All that I ask is that the police comply with ACPO guidelines on how to deal with photographers in public places. On this occasion, they didn't. As the Chief Constable of Warwickshire says, this brings the police into disrepute and threatens the good relationship that should exist between the...
The police officers who appear in this video understand the law perfectly. There is no case for stopping photography from a public street and, provided there is no suspicion of wrongdoing, the police have no right to demand information about why the photographs are being taken.
Blimey! That takes me back. Anne de Vecchi wasn't just getting into spats with Eddie Mitchell. She was at the centre of the harassment that Lewes District Council was directing at Lady Bracknell over the poster that Lady B had designed as part of the Falmer Stadium campaign. It took the best...
There are very good reasons why "being from the BBC" (or whatever) shouldn't mean that you run the risk of arrest and having your expensive camera equipment confiscated. Particularly when the process is initiated by someone who has no power whatsoever to question the individual.
And one...
It wasn't "the Police" who intervened to question Eddie Mitchell about the work that he was doing at Hove Town Hall. It was an off-duty civilian employee, who flashed an ID badge at him and, when he refused to answer her question, called for "back up".
Civilian police employees have no right...