You ain't getting my license. >> You ain't getting my license. >> You ain't getting nothing. >> Okay, then I will arrest you for obstruction. >> You do that, buddy, and I'll sue the out of Adams County. >> Here we go again. Another department, another deputy, another ego, and another taxpayer funded apology disguised as a settlement. In Adams County, Colorado, a deputy gets caught allegedly speeding down the highway. A citizen sees it happening and decides to do something radical, something outrageous, something deputies absolutely cannot tolerate. >> February 2024, Adams County Deputy Walter Berlinsky is wrapping up a traffic stop and notices a man recording him from another vehicle. >> He's videotaping us. I'll be in contact. Deputy Berlinsky walks up to the van driven by Barry Zack Collic. >> Hi, how are you? >> Good. >> Everything okay? >> Yeah. Can I get your name and badge number? >> For what? >> What? >> For what? >> Uh, >> what do you need? >> So, I know who I'm making a complaint against. >> And this this is the moment that always exposes a bad cop. The deputy walks up and hits him with the classic line, "Why were you filming me?" Because nothing rattles a fragile ego faster than a camera pointed in its direction. And the man gives the most honest, straightforward answer imaginable. So I know who I'm making a complaint against. Simple, legal, direct. And that is the exact second the deputy snaps. The mask drops, the attitude shifts, and he unleashes on the man. >> For what? >> For speeding. >> Deputy Berlinsky did not like that one bit. >> So, okay. License, registration, proof insurance. >> No. Yes. No. >> Yes. Cuz now you're in >> No, I'm doing nothing. If you're going to start >> If you're going to start, you get your sergeant over here. >> Things escalate even more. >> You ain't getting my >> You ain't getting my >> You ain't getting nothing. >> Okay, then I will arrest you for obstruction. >> You do that, buddy, and I'll sue the out of Adam County. >> So, what does the deputy do? He arrests the cameraman. Not for interfering, not for crossing a line, not for being anywhere near the deputy's duties. He was literally sitting in his car with a phone. But in law enforcement logic, cameras are weapons of mass accountability, and accountability is something they just don't train for. >> Deputy Berlinsky cuffs and then places Zack Collick in the back of a patrol unit. Soon, the deputy realizes the man he arrested has a police badge, too. >> Denver Reserve. Zack Collick, who is a former volunteer reserve officer with Denver police, tells the responding supervisor why he was recording. >> Okay. So, my intention was I've got this on on on video and I'm going to I was going to call the station and complain. >> Another officer on scene questions the arrest. >> He's video recording. So, I was asking for all of his information. He's like, "He's not giving it to him. He wanted a supervisor." >> He was just video recording. >> And then when I was asking, >> did he walk up to your stop? >> No. No. But then >> you don't have instruction. >> The supervisor apologizes to Zack Coll. >> Um it will be handled. >> Um I'm sorry. I I will apologize for the sheriff's office. >> Back to Zack Collock's warning. >> You do that, buddy, and I'll sue the out of Adams County. >> He never sued, but he did get civil rights attorney Mattie Schaefer on the case. >> Mr. Zack Collick was several feet away in his vehicle filming from a distance, not obstructing at all. Um, the only thing that he was obstructing was the officer's unlawful attempt to arrest him in retaliation to his First Amendment protected activity. >> Adams County paid out 80 grand to Zach Collick as part of a settlement without any lawsuit being filed. >> The county took one look at the footage and said, "Yeah, we're not taking this to court." And just like that, $80,000 of taxpayer money goes poof out the window. Because counties don't pay 80 grand when their deputy did everything right. They pay 80 grand when the deputy did everything wrong. And they don't want a jury to hear about it. >> My apologies, but so I don't know what else to say. >> You ought to know better. >> Here's the truth. Cameras don't endanger deputies. Cameras endanger misconduct. And that's why you see departments all across the country writing settlement checks with one hand while claiming they did nothing wrong with the other. We investigated ourselves and found ourselves innocent, but $80,000 says otherwise.