What's the safest way to record the police while protecting my rights? You have the right to record police if you're the subject of the police encounter or you're an observant of the police encounter. The rules might be different for you. Like if you're the subject of a traffic stop, sure, you have the right to turn your camera on and video the police officer. If the police officer asks you to step out of the car, you can step out of the car with your video camera. You can record everything that he allows you to record. If you're being detained, he may handcuff you and he may put you in the back of his car. And if he does that, you can just keep the video camera rolling in your pocket. And then there's some occasions where the police officer notices the video running and turns it off. Those are fun because he's not entitled to do that. The cop can't turn your camera off just cuz he doesn't like it running. You have the right to record, you just need to do it safely and properly. And that's why you're a follower of this channel.