[Anechoic]

Why make the officer remember to turn on his device?

Do we want a bunch of video of the officer in locker rooms and lavatories hitting YouTube? Because that is what is going to happen if the officer can't turn it off (which means they'll have to turn it on later).

[ShabbyDoo]

A point well taken. Perhaps, after five minutes of not recording, the device ought to issue an audible warning and turn itself back on if the officer doesn't hit the "stop" button again?

[Anechoic]

That's workable IMO.

[steveklabnik]

I'd rather have that _and_ the video of them abusing power than neither. Also, they're not going to be wearing the headsets while doing those things... it's not like it's implanted.