Photography in Public Spaces
Dear Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, 17/5/2018
1) As a Amateur Photographer I am constantly being hassled by Police Officers who appear to believe that it's illegal to take photographs in a public space.
On several occasions I have been told it's illegal & that unless I comply by giving my details I will be arrested under the Anti Terrorism Act.
I believe the police are overstepping their authority and would kindly like you to inform me of the laws regarding photography in a public space.
2) Please provide me with the guidance that you provide to ALL police forces throughout the UK regarding photography in public spaces.
3) Does a person if confronted by the police when performing the act of photography in a public space have to provide his or her name.
4) Does a person if confronted by the police have to show, delete or destroy images held on their photographic equipment if asked to do so by a police officer and if so under what law.
5) Is it an offence to Photograph a police officer when in a public space.
Yours faithfully,
R Wood
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Dear Association of Police and Crime Commissioners,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Association of Police and Crime Commissioners's handling of my FOI request 'Photography in Public
You have failed to reply to my request in the allocated time period therefore i request an internal review.
I look forward to your response ASAP.
Thankyou
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...
Yours faithfully,
R Wood
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Commissioners. Please accept this email as an acknowledgement of receipt.
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membership body for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), and other local
policing bodies across England and Wales. We help PCCs to provide national
leadership and influence change in the policing and criminal justice
landscape. As such, it is not part of our role to respond to complaints
regarding Police Forces, or Police and Crime Commissioners.
If you would like to make a suggestion or a complaint about how your local
area is policed, you should contact your local PCC. You can find your
local PCC [1]here.
If you would like to make a complaint about either police officers or
staff working for a police force, then please visit the Independent Police
Complaints Commission [2]website.
If you would like to make a complaint about your local Police & Crime
Commissioner, you will need to contact the Police & Crime Panel for your
area. Information on this will be provided by your local council.
If we are otherwise able to respond to your enquiry, we will endeavour to
get back to you within 20 working days.
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Dear Mr Wood,
Apologies for the delay in our response to your request for information.
The APCC is not responsible for providing guidance to police forces, therefore we do not hold any of the information that you have requested.
Kind regards,
APCC Secretariat
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