Police wiretapping police apparently ok with wiretapping laws

[Dan]

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1185314

Those and other conclusions are revealed in a three-page report by County Attorney Jim Reams, who wrote that state wiretapping law — punishable with jail time and $100-a-day fines — was not broken because the police employees who installed the bug and listened to the conversations thought "the recording system was lawful and would serve the public good by (ensuring) that the interactions of employees with the public were professional."

Read what Jim Reams said as quoted by the author of the article.  So... it's ok to record officers if the intention is to document employee / public relations.

Huh.

This is ripe for comments on boston herald's website. 

[Dan]

Much more to read here:
  http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090716-NEWS-907160414

[KBCraig]

Thanks, Dan. Good stuff!