THERE is no law prohibiting the taking of pictures or video in a public place.
The PCO copper on what looks like Oxford Street, London, thinks otherwise. He’s wrong. The videographer makers his point and gets into a row that makes for better footage than pigeons overhead, or whatever it is he’s filming. A surly copper is always good telly. A surly part-time copper is better.
The best part is about four minutes 36 seconds in when Simon Taylor, a “keen phographer”, reminds us how the police like citizens to hand in any images they have to wrongdoing, even though the picture themselves may have been taken illegally.
Posted: 28th, June 2008 | In: Police Log, Terrible TV, War On Terror Comments (4) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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July 1st, 2008 at 5:56 am
It’s staged. Here’s some evidence:
http://www.bakelblog.com/nobodys_business/2008/06/cops-bully-vide.html#comment-120614270
[Duncanr - for anyone who follows this link, you have to read through the comments posted to this piece to find the 'evidence' referred to by fran - details of the photographers background/affiliations/agenda which would support the view this event was staged to elicit the response it did]
June 29th, 2008 at 6:58 am
i wonder if his partner was a bit embarassed.
June 28th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I quite agree CnC.
I do wonder whether or not a ‘real’ plod rather than one of these PretendConstableOnlys would have behaved any differently.
The PCO showed a distinct lack of professionalism, matched only by his excess of self-importance. A proper copper would have just as much self-importance, but carry it off in a much more professional manner.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
That is quite scary but I greatly admire the photographer who managed NOT to smack that little pratt copper in the mouth. Such restraint. And to co-ordinate himself to keep on filming!
I do so hope PC Up himself Plod gets fired.