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I was doing a bit of filming with the BBC today and towards the end we were doing some shooting on a business park. This woman appeared out of one of the buildings with her arm in the air, snapping her fingers :D and shouting "You can't film here!", she then starting ranting about how we were not to film "her" building (it belongs to an international corporation) and the cameraman explained that we were not interested in filming her building. Then followed the usual threats of police, security etc etc. As she walked away she turned round and said quite aggressively "Who do you work for and why are you filming?"

The reporter answered "Rory Caitlin-Jones, BBC News".

"Oh. Alright then." And she walked off! :lol:
 
Most business parks are public places, and 'her' building I',m assuming, can be seen from a public place. I'd have asked her to call the police so they can correct her misguided opinion of what the law should be
 
Uneducated_Rick said:
Most business parks are public places, and 'her' building I',m assuming, can be seen from a public place. I'd have asked her to call the police so they can correct her misguided opinion of what the law should be
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Problem is, they would probably be on her side as none of our constabularies seem to actually know the legalities of this kind of thing.
 
OutLore said:
Problem is, they would probably be on her side as none of our constabularies seem to actually know the legalities of this kind of thing.
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I feel the use of the word none might be a little ill informed too.
 
Who do you work for and why are you filming?
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We work for Google - "do you read the news madam?" why? oh because we [legally] can...

now go away {please}
 
OutLore said:
But it was followed by "seem". Meaning it's my opinion.

Point me to a constabulary (force, not a single officer) who are up to date with it.
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West Midlands should be, a circular was sent out to all officers a few weeks ago regarding the new legislation. The circular made it quite clear that taking pictures in public is not illegal, nor do officers have any powers to delete photos.:razz::D
 
Uneducated_Rick said:
I think should is an important word here. How many circulars do they get a day to read? How many end up in the bin without being looked at?

Wouldn't hold my breath
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Lots of circulars, this government has bought in so many laws it's very tough to keep up but the majority of officers do read them and the majority of officers are aware of their powers when it comes to photographers.

You will always find some numty that hasn'y got a clue what they're doing and the police are no different.
 
Dave W said:
West Midlands should be
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What kind of argument is that? They ALL should be!! I'll move to the West Midlands then shall I? :lol:

I appreciate that they cannot know the ins and outs of the law - however asking you to delete information which if an offence had been commited in the 1st place would be evidence is nothing more than a lack of common sense if you ask me.

If they are not 100% sure of the law, they need to find out. That's what radio communication is there for.

Although - to be honest it seems to be more the PCSO's and other non-police security people who are the worst offenders!
 
Flash In The Pan said:
You should have said you were doing a BBC Watchdog programme on ill-informed jobsworths :lol:
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:lol:

Venomator said:
Rory Caitlin-Who ... :shrug:

Fed up with stills stuff then Colin... :D

:p
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Defo not fed up with stills Rog, it was a continuation of this project which is due to be aired this Friday, starting at noon on News 24 and then the Lunchtime and Six O'clock News. :whistling:


sportysnaps said:
We work for Google - "do you read the news madam?" why? oh because we [legally] can...

now go away {please}
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:lol: :thumbs:
 
OutLore said:
What kind of argument is that? They ALL should be!! I'll move to the West Midlands then shall I? :lol:
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Not an argument at all, I'm not here for an argument.:)

I was merely pointing out that the information should be known by officers and specifically West Mids have had a notice pointing out the law and our powers within it.

If they don't then they only have themselves to blame when you go to the station and make a complaint.:p
 
OutLore said:
What kind of argument is that? They ALL should be!! I'll move to the West Midlands then shall I? :lol:

I appreciate that they cannot know the ins and outs of the law - however asking you to delete information which if an offence had been commited in the 1st place would be evidence is nothing more than a lack of common sense if you ask me.

If they are not 100% sure of the law, they need to find out. That's what radio communication is there for.

Although - to be honest it seems to be more the PCSO's and other non-police security people who are the worst offenders!
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This one is easy.
Someone asks you to delete you photographs you say 'No'.

You are then physically forced to delete them
or you are wrongfully arrested/detained
or the person who asked you to delete the photos gets advice from a third party.

They would be very unwise to take the first two courses of action unless they were very sure of what their powers were so would naturally default to getting advice.
 
Sinbecks said:
This one is easy.
Someone asks you to delete you photographs you say 'No'.

You are then physically forced to delete them
or you are wrongfully arrested/detained
or the person who asked you to delete the photos gets advice from a third party.

They would be very unwise to take the first two courses of action unless they were very sure of what their powers were so would naturally default to getting advice.
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I'm guessing you've not been here (the forum) long and seen the number of incidents where it doesn't quite play out like that!!

Of course, you only get to hear about the bad stuff....
 
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