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Tuesday, September 08, 2026

In January, the New York Police Department's counterterrorism unit sent out a memo warning police officers about a new potential "security and counterintelligence" threat: Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The memo directed officers to "conduct thorough inspections of all eyewear permitted within inmate cells" and cautioned that people who have been arrested could use these glasses, equipped with small cameras and microphones, to record inside police facilities. The memo cited two examples of such videos posted on social media.

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The NYPD memo is one of a dozen, previously unreported and reviewed by the Guardian, that showed law enforcement agencies across the US are increasingly concerned about the potential for smart glasses to be used against them. Officers from Maine to California worry the technology will be used either to secretly record officers and facilities or to aid in the execution of crimes and acts of terrorism.

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Filming police (and all govt employees) in the performance of their duty is always legal.

Shuck it Ice. Shuck it criminal cops. Suhck it cops who turn the other way when they see fellow cops break laws.

#1 | Posted by Wardog at 2026-09-08 12:16 PM | Reply

Filming police (and all govt employees) in the performance of their duty is always legal.
#1 | Posted by Wardog

You are misinformed. The government has the authority to restrict recording in non-public areas of government buildings.
If you don't believe me then go ahead and try to walk in to your local police department and ask them where the interrogation rooms and prisoner cells are because you plan on filming investigators and guards performing their jobs. Better yet, walk into a juvenile court room and proclaim to the judge that you are there to film them doing their job because it is always legal for the public to do so.
Let us know how that turns out for you.

#2 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-09-08 02:38 PM | Reply

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