cops on cameras - again

[John Wilson]

2009/7/22 Brian L Johnson <brian at thejohnsons.co.uk>:
> John Wilson <tugwilson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2009/7/22 Brian L Johnson <brian at thejohnsons.co.uk>:
>>>
>>> Chris Edwards <chris-ukcrypto at lists.skipnote.org> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> That case (and this http://is.gd/1HAvT- ) illustrate Roland's earlier
>>> point
>>> quite neatly in that the persons 'detained' were taking photos of
>>> plain-clothes officers.
>>
>> The person in the second case took a photograph of a uniformed WPC. He
>> had been stopped by two men who were not Police Officers or PCSOs (I
>> presume they were Accredited Person under the Community Safety
>> Accreditation Scheme, but it's not completely clear from the account).
>
> The two people who initially accosted him said they worked for the council,
> but one had a tag on his belt with a 'Kent Police' logo on it.

and the person said they worked for the council. "Accredited Persons"
are required to wear badges, plain clothes police officers do not
(they have warrant cards).

In any case the guy didn't take a photograph of them. He was stopped
whilst taking a photograph of a shop.

John wilson