Police harassment

ZenTog

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20 Nov 2007 - 4:18 PM

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I once got a police sergent to officially apologise to me , he didnt like doing it though !!
you should have seen his face , it twas a picture
and he was a St Ives copper , as Geoffphoto knows they can be a right bunch

Philipo

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20 Nov 2007 - 4:22 PM

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Thanks for all your support.

I am taking the matter to a higher level I'm not letting them rest or get away get away with it, us photographers are members of the public who have rights.....

Phil

justin c

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20 Nov 2007 - 4:28 PM

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Quote: I am taking the matter to a higher level I'm not letting them rest or get away get away with it, us photographers are members of the public who have rights.....


Good for you. Why should you be humilated by some jobsworth.

ZenTog

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20 Nov 2007 - 4:38 PM

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dont know , the police down here had a real hammering two weeks ago, the paper published over 12 officers that had criminal offences including serious assult and GBH etc in the last 12 monthes, so it depends on the editors agenda

looboss

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20 Nov 2007 - 5:00 PM

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Quote: it was Luis who told the police , pretending he was the official tog!!! LOL

Dam! I've been rumbled

admiles

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20 Nov 2007 - 5:29 PM

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Phil,

Sorry to hear you were treated this way. I was at the front of the crowd on Cornhill on Sunday too. I was taking photos with a Canon 70-200mm F4 IS and 350D (So a reasonable sized lens to get noticed!) and didn't have any problems at all, in fact I had a policeman standing about four feet away from me.

I didn't take a tripod due to the crowds involved because I thought the police might object. Please let me know how you get on with your complaint, I'd be very interested to hear what Suffolk Police have to say.

Good Luck!!
Anthony

pepperst

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20 Nov 2007 - 5:39 PM

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Fight the power mate, I we start to forget our rights soon we will have none.

Goatsmilkuk

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20 Nov 2007 - 5:50 PM

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It sounds like one who does not know the law, I am a serving police officer and also carry a camera in my own time, it does annoy me when I hear stories like this as we all get tarred with the same brush.
Even if there was a problem with a tripod in the way etc etc all it takes is a common sense approach and by speaking to people normally.
I have been stopped by officers when I have been off duty, while I have been driving and I find it unreal how some of them come across, basically making it up as they go along, it's good to see them scuttle off when they realise they are speaking to someone who does know they are talking crap.

I was chatting with some mates at work about a youtube clip(link was posted on EPZ) where some officers were trying to stop a bloke using his video camera who was filming them, they are basically a pair of idiots who are seen to make it up as they go along... speaking with a mate who knows who they are he tells me they have had it ripped out of them constantly since.