It astounds me how stupid some law enforcement people can be about, you know, the law:

NASHUA – A city man is charged with violating state wiretap laws by recording a detective on his home security camera, while the detective was investigating the man’s sons.

Michael Gannon, 49, of 26 Morgan St., was arrested Tuesday night, after he brought a video to the police station to try to file a complaint against Detective Andrew Karlis, according to Gannon’s wife, Janet Gannon, and police reports filed in Nashua District Court.

Police instead arrested Gannon, charging him with two felony counts of violating state eavesdropping and wiretap law by using an electronic device to record Karlis without the detective’s consent.

This should be patently obvious, but I’ll say it quite simply.

(1)  It is not against the law to videoptape or record a public officer performing public duties.   A police officer works for the people, and when he is performing his duties in that capacity, he does not have any "rights".

(2)  This is especially so when the recording is done in the citizen’s own home!

Jeez.