[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Filming People<\/p>\n
Britain does not have specific guarantees of privacy in law, so no one can stop you filming them provided you are not breaking some other law to do so – such as trespassing.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Do I have to answer police questions?<\/p>\n
You don’t have to answer any questions the police officer asks you, unless the officer suspects you are linked to an offence[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Do I need permission to video anything I can see from a public areas?<\/p>\n
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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Do I have to identify myself?<\/p>\n
You DO NOT<\/strong> have to give your name and address unless the officer points out an offence he \/ she suspects you have committed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”62″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Are police stations and court buildings public places?<\/p>\n Yes they are so much as in the public lobby areas. Most of these buildings will have private rooms and areas where you may need explicit permission to film.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Must the police identify themselves when instigating conversation or when asked?<\/p>\n A police officer is required to give their name, rank and station if you ask for it, If he does not he may be guilty of an offence and receive a fine.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Police powers to stop and search: your rights<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]There should be no expectation of privacy in public places!<\/p>\n There are no powers prohibiting the taking of photographs, film or digital images in a public place. Therefore members of the public and press should not be prevented from doing so.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Filming People Britain does not have specific guarantees of privacy in law, so no one can stop you filming them provided you are not breaking some other law to Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/section31.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}