LAWYER: How to Stop Cops From COVERING Your Porch Camera

Imagine a police officer walks up to your front door and notices your doorbell camera or porch security cam. But instead of acting professionally, they cover or disable the camera—hiding what they’re about to do. Sound extreme? It’s not. This has happened repeatedly, with some departments even admitting to this practice.

In this video, I’m breaking down:
1. If police can legally cover or disable your cameras.
2. What steps you can take to protect your privacy and security.
3. How to handle an officer who won’t leave after you’ve refused to answer the door.

Protecting your home from illegal police searches starts with knowing your rights—let’s dive in.

❗️DISCLAIMER❗️

This is not legal advice. I AM NOT YOUR LAWYER. Sorry! All content provided is for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem. Nothing here should be construed to form an attorney-client relationship. All non-licensed clips used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015).

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[TwinSimian]

"911, what is your emergency?"
"Someone is at my door, they are attempting to gain entry into my home and have disabled my security camera, and I am afraid for my safety."

[randyhavard]

If anyone, law enforcement or not is covering up your camera, it probably means they're about to break the law

[maryanne]

Lesson number one, mount cameras out of arms reach of all criminals.

[verslalchimie]

A cop covering up a door camera is an immediate admission of impending illegal activity on their part

[stopcensoringmen]

Imagine if you walked into a police station and disabled their cameras...
Immediately in jail!

[Baughbe]

Interfering with the camera is a straight up an admission of intent to commit a crime.

[benderisgreatable]

Anything they do after covering your porch camera should be considered premeditated.

[AlextheLordofFire]

I genuinely think Police officers should not be allowed to lie about their authority. Saying you have a warrant or probable cause when you don’t is just as bad as pretending to be a police officer when you aren’t.

[ianbattles]

Innocent people don't tamper with security systems.

[theeviloverlord]

Attempting to cover a security camera or disabling a body cam should automatically disqualify an officer from speaking in court and make them personally liabile for any damage they caused

[RS-Super-Dev]

If someone is disabling my cameras, they are assumed to be an armed and dangerous criminal.

[MikeD-zunu]

I know a man who is outstanding. Honorable truthful and fair. A true honest human being. He was in the army and deployed many times, came back and applaud for the police academy, passed with flying colors and was accepted in a precinct.
He quit after a few months and the only thing he ever said is that job was not a good fit for him as a person.
Enough said.

[czdoxlu]

The fact in knowing I have to be a quasi lawyer against those sworn to protect me is unreal.

[r.l.royalljr.]

If you see a cop messing with your camera, call your local sheriff or state police and tell them that someone impersonating a police officer, who is visibly armed, is trespassing on your property and tampering with your security system.

[hrriphic]

I am strongly against any law enforcement officers retaining their badge after doing anything along these lines. That isn’t a cop, that’s a criminal in uniform.

[makesime]

covering the camera would be 100% open a debate of planting or obtaining illegaly evidence

[nismo]

Criminals do NOT like being recorded. Plain and simple.

[christophernuckolls]

Criminals hate cameras. They cover them because they know they are behaving immorally.

[richardfoltz]

If the police intentionally disable your camera, they should be prohibited from testifying about what happened in the area covered by the camera.

[peterchaluce-olkr]

We live in a dystopia…

The longer I live, the more I appreciate lawyers and fear the government.