New guidance issued to Met officers.

[sweathog]

With all the madness that goes on, it is nice to see that there are some sensible people in the UK police force.

The Metropolitan Police has issued guidance to its officers to remind them that using a camera in public is not in itself a terrorist offence.

Read more over at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/09/metropolitan_police_photo/

To read the new Met guidelines (which are probably worth printing out and keeping with you if you are going shooting in London) look here http://www.met.police.uk/about/photography.htm

 

[__hh]

horrayyyyy!!!!!!

 

[Sparrow]

We just need new guidelines on hitting people with riot batons now



thanks for the link btw

 

[sweathog]

We just need new guidelines on hitting people with riot batons now



thanks for the link btw

At least now we can take photographs of them doing it, and have something backing us up issued by them.

 

[brainwood]

Thanks for posting the link Sweathog. I will keep a copy in my bag..just in case.

Chris

 

[wgerrard]

More here and here. The latter says the Home Office may not have signed off.

 

[sweathog]

Well, the plot thickens. What seems a positive, cooperative motion may in fact prove to be the opposite. Shame.