump in a lake, that it's 
fine and I didn't know what I was talking about.  Conversley, the armchair 
cops and lawyers should do the same thing as they don't know what they are 
talking about, nor is it any of their concern in the first place.
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