Mom charged after putting recording device in daughter's backpack
In late September, Sims says she had enough. She tells 10 On Your Side her 9-year-old daughter was getting bullied at Ocean View Elementary. She says repeated calls and emails to the school went un-returned. [...] Sims says she took actions into her own hands. She wanted to prove that nothing was being done to help her 4th grade daughter. She put a digital recorder into her daughter's backpack in hopes of catching audio from inside the classroom. "If I'm not getting an answer from you what am I left to do?" she asked. The recorder was found. The 9-year-old was moved to a new classroom and about a month later Sims was charged by police.
[...] Sims was charged with felony use of device to intercept oral communication and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The felony charge could carry five years in prison.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @03:14AM (3 children)
In California we were part of the Nielsen ratings family, carrying around pager like devices that picked up what TV/radio show you were tuned in to. The public elementary school here wouldn't allow the devices even though Nielsen ratings provided a letter to the schools explaining that it only picks up audio signals (beyond human hearing) that is broadcast on TV that IDs the show.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday November 30 2017, @04:05AM (1 child)
I know families like you. But I can't talk about much, or else I will get banned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 30 2017, @02:27PM
They do NDAs just like everyone else now.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday November 30 2017, @06:05PM
Interesting. They went cheap as fuck on me. I got a little tiny book that looked it had been printed in the 50's. Recorded everything by hand, and then mailed it back in. Got a couple of bucks for it.
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