I got to thinking after talking to a park ranger at Kanasket park about all the fines these days and came up with this: 10 years ago we would go up there and swim and have a beer or two and jump off of the cliffs and rocks there. This is what would happen to you if you tried that today--- Let's say I wanted to go to Kanasket Palmer and have a beer and swim. I leave the house with my car and one beer with a sandwitch in my cooler. I have no idea about anything because I am uniformed and I used to swim there all the time when I was younger. So, I park my car in the park, walk to the water with my cooler swim out to a big rock jump off the rock, then swim back to my cooler and have a beer. Here is what will happen: First I get a ticket for no Discover Pass $99, then I get a ticket for  no life jacket $86, then I get a ticket for jumping off the rocks, Reckless Endangerment $5,000 and or a year in jail, then I get a ticket for consumption of Alcohol or open container $27- $500 fine, then I get a ticket for being a dumb ass....

Edited by dave - 11 Jul 2012 at 8:50am

" you do not have a right to encounter me... you do not have a right to verbally do this"???

The guy who posted the video is right. He has every right to record the contact. Everything the officer does on duty is public domain, and is subject to being recorded without his consent as long as the person shooting the video has a right to be where they are when they shot the footage and they do not obstruct the officer's ability to conduct the investigation (yes, even a traffic stop is an investigation).

For some reason a lot of cops choose to ignore this little slice of reality and end up doing things that will get them in trouble to stop some one from filming them out of fear that they might get caught on tape doing something that might get them in trouble.

They miss out on a lot of fun. In my experience about 90% of the people who film cops are doing it to get a rise out of them or to freak them out. They always look so crushed when I don't act any differently that it is usually the highlight of my day!

Kyle