When can you eavesdrop on police? Chicago case exposes legal gray area.

Editorial: Protect the public's right to eavesdrop Chicago Sun-Times - 27 Aug, 2011 If a police officer seemed about to do something illegal, would you have a right to electronically record the evidence? Most people in Illinois probably would think the answer is yes. And they'd be right �" sort of. But it's that “sort of” that troubles ...
	When can you eavesdrop on police? Chicago case exposes legal gray area. Christian Science Monitor - Mark Guarino - 27 Aug, 2011 Illinois state law prohibits secretly recording conversations with police �" or anyone else. But a woman was acquitted of the charges because she said she was exposing criminal behavior. By Mark Guarino, Staff writer / August 26, 2011 A Chicago woman ...
	Woman Acquitted For Recording Police Officers On Blackberry News One - Casey Gane-McCalla - 27 Aug, 2011 CHICAGO-Tiawanda Moore was acquitted of a felony charge for recording two police officers who were trying to get her to drop a sexual harassment claim on her Blackberry. In Illinois, it is a felony to record police officers without their knowledge. ...
Chicago woman acquitted of eavesdropping for exposing police wrongdoing Alaska Dispatch - 27 Aug, 2011 A Chicago woman was acquitted Wednesday of felony eavesdropping charges for recording two police officers on her BlackBerry phone without their consent. The case points to a legal gray area, in which the recording was clearly against state law, ...

Editorial: Protect the public's right to eavesdrop