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Police U-turn on photographers and anti-terror laws |
Andy B
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|  Posted 09-12-2009 at 22:47
Police forces across the country have been warned to stop using anti-terror laws to question and search innocent photographers after The Independent forced senior officers to admit that the controversial legislation is being widely misused.
The strongly worded warning was circulated by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) last night. In an email sent to the chief constables of England and Wales's 43 police forces, officers were advised that Section 44 powers should not be used unnecessarily against photographers. The message says:
"Officers and community support officers are reminded that we should not be stopping and searching people for taking photos. Unnecessarily restricting photography, whether from the casual tourist or professional, is unacceptable."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-uturn-on-photographers-and-antiterror-laws-1834626.html
One of the country's leading architectural photographers was apprehended by City of London police under terrorism laws today while photographing the 300-year old spire of Sir Christopher Wren's Christ Church for a personal project.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/08/police-search-photographer-terrorism-powers
A surge of stop-and-searches have affected photographers in the past two weeks, after it emerged that a journalist working for The Independent newspaper was stopped and searched for taking pictures of the Parliament. The incident comes after two BBC photographers publicised similar incidents, and an amateur photographer was asked to stop taking pictures of Christmas lights
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=871670
http://monaxle.com/2009/07/08/section-44-in-chatham-high-street/
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Andy B
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| Posted 09-12-2009 at 22:55
Photographers Rights And The Law In The UK
A brief guide for street photographers.
(© urban75, updated November 2009)
http://www.urban75.org/photos/photographers-rights-and-the-law.html
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