The reality is that policing today is watched and recorded all over. We call it the age of YouTubing. If you step outside of your station, you can safely assume you are being recorded, either by the cameras on the side of the station or by any citizen out there.
In a society that now values the 15 minutes of fame or the most likes to a video, rather than the truth, nearly anything posted by other than an agency is suspect. I tell my rooks on FTO that they have to assume anything and every interaction is recorded. Act professional and you won't have the issue.
And that is where policing is today. Perception = reality. Therefore, what someone perceives to be real, regardless of the truth, is real. Those 100K views on Facebook is more important than a civil and safe society.
In a society that now values the 15 minutes of fame or the most likes to a video, rather than the truth, nearly anything posted by other than an agency is suspect. I tell my rooks on FTO that they have to assume anything and every interaction is recorded. Act professional and you won't have the issue.
And that is where policing is today. Perception = reality. Therefore, what someone perceives to be real, regardless of the truth, is real. Those 100K views on Facebook is more important than a civil and safe society.