[From article]
The cameras, which turn on automatically whenever an officer activates the car's emergency lights and sirens or can be activated manually, are used to record traffic stops and other encounters that occur in front of the vehicle. Officers also wear small transmitters on their belts that relay their voices back to the antennas in the patrol car. Regardless of whether they are in front of the camera, officers' voices can be recorded hundreds of yards away from the car, said Sgt. Dan Gomez, a department expert on the recording devices.
The distance an officer can roam and still be recorded depends on what buildings and other objects are interfering with the signal. Removing an antenna does not render the voice recorder useless but cuts its range by as much as a third, Gomez said, citing information from the manufacturer.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-lapd-tamper-20140408,0,7666331.story#ixzz2yLKgOgbR
LAPD officers tampered with in-car recording equipment, records show
An inspection by LAPD investigators found about half of the estimated 80 cars in one South L.A. patrol division were missing antennas.
April 8, 2014
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