Comments on: Photography & The Law: A Cop’s Perspective http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/ Photography, Digital Art, Tutorials, and Helpful Things... Fri, 16 May 2008 13:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: dub http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11047 dub Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:40:41 +0000 http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11047 <i>"So Dub, what happens if you refuse to show your id? Is there away that they can check your id without lagging you in anything?"</i> I believe it depends on the situation. For me, if I came across someone who was shooting I would talk to them and see what was going on and take it from there. If after talking to them their story seemed fishy, then it might be time to dig a little further. If they were trespassing and the property owner wanted a criminal trespass warning documented, then you would need their ID, and if they did not produce it or provided false information, that is a different story. I would never just walk up to someone without cause and just start demanding an ID. “So Dub, what happens if you refuse to show your id? Is there away that they can check your id without lagging you in anything?”

I believe it depends on the situation. For me, if I came across someone who was shooting I would talk to them and see what was going on and take it from there. If after talking to them their story seemed fishy, then it might be time to dig a little further. If they were trespassing and the property owner wanted a criminal trespass warning documented, then you would need their ID, and if they did not produce it or provided false information, that is a different story.

I would never just walk up to someone without cause and just start demanding an ID.

]]> By: FANTiM http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11044 FANTiM Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:46:37 +0000 http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11044 I come from a family of cops. It all boils down to whether youre a good cop or a guy on a power trip. Unfortunately the powertrippers always tend to make the good cops look bad. I doubt anyone was planning on snippering Christina. So Dub, what happens if you refuse to show your id? Is there away that they can check your id without lagging you in anything? This was a great post. Thanks I come from a family of cops. It all boils down to whether youre a good cop or a guy on a power trip. Unfortunately the powertrippers always tend to make the good cops look bad.
I doubt anyone was planning on snippering Christina.
So Dub, what happens if you refuse to show your id? Is there away that they can check your id without lagging you in anything?
This was a great post. Thanks

]]> By: christina tullo http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11030 christina tullo Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:35:58 +0000 http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11030 dub: yeah, it was really strange, haha. they claimed that i might be receiving a call from the fbi in a couple days because they were going to investigate me. of course it intimidated the sh*t out of me, i was like throwing my film at them, telling them i to take it because i was just fooling around and taking photos because i love bridges and other kinds of architecture, and i didn't mean to cause a problem, and i am definitely easily intimidated, hah. but they didnt want my film, they just told me to never do it again and things of that nature. one guy claimed that i didnt know it, but there were men stationed in places i couldnt see with gun pointed at my head right now. i also found that hard to believe. lol. especially since i was in the middle of the meadowlands, which is like all marshy area where there aren't tons of buildings or things like that. the pulaski skyway is a large land-bridge that carries traffic over this area to nyc. but whatever. thanks for responding, haha. dub: yeah, it was really strange, haha. they claimed that i might be receiving a call from the fbi in a couple days because they were going to investigate me. of course it intimidated the sh*t out of me, i was like throwing my film at them, telling them i to take it because i was just fooling around and taking photos because i love bridges and other kinds of architecture, and i didn’t mean to cause a problem, and i am definitely easily intimidated, hah. but they didnt want my film, they just told me to never do it again and things of that nature. one guy claimed that i didnt know it, but there were men stationed in places i couldnt see with gun pointed at my head right now. i also found that hard to believe. lol. especially since i was in the middle of the meadowlands, which is like all marshy area where there aren’t tons of buildings or things like that. the pulaski skyway is a large land-bridge that carries traffic over this area to nyc. but whatever. thanks for responding, haha.

]]> By: dub http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11001 dub Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:11:28 +0000 http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-11001 <i>"i always go where it is legal or where i have permission, so i dont have to worry about all that drama."</i> So far, so have I... “i always go where it is legal or where i have permission, so i dont have to worry about all that drama.”

So far, so have I…

]]> By: swivel http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-10999 swivel Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:46:43 +0000 http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-10999 thanks for posting the info dub. nice to see another point of view. i think a lot of people get pissed at the po-po because they get in their way of taking cool shots. i bet some cops are dicks tho, but there are dicks in every job. i always go where it is legal or where i have permission, so i dont have to worry about all that drama. thanks for posting the info dub. nice to see another point of view. i think a lot of people get pissed at the po-po because they get in their way of taking cool shots. i bet some cops are dicks tho, but there are dicks in every job.

i always go where it is legal or where i have permission, so i dont have to worry about all that drama.

]]> By: dub http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-10994 dub Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:38:07 +0000 http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-10994 Christina: Putting you on the FBI's possible terrorist list sounds excessive just for taking photos. I could see if you had some weapons or something along those lines. Perhaps they were trying to intimidate you. There were many times when I would lie to people during an investigation. They lied to me, so I did the same to them. Usually it would lead to finding the truth and the real culprit. Glad to hear that you pulled through your ordeal without too many scratches. Christina: Putting you on the FBI’s possible terrorist list sounds excessive just for taking photos. I could see if you had some weapons or something along those lines. Perhaps they were trying to intimidate you.

There were many times when I would lie to people during an investigation. They lied to me, so I did the same to them. Usually it would lead to finding the truth and the real culprit.

Glad to hear that you pulled through your ordeal without too many scratches.

]]> By: christina tullo http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-10992 christina tullo Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:46:02 +0000 http://blog.dubtastic.com/2008/04/25/photography-the-law-a-cops-perspective/#comment-10992 one time i was taking photos near the pulaski skyway, basically a giant land bridge here in north jersey, and i got stopped by tons of special forces and homeland security people. they said i was too close to a bridge and it was near the anniversary of 9/11. and they looked all over in my car of things they could see, such as a bottle of pills in the door or crap like that, asking me why i had them, all kinds of nonsense. they ran my id and said i was now on the fbi's list of possible terrorists. that was the stupidest day ever. one time i was taking photos near the pulaski skyway, basically a giant land bridge here in north jersey, and i got stopped by tons of special forces and homeland security people. they said i was too close to a bridge and it was near the anniversary of 9/11. and they looked all over in my car of things they could see, such as a bottle of pills in the door or crap like that, asking me why i had them, all kinds of nonsense. they ran my id and said i was now on the fbi’s list of possible terrorists.

that was the stupidest day ever.

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