Det. Rod Tuason Advocates Shooting Law-Abiding Individuals

In early Feb. it came to light that East Palo Alto Police Department Detective Rod Tuason commented online about someone legally open carrying:

"Shouldve pulled the AR out and prone them all out! And if one of them makes a furtive movement 2 weeks off!!!"

More here: http://peteeyre.com/tuason

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• john taylor
• police accountability
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• rod tuason
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[akkrauta]

Is it legal to record a conversation without a party's knowledge? I'm just sayin'... We don't want to look like the bad guys.

[PeteEyre]

I hear you akkrauta but the way I look at it - there's a difference between natural law (living morally, not infringing on the equal rights of others, etc.) and man-made legislation. Sure, bills may be passed that outlaw recording such convos or from filming law enforcement entirely (as has been done in England and is being talked about elsewhere) but that doesn't mean such edicts are just and should therefore be followed. I won't let tyrants usurp my rights.

[chemicalsweet13]

@akkrauta All calls made to or from the police dept. are recorded and maintained for up to one year so one can argue that in this case the officer on the other end of the line did indeed know that the conversation was being recorded. Since CA is a "two party" state, meaning that both parties must be informed that a call is being monitored or recorded (except where law enforcement statutes exempt) if the other end was a private party then they would have to be informed.

[belogicalok]

@NinjaRider777R Thanks! I'll pass that on...

[NinjaRider777R]

@belogicalok Since it's 100% legal to mail in a hardcopy complaint I would go to the local police station WITH FRIENDS that had a concealed camera running to pick up a hardcopy complaint form. The camera should be uploading to the net as it's recording so the evidence can't be deleted by the cops if an arrest should happen.

Then fill it out, make multiple copies of it, then mail it both to the offending officer's superior, and to the internal affairs division.

[belogicalok]

@NinjaRider777R So how would you handle the issue?



[NinjaRider777R]

@belogicalok The runaround to file complaints against officers online is insane.

If you show up to file a complaint in person, you could end up getting arrested because the boys in blue will always protect eachother, and it doesn't matter whether it's legal to file a complaint or not, there's videos here on YT that show someone getting beaten and arrested just for asking for a complaint form.

[domcplnc]

@akkrauta Depends in some states only one party has to know. In others both do.

[swatcapt11]

so i guess that you have no problem take his rights of free speech

[dynaboy1964]

why didn't you ask if he was still working while under investigation

[belogicalok]

File a complaint. A record goes a long way. Should be able to do this online.

[bbmeridian]

We have two party consent in CA which means both must agree to be recorded. This CAN be a problem for this man. I am sure they have your contact information due to them calling you back.