Pennsylvania audio/video evidence rules

[stosh1]

What is the name of your state? PENNSYLVANIA

If someone harasses/threatens/assaults me on or across a neighborhood ( public) street in PENNSYLVANIA can I surupticiously audio AND/OR video record such statements/acts as proper evidence to successfully press criminal/civil charges ?

Thank's in advance...stosh

[seniorjudge]

Originally Posted by stosh1

What is the name of your state? PENNSYLVANIA

If someone harasses/threatens me on or across a neighborhood ( public) street in PENNSYLVANIA can I surupticiously audio AND/OR video record such statements/acts as proper evidence to successfully press criminal/civil charges ?

Thank's in advance...stosh

[url]http://www.rtnda.org/resources/hiddencamera/allstates.html[/url]

[url]http://www.callcorder.com/phone-recording-law-america.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.aapsonline.org/judicial/telephone.htm[/url]

[stosh1]

Thank you very much.

I'll need to delve into the EXCEPTIONS to Pennsylavania's two party consent mentioned in the second link. It looks like they'd over-ride his expectation of non-interception noted in the first link.

The 'gentleman' in question has an arrest warrant or fugitive status in Florida but at this point they won't touch him in Pennsylvania.

I might post a related question about what constitutes appropriate force for self defense in Pennsylvania which should probably be queried in a different forum catagory.

Gracias Your Honor