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Crime Scene Investigation: Using the right metadata to catch criminals

Police forces risk letting the guilty go free if they don't address their procedures for using digital images as evidence in court. Mark Wood explains why a raw workflow is good for us all.

Business 25 Feb 2011

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Stop me if you've heard this one before...

Police v Photographers: Officers to be re-issued guidelines that have apparently been ignored, less than nine months after the last time they were sent out.

Street Rights 17 Aug 2010

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Police briefings on photography rights not systematic

Police forces across the UK rely mainly on email to brief their officers on photography rights in public places, according to a series of Freedom of Information requests BJP filed last year

Street Rights 28 Jul 2010

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Home Office reviews photography rights in anti-terror law rewrite

The Home Secretary has announced that she has launched a review of the use of terrorism legislation in relation to photography, making it a priority in the government's attempt to "restore the balance...

Street Rights 14 Jul 2010

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British Transport Police admit "unlawful" action against photographer

The British Transport Police has upheld a complaint from a National Union of Journalists' member, who was ordered to delete his photographs in a May 2009 incident

Street Rights 08 Jul 2010

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Photographers win damages in Met Police legal case

Two photojournalists and videographers have received a public apology and £3500 in damages from the Metropolitan Police after they were forcibly prevented from reporting a protest in 2008

Street Rights 28 Jun 2010

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Terror watchdog calls for end to stop-and-search

Lord Carlile of Berriew, the UK's terror watchdog, has called for Section 44 of the Terrorism Act to be scrapped, weeks after the European Court of Human Rights found it illegal

Street Rights 04 Mar 2010

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

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