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Not sure if this is the correct place for this if not im sorry.
Well a friend of mine was out taking some pics of the high street, nothing inpaticular just anything he thought looked like a nice pic
now the problem begins
A security guard from one of the shops came out and asked him to move on ( although my friend was in middle of high street not in shop door way) and told him he has to stop taking pics and demanded he format the sd card.
my friend declined to delete the pics but agreed he would focus his attention away from said shop, after he pointed out that he didnt have to.
the guard got abit aggresive and tried to take camera from him but a couple of people helped and the guard disapeered.
about 10 mins later 2 cops came over and started to ask questions about what he was doing and then they also demanded he delete pictures as he had no permission from the guard or anyone else caught on camera.
he explained that he does not need permission and the police took his camera as evidence as they beleive he has pictures of them on the sd card and they stated that it is illegal to take pics of the police , so they are taken his camera as evidence.
I must add he said as far as he knows he didnt even catch them on the camera and they said that there is a chance he did so it needs to be checked.
can someone just shed some light on this, ive searched the net but some sites say it is illegal and some say its not
many thanks
Well a friend of mine was out taking some pics of the high street, nothing inpaticular just anything he thought looked like a nice pic
now the problem begins
A security guard from one of the shops came out and asked him to move on ( although my friend was in middle of high street not in shop door way) and told him he has to stop taking pics and demanded he format the sd card.
my friend declined to delete the pics but agreed he would focus his attention away from said shop, after he pointed out that he didnt have to.
the guard got abit aggresive and tried to take camera from him but a couple of people helped and the guard disapeered.
about 10 mins later 2 cops came over and started to ask questions about what he was doing and then they also demanded he delete pictures as he had no permission from the guard or anyone else caught on camera.
he explained that he does not need permission and the police took his camera as evidence as they beleive he has pictures of them on the sd card and they stated that it is illegal to take pics of the police , so they are taken his camera as evidence.
I must add he said as far as he knows he didnt even catch them on the camera and they said that there is a chance he did so it needs to be checked.
can someone just shed some light on this, ive searched the net but some sites say it is illegal and some say its not
many thanks