Law Brief®: Rich Schoenstein and Joshua Ritter Discuss Cameras in the Courts
A Moment of Simple Justice - Cameras on Cops
In United States v. Moore-Bush, the First Circuit recently held that the government does not need a warrant to place a pole camera outside of a defendant’s home. The court considered whether the placement of that camera...more
Courts today are faced with applying traditional Fourth Amendment search and seizure doctrines to twenty-first century digital technology. In one such case, the Massachusetts Appellate Court upheld a lower court’s holding in...more
While there are many considerations for police departments interested in using body-worn cameras in the field, including policy issues and deployment procedures, there are some legal — and somewhat controversial — hurdles...more