09-18-2013, 09:35 AM
We found out last December that most of the police cars (marked or unmarked) in this county DO NOT have any recording devices. 2 of Puna's finest were following a suspect right into our parked car around midnight...neither had any recording devices....or idea of the description/lic # of the vehicle they were following... our 'silver chariot' sustained enough damages to have totaled it if we filed a claim...and with no vehicle info, no way to pursue the culprit...if insured.... (OK, she is old - but still had no scratches prior to this)
As I reported here then, Puna's finest asked me if I got the vehicle info, after I explained that I was in my house asleep when the car hit our fence, gate & car....
Even more fun is the fact we now have HD video of that area... boy, were the officers surprised when next contacted for kids messing with a neighbors house.... we had very clear video pictures of the kids & the officers vehicles recorded, with the times they were in our neighborhood... interesting fact is that was the last time we have had kids messing around on our street...
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But to bring it back to the question, WHY did the county require a much higher standard for the marked officers vehicles than most department require, but allow the officers to use much lower standards on the unmarked vehicles than most departments allow...
I would think that if they really felt the higher standards for the vehicles were necessary for the county force, than they should require it for the officer owned vehicles...
As I reported here then, Puna's finest asked me if I got the vehicle info, after I explained that I was in my house asleep when the car hit our fence, gate & car....
Even more fun is the fact we now have HD video of that area... boy, were the officers surprised when next contacted for kids messing with a neighbors house.... we had very clear video pictures of the kids & the officers vehicles recorded, with the times they were in our neighborhood... interesting fact is that was the last time we have had kids messing around on our street...
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But to bring it back to the question, WHY did the county require a much higher standard for the marked officers vehicles than most department require, but allow the officers to use much lower standards on the unmarked vehicles than most departments allow...
I would think that if they really felt the higher standards for the vehicles were necessary for the county force, than they should require it for the officer owned vehicles...