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CITIZENS POLICING THE POLICE: AN EVALUATION OF CITIZENS RECORDING POLICE OFFICER AND WIRETAPPING LAWS
- Date Issued:
- 2013
- Abstract/Description:
- The focus of this thesis is to explore the legality, the issues, and the remedy to a controversial statute in the State of Illinois. This thesis will explain how the First Amendment relates to the Illinois statute and its desire of a citizen is right to report information that is not being granted. Moreover, this paper will further go into a recent legislative bill to amend the Illinois statute, its failure, the media surrounding the issue, and the consequences of amending or not amending the statute. It will further review state law in regard to citizens recording police officers, and explain how some states deal with the statute.
Title: | CITIZENS POLICING THE POLICE: AN EVALUATION OF CITIZENS RECORDING POLICE OFFICER AND WIRETAPPING LAWS. |
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Name(s): |
Coelho, Thiago, Author Bast, Carol, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2013 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | The focus of this thesis is to explore the legality, the issues, and the remedy to a controversial statute in the State of Illinois. This thesis will explain how the First Amendment relates to the Illinois statute and its desire of a citizen is right to report information that is not being granted. Moreover, this paper will further go into a recent legislative bill to amend the Illinois statute, its failure, the media surrounding the issue, and the consequences of amending or not amending the statute. It will further review state law in regard to citizens recording police officers, and explain how some states deal with the statute. | |
Identifier: | CFH0004435 (IID), ucf:45127 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
2013-05-01 B.S. Health and Public Affairs, Dept. of Legal Studies Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): | CITIZENS POLICING THE POLICE: AN EVALUATION OF CITIZENS RECORDING POLICE OFFICER AND WIRETAPPING LAWS | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004435 | |
Restrictions on Access: | public | |
Host Institution: | UCF |