Can police record a conversation?

fr_chuck

Ok, you have to be given a miranda rights if you are questioned. Not if you are freely talking in a public place.

In some states the converstations of people in the back of a police car has been allowed, since it is in a police car and no privacy should have been expected. ( most officers wears a mike when they do a traffic stop, and have a camera on, so everything you say when stoped is recorded also.

but as a general rule, police never put two people together in the back of one police car, they will put people in seperate cars. ( this is standard procedure) so if they put two of you in one car, and they already had it wired, one of two things, one they were trying to get you to talk, or one of the people in the back is in on it and is trying to get you to talk.

Matt

Most cars have a video recording system with an in car microphone, and yes it can be used in court. The police don't have to advise you of your rights until they ask you incriminating questions. Anything you spout off prior to that is a spontaneous utterance and is fair game in a court of law.

Leogirl0804

I believe there is a microphone . This is not only for their safety it can be for yours too.

April C

If you're in a poliece car you should definetly keep your mouth shut. Even if there weren't a microphone in the car (in most places there are) if a poliece officer hears you say something incriminating it's also considered a spontaneous utterance and can be used against you.

nothing

Way at the bottom of this long list of answers I will try to simplify a response to your question: Yes, they can record a conversation in the back of a police car, because there is no expectation of privacy in that location. And Miranda does not apply, since no questions are being asked. It is just recording whatever is said, and what is said might also lend towards innocense. Thats the basics of it all.

Dana H

it depends on the officer/deputy and their department policy and procedures. Some patrol cars have them built in and they do not need to tell you that what is being said in the car (same thing goes in undercover drug busts, a officer can record a conversation and as long as at least one person knows the call is recorded it is LEGAL to do so)
A deputy I worked with always recorded when bad guys were in the back, he put a note taped to the window,between him and the bad guy, in a visible spot to the person in the back so that they could see that the conversation is being recorded but I don't remember him verbally telling them. He can have the recording going without mirandizing you because of the note in the window, telling you that you are being recorded and it holds up in court because of that.
Really a police officer doesn't need to tell you cause they know that they are recording and that is all that matters....

I think law enforcement officers should be able to do that for their safety.

idontkno

yes they can and they do

diaryofamadblackman

If you have been officially arrested they tell you that anything that you say can be used against you. Police cars are equipped with audio as well as video.

megpavlikova

If you have been Mirandized and waive your right to silence by speaking freely to someone else in the car, then you have to assume that, "anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law". Many police cars are equipped with a recording device which monitors the "danger zone" in front of the police car when an officer makes a traffic stop, and these often include a sound component, but normally the entire apparatus is plainly affixed to the dashboard.

Bensonwannabee

They could put one back there if they wanted to but they probably couldn't use it in court.

Catspaw

Depends on whether you've been mirandized. If you have, then keep your mouth shut.

hisChamp

A married couple I know that were put together in one squad car for domestic abuse (one purpose, the always separate people) totally incriminated themselves beyond the domestic violence charge by discussing where they hid their stash with a hidden microphone. There is no reason for a person to say one word while in a police car. You identify yourself, tell them your date of birth, address, etc. but if you're handcuffed in the squad car you should think to yourself that you're being fully scrutinized all the time.

lancelot800

they may have a microphone in the back of the car because they say that "anything you say can and will be used against in a court of law" and if they don't read you your miranda rights until you get to the station all recorded conversations up to that point are inadmissable in a court.

mrklcoac2002

yes and in MOST cases that happens but consult an attorney

Roger Vadim

they can do anything they want, but can not use it...they just wanna scare ya..they even allowed to lie...and get away with it!

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