Originally Posted by
jplus
After reading several posts in this forum about law enforcement officers attending to airport security checkpoint calls, usually when a passenger asks to see a supervisor or to file a complaint, I have the uncomfortable impression that LEOs are sometimes used as a tool to intimidate.
After seeing so many stories of intimidation, I am often struck by people accusing fellow FTers as telling the story "one sided." Another common response by authorities after the fact is to say the the person was disgruntled or making a scene (like MKEbound and the Kip Hawley bag).
So... here's my question: can you record all this as it goes down?
My phone can record some high-quality video. 320x240 @30fps. I have plenty of space too: 8GB micro-SD card. The battery would probably die before the card filled up.
Of course, I'm not an idiot. I'm sure if I started videotaping a TSA employee the minute they started questioning me, they would flip out, claim I cannot do it, try to take my phone away. I'm sure a LEO would have the same reaction. So while a reasonable person would expect this as their
de facto response, that doesn't mean it is the correct or legal response.
So,
with regard to TSA:
-Can you videotape them?
-Can you just record audio?
-Can they legally ask/make you stop?
-If the above is "yes," can they then confiscate the recording?
With regard to LEO at a TSA checkpoint:
-Can you videotape them?
-Can you just record audio?
-Can they legally ask/make you stop?
-If the above is "yes," can they then confiscate the recording?