Mike Brown Law. Requires all state, county, and local police to wear a camera.

[JDPriestly]

14. This is a great idea.

It would actually help police in situations in which, as with Brown, they may be dealing with a suspect who is stronger than they are or who is armed or who tries to get rid of evidence upon seeing the police.

I had a neighbor who rented part of a house next door. She created constant problems. The police came to talk to her and arrest her but she struggled. I watched her lash out verbally and physically at the police. It was quite a scene. The police handled it very well, but they were clearly worried about being sued because the woman had a very angry personality and obviously knew precisely what she was doing and how to push the officers into having to be physically aggressive in order to arrest her.

The officers knew that I had watched and asked me to make a statement. I told them I would be happy to do so.

A camera would have been very useful in that situation. It probably would have caused the woman to be more cooperative in the first place. She knew exactly how to make things as difficult for the officers as possible. In fact, had she been capable of remaining clam, she probably would not have been arrested. She probably would simply have had to turn down the noise.

There are a lot of crazy people out there. And, no. I did not report the noise. I don't know who did. Life is full of strange characters. Most of them are harmless. And a lot of arrests would be unnecessary if suspects knew there was no way to avoid being filmed in their contacts with the police.

Normally, I favor individual privacy, but contact with the police is not a private moment.