QUESTION ABOUT SCAMERA PARTNERSHIPS

[andyred]

a mobile scamera has just been down our road doing its business, parking on the pavement what a surprise, if I lets say park my car in front of its little scamera what charges can I be done for I.e obstructing a police officer etc? also with the rally coming up in scamera country (south Wales)please can we all help each other by flashing we all cant afford a laser jammer last time i got 3 points doing 35 in a 30 nobody flashed me coming the other way a thought we was all in this together.

[mondeoman]

next time take a photo of them parked on the pavement, block them in and wait for their chums to come and book em for parking illegally!

[andyred]

dont they get upset when taking photos

[centurion07]

andyred said:

dont they get upset when taking photos

Nothing they can do if you want to take pictures but I'm fairly sure if it's being staffed by a real police officer as opposed to a civvy then you could get in trouble if you put yourself/car in the way. But then again I could be completely wrong!!

[redboy]

"dont they get upset when taking photos"

well they are taking pictures of you..... surely its not one rule for them and another for us!

[andyred]

does anyboby know why two of them one sitting in the van with his flask and one with the video scamera

[wanty1974]

Have a look at this

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=53858&f=10&h=0&hw=talivan

[streaky]

centurion07 said:

andyred said: dont they get upset when taking photos Nothing they can do if you want to take pictures but I'm fairly sure if it's being staffed by a real police officer as opposed to a civvy then you could get in trouble if you put yourself/car in the way. But then again I could be completely wrong!!

You can take all the pictures you want. If they claim Crown Copyright, tell them that doesn't stop you taking the photographs. If they persist, tell them that Copyright is a civil matter, not a criminal one and ask them therefore what it is to do with them. If they attempt to detain you, say you will claim false arrest as they have no right to detain under such circumstances.

If it is legal to park where it obscures the camera, park there!

That said, if this is an accident blackspot, then do not obstruct their activity, but put up a warning sign, "Accident Blackspot, Police radar operates here" before their van.

Streaky

Edited to add disclaimer that I am not a lawyer - S

>> Edited by streaky on Saturday 25th October 02:37

[bluepolarbear]

streaky said:

You can take all the pictures you want. If they claim Crown Copyright, tell them that doesn't stop you taking the photographs.

Tell them they are talking tosh. You own the copyright. The only thing you can not take a photo off in a public place are areas covered by the Official Secrets Act

[streaky]

bluepolarbear said:

streaky said: You can take all the pictures you want. If they claim Crown Copyright, tell them that doesn't stop you taking the photographs. Tell them they are talking tosh. You own the copyright. ...

True for the photograph itself, but not for what is being photographed. The copyright(s) for that belong to someone else. The argument that has been put forward is that the police logo (and other designs on the vehicle) is Crown Copyright. However, an issue could only arise if the photograph were published ... and there is plenty of precedent to show that the Crown has not objected to the publication of photographs of police vehicles on the grounds of abuse of copyright - Streaky