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Livestreaming during a traffic stop

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EmpyreanRedEye

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Illinois, is it illegal to livestream during a traffic stop. Also does livestreaming during the stop warrant an officer to be concerned about his potential safety
 


Just Blue

Senior Member
Illinois, is it illegal to livestream during a traffic stop. Also does livestreaming during the stop warrant an officer to be concerned about his potential safety
Did you livestream and run into trouble or are you just curious? If you, personally, had an issue please give a summery of what happened.
 

Taxing Matters

Overtaxed Member
While a lot of cops don't like it, the courts have held that you may legally record officers while they are performing their official duties as long as doing that doesn't interfere with what they are doing.
 

quincy

Senior Member
Illinois, is it illegal to livestream during a traffic stop. Also does livestreaming during the stop warrant an officer to be concerned about his potential safety
The officer could be concerned for his own safety if the traffic stop is live-streamed, yes.

That does not make livestreaming the stop illegal. It just makes it more important for the officer and those in the vehicle to behave nicely toward each other, because others are watching.

There is a new law that went into effect in Illinois in January of this year that makes it illegal to video stream and watch videos while driving, though.
 
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FlyingRon

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Also, it's illegal to have anything that can display videos operating in the front seats (with small exceptions).
 

quincy

Senior Member
Also, it's illegal to have anything that can display videos operating in the front seats (with small exceptions).
Yup. As surprising as it may be to some people, states actually want all drivers to concentrate on their driving instead of watching movies, texting, or posting to Facebook and Twitter when behind the wheel. :)
 

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