bluemew88888
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hello,
i have a legal question and google is of no help. im a WV resident traveling to virginia for the first time. i open carry. my question is however so as to protect myself from police misconduct can i legally video and audio record my encounter with the VA LEOs even if they dont consent. as i understand the law. video without audio would be perfectly legal and with audio the law in VA seems to be the same as in WV to record someone audio wise you must be in a conversation with the person your recording now according to what i can tell of the VA codes there is no law against recording LEOs. can you please contact me back and let me know if my understanding of the law is correct and again my understanding would be that you could video and audio record a situation where a cop is talking directly to you. also virginia has that whole reasonable privacy law as well which you would think a cop has no privacy since hes a public official and anything you say to him can and will be used in court (making your convo public) against you. thank you for your time i hope to hear from you soon.:banghead::uhoh:
i have a legal question and google is of no help. im a WV resident traveling to virginia for the first time. i open carry. my question is however so as to protect myself from police misconduct can i legally video and audio record my encounter with the VA LEOs even if they dont consent. as i understand the law. video without audio would be perfectly legal and with audio the law in VA seems to be the same as in WV to record someone audio wise you must be in a conversation with the person your recording now according to what i can tell of the VA codes there is no law against recording LEOs. can you please contact me back and let me know if my understanding of the law is correct and again my understanding would be that you could video and audio record a situation where a cop is talking directly to you. also virginia has that whole reasonable privacy law as well which you would think a cop has no privacy since hes a public official and anything you say to him can and will be used in court (making your convo public) against you. thank you for your time i hope to hear from you soon.:banghead::uhoh: