Popped round on the way home from work this evening to find my retired dad removing his CCTV camera from the front of his bungalow. He put it there because of an increase in thefts at neighbours since the local council started to turn off the street lighting at midnight.
Dad told me that a policeman on the beat had knocked on their door earlier that day and insisted that he remove the camera as it was illegal to film the street and if it was still there when he came back then he would be prosecuted. Dad is very old school, taught to believe the police, authority etc.
As I understand it, there is no offence in filming a public place.
I also pointed out to Dad that the local nick, on a busy town centre road, is bustling with CCTV pointing in to the street. One rule for one, not for the other!?
After helping Dad put the camera back, I am expecting that there will be a confrontation later in the week.
The question is how best to handle it?
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