Arrest, YouTube video trigger internal investigation after Gary officers tell man he couldn't film

Arrest, YouTube video trigger internal investigation after Gary officers tell man he couldn't film them


An internal investigation is underway at the Gary Police Department after officers were captured on video Sept. 1 arresting a person for filming them from what appears to be a public walkway.

With smartphone use increasingly common in recent years, an individual's constitutional right to film on-duty officers has been hotly debated and called into question, but later affirmed through various lawsuits across the U.S.

'You trying to go to jail?'

Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said the man — identified in court records as Edward M. Strauss, 36 — did not file a formal complaint with the Gary Police Department.

However, the department opened an internal investigation after learning of the video and receiving calls about the incident from people around the country, he said.

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