Nassau County in New York Announces It Will Start Video Taping Interrogations

An interesting thing about listening to police testify about interrogations is often the he said/she said that goes something like this in trial or in a motion to suppress statements:
Officer: "Then the defendant said 'Fill in the blank with confession.'"
Client (whispering): "I never said that"
Of course it always begs the question, if you want the best record of what actually took place wouldn't a recording be better evidence? Well, Nassau County, New York has decided that it is

From Newsday.com, full article here
BY ANN GIVENS
Nassau police are about to start videotaping all interrogations in homicide and serious robbery cases, a move that both law enforcement officials and defense lawyers say will make prosecutions more fair.

Police and prosecutors said the videotapes will be useful tools at trial, and that they will also help protect police against false allegations that they denied defendants their rights. Defense lawyers also applauded the move, saying that it will protect their clients from coerced confessions and police abuse.

"We don't want to tell jurors what happened," said District Attorney Kathleen Rice at a news conference Friday. "Ideally, we want to show them."