Someone has created an e petition to call on the government to lift the restrictions on photographing police officers.
Quote from the creator
"On the 16th of February, the Government passed a law (in the Counter Terrorism Act) making it illegal to take a photograph of a police office, military personnel or member of the intelligence services - or a photograph which "may be of use for terrorism". This definition is vague at best, and open to interpretation by the police - who under Home Secretary guidelines can "restrict photography in public places".
We call for these vague restrictions to be lifted, as they can easily be mis-used by the police.
As someone who has been hassled by our local police re photographing legally, I urge you if you value your freedom, sign the petition at
site.http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Photorestrict/"http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Photorestrict/"
Quote from the creator
"On the 16th of February, the Government passed a law (in the Counter Terrorism Act) making it illegal to take a photograph of a police office, military personnel or member of the intelligence services - or a photograph which "may be of use for terrorism". This definition is vague at best, and open to interpretation by the police - who under Home Secretary guidelines can "restrict photography in public places".
We call for these vague restrictions to be lifted, as they can easily be mis-used by the police.
As someone who has been hassled by our local police re photographing legally, I urge you if you value your freedom, sign the petition at
site.http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Photorestrict/"http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Photorestrict/"