Category: police

Police tells attorney he can’t film them, Police Chief invites citizens to film the police in response

Udi Tirosh

Here is an interesting turn of events. According to the Washington post, what started a police falsely telling an attorney/uber driver that he can’t film them, ended up with the police chief issuing a statement where he invites the public to film cops. This “incident” started when Jesse Bright, a North Carolina attorney got stopped over by the police. […]

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Camera thieves caught trying to sell stolen goods to off-duty Brooklyn cop

John Aldred

Having one’s camera gear stolen is the nightmare of every photographer. The nightmare for those that steal it? Being arrested by the guy you’re trying to sell it to. But, that’s exactly what happened to two thieves who stole from a visiting photographer in the middle of a session with a client. Chicago based photographer Mirlanbek […]

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Photographer’s gear gets blown up by the bomb squad

John Aldred

If you ever need a good reason to not leave your baggage unattended, this is it. After a “hard black box” was found on the steps of City Hall in Kansas City, what happened next seems obvious. The suspicious package was reported to the police, who promptly came and blew it up. KSHB reports that police were […]

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Here is the one thing you should say if police detains you for photographing

Udi Tirosh

We’ve seen it happening again and again, police detaining civilians photographers for recording or photographing them. The two stories mentioned here ended with police having to pay quite a bit of money for doing so. And in the end the message of photographers rights will go through (or not). But what do you actually have […]

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Drone records woman trying to steal it, falsely telling police it “almost killed” her

John Aldred

While flying at a park in Costa Mesa, California, one pilot’s drone lost signal and when the propellers stopped spinning it fell to the ground, as it was meant to.  After this, things get a little crazy Fortunately for us, the folks at SFPV uploaded the whole video for us to check out ourselves.  If there […]

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NYPD Wants to Charge a TV News Network $36,000 for Body Camera Footage

Liron Samuels

Events such as Ferguson led to increased usage of body cameras in police departments across the U.S., but as the cameras’ popularity soars so do the questions about who owns the footage and how much of it should be made available to the public. As Arstechnica reports, one question hasn’t been discussed as often – […]

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Arizona Senator wants to make it illegal to record cops in public

Gannon Burgett

Last week, John Kavanagh, a Republican State Senator of Arizona, introduced a new bill that would make it illegal to film police in all but extremely limited circumstances. Senate Bill 1054 states that the public wouldn’t be able to film a police officer any closer than 20 feet. Furthermore, even if someone is the required […]

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Photographer’s Tripod Mistaken for Machine Gun Leads to Police Search

Liron Samuels

Every once in a while someone talks about the violence in the realm of photography. We talk about the images used to ‘shoot’ photos, or ‘take’ photos, and if we’re lucky our gear can ‘fire’ 14 fps. This incident, though, takes it to a whole new level and while many photographers carry a Canon around […]

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Woman receives $117,500 in settlement after being arrested for recording police

Liron Samuels

An Illinois woman, who was arrested and charges were filed against her after she recorded police officers on her friend’s property without their consent, decided to fight back and stand up for her rights. Ironically enough the officers themselves were not given permission to enter the property in the first place. Additionally, the Illinois Eavesdropping […]

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