All Forum Posts by: David Fawcett

@Michelle Truong

Yes I still use @Jason Hopkins

Very good guy and honest guy.

@Jason Gott this is interesting topic and to be honest it’s creeping into a lot of different fields.

So let me start with I am a police officer in California and have been wearing a body camera for several years now. It’s funny to see everyone’s reaction, because it’s the same reaction we had when they were first introduced to us. “I don’t want one of those things recording me all day”. Now several years later most officers love the body camera because it gets us out of trouble more than it gets us in trouble.

If I owned a business and had employees, they would wear them. My friend owns a plumbing business and his employees wear them because he was tired of people complaining that his employees were creating damage. Now he can prove or disprove these claims.

As far as video recording, you can legally record anyone in a public place. So if you went to Starbucks and wore a body camera it would be fine. You only run into trouble if the other person has “an expectation of privacy”. Ie inside someone’s house.

I would think this is easy to overcome as you just tell people what you are doing and you explain its to protect them and yourself.

@Sarah Buchanan like most people have stated, it depends. It depends on the police agency, it depends on the circumstances of the incident, and it depends on which state it occurred in.

The police agency I work for is notorious for not covering damage that we cause. For instance we were chasing a bad guy and we broke the backyard gate. We documented the incident and told the homeowner to call the city. City basically said, “it’s your problem not ours”. But I’ve also seen the city cover other similar instances. I know the city attorneys look at the circumstances of the incident.

I know some people will suggest that you sue the city. That may work, but cities generally drag these dumb little claims out for years.

@Jenell Poncabare I don't know if I will be able to make this one.  Waiting to see what my overtime schedule is for the month of January.

Hi @Ryan Wamsat.  Several members on BP attend the meetup that @Jenell Poncabare hosts and they are fantastic.  We all try to help each other.  I highly recommend checking one out.  Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.    

@Domonic Hopson I have not located anyone. Please keep me updated if you find someone before the rest of us do

@Angela Holmes It all depends. I would personally leverage myself. So I would put 20% down and finance the rest. See if someone handed me a lump some of 100k, I would not go buy one 100k property. I would go buy 4 of them with 20% down. Now you have 400k worth of property. 

This only works if the properties are cash flowing. Just my two cents. 

@Jason Gilroy I think a lot of your outcome will depend on the state that this occurred. Here in California, you can sue someone because they looked at you wrong (probably win to) 😩. From my basic knowledge the neighbors insurance will not cover your property. If my understanding is true, then I would just sue the neighbor and hopefully he has some good liability coverage or an umbrella policy. Good luck.

@Pebbles Mayer do you live in Modesto?

Welcome to BP @Logan Cook.  Let me know if I can be of any help to you.