>> Zippy
>> You say they spend ‘huge’ amounts of time. Can you quantify that in actual hours
>> so that we can make an informed decision as to the percentage in relation to
>> the amount of time they spend speaking to unhinged characters hanging round police stations and
>> other potentially sensitive establishments with cameras looking for a bite from the police and then
>> being totally abusive in their quest for ‘likes’ on YouTube. Appealing to their seemingly unhinged
>> followers. Seeings as you mentioned S43.
>>
Again I refer you to HM, re the waste of resources including court case etc. There are other cases, where police investigate people for comments that may be crude but certainly not illegal - there is a real danger of being investigated for posting a joke about an Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman in case it offends another persons sensibilities - well freedom of thought and expression goes both ways.
Re S43. I think the idiots that go around police stations videoing are a waste of space but again they are doing nothing illegal. It is clear that they are not terrorists - they are filming in the open - for the very purpose of egging on the police - and if the building is that sensitive then it ought to be behind a big wall. The police need reasonable suspicion of the person is being a terrorist. How many do they really think are - or are they using the powers to humiliate the photo / videographer - I suspect the latter, especially as the The National Police Chiefs' Council has told the police to leave them to get on with it.
BTW - I don't see them arresting / searching Google or the local council who have street and satellite photos and detailed plans of police stations.
The other-one was photos of the MI5/6 building on the Thames - ridiculous to stop people photographing it - it's seen all around the world on hi-def-4k James Bond films.
It's a total waste of resources and an exercise in trying to humiliate the people taking the photos. Again, I don't see Google being investigated for actually showing the way in to the building...
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