At ChesCo DA Joe Carroll’s meetings at Coatesville Savings Bank Joe told us to use video recorders W/infrared to record drug deals/shootings/shooters with no audio. PA is a 2 consent state. Getting recordings to detectives w/o dealers knowing is difficult

If anyone goes to the Chester County Courthouse from Coatesville drug dealers here can know it before they get back home. 

Some people here learned I could go around Chester County directly to the DOJ. When Jeff Sessions took over my link went dark but there’s always retired people to call on. 

Of course recording anyone at a public meeting is legal. I have a ton of potentially self-incriminating recordings that can be downloaded from the Box.com connected to Coatesville Dems Blog. At least one document or audio recording is downloaded from my Box.com every day. 

Most states, as well as the District of Columbia, allow surreptitious recording of conversations—on the phone or in person—as long as one person involved gives permission, even if that person is you. Because the two men conducting the NPR sting were aware of their own recording, which took place in Washington, D.C., it was legal. (If no parties know about it, that’s wiretapping, which requires a warrant.) What’s surprising is how many states, in this age of Flip cams and camera phones and surveillance cameras and helmet cams,have “two-party consent” laws. In 12 states—California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Washington—all parties involved need to consent before one of them can record the conversation.

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Why do 12 states still make it illegal to tape people without their knowledge?

Christopher Beam March 10, 20113:36 PM