Recording stop and search

There's no law against recording a stop and search, and police forces have been regularly advised by ACPO to allow this kind of monitoring of their duties (as long as the person recording does not attempt to interfere). The Met have a statement about this on their website:

Members of the public and the media do not need a permit to film or photograph in public places and police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel.

However, the reality is that even officers of a reasonably senior rank, such as this Inspector, are not happy for them and their colleagues to be recorded, and will do everything they can to prevent it:

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Re: Recording stop and search
Posted by Anonymous (82.1.xx.xx) on Sat 13 Aug 2011 at 13:08
The recorder of this video has uploaded an interview he done with the BBC World Service's 'The World Today' programme, it's available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN6VlxTCI64
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Re: Recording stop and search
Posted by denny (94.194.xx.xx) on Sat 13 Aug 2011 at 16:04 [ Send Message | View Weblogs ]

Thanks!

Re: Recording stop and search
Posted by Anonymous (86.26.xx.xx) on Thu 10 Nov 2011 at 21:52
He is allowed to video what he likes and the cop is allowed to stand where he likes
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