This "missing video" issue happens all the time. When an officer stops a vehicle for a bad lane change or improper turn without signal, or something like that, the video "malfunctioned" and/or doesn't exist. When the video supports the cops version of events, miraculously, there it is. I hope you have an attorney to assist you with this matter. At the very least you should file a claim and a complaint with the police department for whom the officers worked. As to the video, you or your attorney are going to have to fight like heck either to get it, or to have the police department demonstrate that the device(s) were not operating correctly, or destroyed the video. One thing to keep in mind is that not all police departments have videos in their vehicles. CHP does, but many if not most local agencies do not. So if the agency you are dealing with does not, you're just out of luck.
Answered on Nov 19th, 2013 at 12:03 PM