GV> THINK about it...so the cop wants to be able to turn on and off
GV> the recorder that he is going to use right?  So suppose you're the
GV> cop, going to meet some ratbag.  You gonna record dead air while
GV> the guy isn't even there?  Of course not!  But the bonehead who
GV> made this assumption, didn't bother to use his brain and THINK
GV> about it before he opened his yap.
The "bonehead" did consider things like that, Glenn; and is well 
familiar with the scenario.  Obviously, if you are on the way to
a meet or in a no danger situation, there's no need to record.  My
point was that if your security requires your radio transmitter to be
"ON", then a defense attorney is going to argue that the recorder 
should have been "ON" at the same time and especially at all times when
the subject of the recording was present or talking.
DB>Actually, to keep EVERYBODY honest, a "loop playback" of about an hour
  >wouldn't be too difficult. It works something like a flight recorder
  >does... records for an hour then rewrites from the beginning. That
  >way you've got your video covering the last hour of duty.
Except that, IMHO, you might not want to lose any of the information
from the beginning.
CHARLES HUNTER
 * 1st 2.00 #9124 * A good name is more desireable than great riches...
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