Mastermind and the road to Damascus
Roland Perry
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:32:57 +0000
In article <49A69C3C.3010907@callnetuk.com>, Pete Mitchell
<otcbn@callnetuk.com> writes
>> Perhaps they could persuade one of their journalist colleagues to
>>write up a fact sheet to hand to the police in such circumstances? It
>>could include some of the quotes from the Home Office.
>
>Roland, do you think all this hasn't been done already?
Can you tell me where to find the current fact sheet - there are many
railway photographers who would be quite keen to carry a copy.
>Photographers both professional and amateur have been fighting this
>corner for years, and the only result is that the police have persuaded
>the Home Office to change the law so as to prevent their own misdeeds
>being recorded.
Except the Home Office say (with some justification) that the new law
doesn't place any extra restrictions on photography of the Police.
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Roland Perry