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Photojournalist files complaint after Terrorism Act stop
Photojournalist Jess Hurd has filed a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission after she was stopped, searched and detained last year while covering a wedding
Street Rights 13 Dec 2009
Police forced to reiterate photographers' right to work in public places
The Association of Chief Police Officers has issued a call to police forces re-affirming a photographer's right to take images in public places, following a week-long outcry after a journalist was stopped...
Street Rights 09 Dec 2009
Award-winning photographer stopped after photographing a bank's building [third update - 3.30pm]
Grant Smith, a photographer and former chairman of the Association of Photographers, has been briefly detained by Police after photographing the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch building, BJP has learnt
Street Rights 08 Dec 2009
Memo reveals Met cover-up of Met cover-up
The Metropolitan Police has asked its employees to delete from its database any images that show officers with hidden identity numbers, according to a leaked email
Street Rights 18 Nov 2009
Met Police issues London photography guide, lists photographers' and police officers' rights
The Metropolitan Police has issued a photography advice guide to its officers and the public, listing the rights of photographers when stopped by police forces in the streets of London
Street Rights 09 Jul 2009
Met Police testing refined stop-and-search powers
The Metropolitan Police Authority has launched a testing exercise in four London boroughs that could lead to a change in the use of stop-and-search powers granted under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act...
Street Rights 07 May 2009
NUJ objects to police approach
The National Union of Journalists has criticised the Metropolitan Police for its heavy-handed attitude towards two photojournalists in London this week
Street Rights 17 Dec 2008
Met pays injured shooter
The Metropolitan Police has settled out of court with a photographer who was hospitalised while covering a demontrations two years ago
Street Rights 05 Mar 2008
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