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.
-- 
Roland Perry