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Plastic Plod Prod Tog in Park…

Photography enthusiast said he will never return to Town Hall Park in Runcorn after being quizzed by police for filming

A photography enthusiast said he will never return to his local park after being treated like a suspected paedophile by police.

The 58-year-old, who was unwilling to be named to avoid further humiliation, said [...]

Stasi Fuck Up Again…

Photographer’s camera ‘snatched’ by police

A journalist who had his camera confiscated by police while he was covering a news story has received an apology from police after they admitted the error.

Paul Foster, deputy news editor of Portsmouth-based newspaper, The News, complained to Hampshire Constabulary after an officer grabbed his digital camera.

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Trainspotter Targets Tyre-Biters

Trainspotting photographer files police complaint

The trainspotting photographer who sparked a terror alert in Wales has filed an official complaint against the police, Amateur Photographer (AP) has learnt.

Stephen White was quizzed by police after taking shots of some locomotives at an oil depot.

Police said he had been seen acting suspiciously near the [...]

Have the ‘Meibion Glyndwr’ Resurfaced!!

Photographer told Wales is ‘hotbed for terrorism’

The trainspotting photographer quizzed by police after taking shots of some ‘interesting engines’ at an oil depot says police told him West Wales is a ‘hotbed for terrorism’.

Police said they stopped holidaymaker Stephen White because he had been seen acting suspiciously near the oil refinery at [...]

Winding Up Coppers

My reply following a comment from a user on the AP forum;

… and winding up coppers isn’t the fun it used to be…

I don’t think it’s about ‘winding coppers up’, per se, it’s more about being allowed to go about one’s business without let or hindrance – in particular when one chooses to [...]

AP Investigates Daily Wail Story

Transpotting photographer sparks terror alert, report claims

Amateur Photographer (AP) is investigating a report that police in Wales stopped a trainspotter after a mission to take pictures of ‘some interesting engines’.

Stephen White was pulled over by a police officer, ‘blue lights flashing’, after he was spotted on CCTV taking the photos, unaware the [...]

HMG Publish Guidance to Togs & Rozzers

Photographers and police: Government issues guidance

A tourist’s innocent snapshot of a police officer is not likely to pose a terrorism threat, police chiefs have been told.

Earlier this year photographers staged a mass protest outside Scotland Yard when it emerged that it is now an offence to obtain or attempt to obtain ‘information’ [...]

Council Employs Stasi-like Tactics

Litterbugs spied on by neighbours

Residents in north London are being offered £500 to report their neighbours who litter the pavements.

Waltham Forest is offering the cash reward for information that leads to a court conviction.

Residents are being called on to take photos on their mobile phones of anyone committing offences such as [...]

Top Chatham Cop Chattin’…

Arrested photographer: Police chief speaks out

A Kent Police chief has spoken out in response to a complaint made by a photographer who was arrested and ‘dearrested’ after taking pictures in Chatham, earlier this month.

The statement comes days after the independent police watchdog said it would not pursue a complaint made by the [...]

Oh My Fucking God!!

As a species, or rather ‘subspecies’, bouncers/door staff/security cunts can’t even police themselves, in the main, so how the fucking hell they’re supposed to be entrusted to police anyone else in a professional, safe, secure, courteous manner I don’t fucking know.

It’s bad enough they’ve already got 30,000 busybodies prodding, poking, and prying into everyone [...]