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Also no right to ask someone to stop filiming you in public ( railway stations are all private property and as long as it's not for commercial gain, selling to the papers or a mag, photoshoot etc, ) then it's not illegal,

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Yes I have been stopped, by a PCSO and the stop included a threat to confiscate my camera if I did not stop taking pictures.

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By the way Damien, in the poll question, don't you mean 'likely' rather than 'like'?

And, if AP ever needs a copy-righter, can I have the job please?

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By the way Damien, in the poll question, don't you mean 'likely' rather than 'like'?

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By the way Damien, in the poll question, don't you mean 'likely' rather than 'like'?

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I know what I meant! Perhaps I should have put [sick] after it?

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No, No John, Stet will do fine

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Is that a 'Blue-Meanie' booking the Polis?

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Yep, taken outside the Crown Office in Chambers Street,
the Evening News ran it with a story a week or so ago

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Yes, I feel it's more likely I'll get inconvenienced by either PCSOs or idiots, but it's not going to stop me!

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I psoted recently on a web forum for PCSOs, and this was the response to photography in public:

"You're free to take photographs and if directed to do otherwise, just ask for the legal power or Act and Section from which the PC or PCSO believes they derive their power."

"I'm not 100% sure what powers of seizure PCSOs have nowadays - but I know that PCs would not necessarily need a search warrant to seize your equipent in some circumstances; if you look up Section 19 of Police and Criminal Evidence Act, you'll see that the powers to seize items is quite far ranging.

I'm pretty sure that S.19 PACE doesn't apply to CSOs though"

"Unless criminal enquiries or terror related, then NO right to confiscater or delete any pictures, whatsoever. However it doesn't stop you asking to see the pictures to determine for yourself. We get these very day on the railway and airports. Also no right to ask someone to stop filiming you in public ( railway stations are all private property and as long as it's not for commercial gain, selling to the papers or a mag, photoshoot etc, ) then it's not illegal, bearing in mind parents don't like their kids being filmed, especially at swimming pools and parks."

I'm going to carry on taking photographs, and take the proffered advice if stopped - after all the quotes above are from PCSOs, (two from the Met area and one from South London.)

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I particular the section about photographs on railways. Have a look at the website of the British Transport Police. In that they state there is NO objection to photogaphy on the railways with the proviso that you avoid the security cameras and do not have tripods close to platform edges. Both very sensible suggestions.

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What with the police, community support officers and security men all becoming much more interested in photographers, do you feel it is more likely now that you will be prevented from taking pictures in a public place?

We've heard plenty of stories of our readers and professional photographers being stopped and questioned, and even detained, for taking pictures in quite normal places, but we want to hear how you feel when you go out. Have you been stopped, and do you feel there is a good chance you will be stopped? Does a fear of being stopped curb your activities in any way?

Head to the Home Page to vote, and discuss your experiences in this thread.

Thanks

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Its not just us lot with the slrs now, its the tourists too. I'm sure the tourist boards who bring them over are really pleased with these people wandering up and scaring the bejesus out of their customers. I know people who've seen the tourists stopped and searched - the assumption with the public is now that "they must have done something wrong, or the policeman wouldnt be talking to them" (I get into this conversation at work a lot, can you tell)

I'm gonna keep taking photos. Its a hobby for crying-out-loud. And if they lock me up I'll sue for every penny I can get

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I fully accept that the perceived threat of Terrorist activity means that levels of security need uprating and officers etc need to be a lot more vigilant

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I did feel very put out to feel a "terrorist suspect" in my own country, but can see some of the concerns that give rise to the response.

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