Photography and The Police

[Paddy]

That would probably depend if any recording equipment was on? Whatever you do just don't say you are Paddy from CUK - they'd totally beat you up thus confirming his views

Christmas over.

No pics of actual policmen though..

[NickFitz]

Done

...and done - you should be able to see the set now

[Zippy]

...and done - you should be able to see the set now

Oh dear, that worked.

[AtW]

Christmas over.

No pics of actual policmen though..

They are the invisible policemen - new project by Nu Liebor

[norrahe]

...and done - you should be able to see the set now

can you add me as a friend as well please?

[NickFitz]

can you add me as a friend as well please?

Done, assuming you're using the same username on flickr. Otherwise I've just added some random stranger as a friend

[norrahe]

Done, assuming you're using the same username on flickr. Otherwise I've just added some random stranger as a friend

Thank 'ee kind sir!

[minestrone]

I'm sure we've all heard about the terrible scourge of Police officers persecuting innocent photographers.

Tonight the Police closed the main road near the FMB bar, and I took some photos. When I headed home, it was still closed, so I took some more photos and followed the detour, trying the various side streets until I finally came out at the other end of the cordon.

There was a copper over the road directing somebody away, so I wandered over:

"What's going on?"

"Are you from the Press?"



"No, I just live round here."

"Oh, OK, well there's been a house fire down there so we've had to close the road."

"Ah, right. Is it OK if I take some photos?"

"Yeah, sure, no problem!"

I can't even get persecuted nowadays

Pics here, if you like that kind of thing.

Nice of you to revel in misery, while a house is being burned down you act like a tourist and cannot wait to get back to the mac to post how exciting it was for you to watch someone's life go up in flames.

Yer a self righteous arsehole.

[minestrone]

Anyway, that ain't a fire

This is a fire

[NickFitz]

Nice of you to revel in misery, while a house is being burned down you act like a tourist and cannot wait to get back to the mac to post how exciting it was for you to watch someone's life go up in flames.

Yer a self righteous arsehole.

I didn't even see the fire; I took photographs of the road closure, in the same way I often take photographs of incidents in my neighbourhood. I also did the odd useful thing like giving directions to a National Express coach driver who didn't know how to get round the closure of the main route into the city, and flagging down a driver who was about to go through the cordon at 40 (in a 30 limit) because he wasn't paying attention and the Police car had temporarily moved away to stop some other idiot driving out of a side road.

As for self-righteous: you're the one who's casting aspersions on the basis of zero knowledge of the situation.