By the way, if people are going to get overly enraged about this without seeing what holds up and what doesn't... it should be worth noting the reason to be upset.
Wiretapping a regular person only gets you 1-3 years in Jail. Vs 1-15 when it comes to the police.
Of course one could argue that wiretapping the police could be used to more nefarious ends that themselves aren't crimes on their own, like stealing information on an investigation. (Like I mentioned above, hence the new statute).
It's also worth noting that unlike the regular law, there are exceptions with the police law... giving the police less protection then others.
People upset that people are getting arrested for taping the police without their permission are essentially getting upset that the police have the same rights as everyone else.
