Ms Jess Hurd, a well known and highly respected photojournalist has made a formal complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (`IPCC') after officers from the Metropolitan Police Service stopped her under terrorist legislation when she was working in a professional capacity covering a wedding on 10th December 2008 at the Ramada Hotel in London Docklands. Despite the officers being fully aware of her status as an accredited photo journalist and Ms Hurd explaining her presence and offering her identifying Press Card, she was still questioned and her footage viewed by officers, purportedly interested in her as a potential terrorist. <snip> Ms Hurd's camera was forcibly taken from her by the officer, despite her protests that there were safeguards in place to ensure a free press. The officer's response was: "We can do anything under the terrorism act".
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Ms Hurd's camera was forcibly taken from her by the officer, despite her protests that there were safeguards in place to ensure a free press. The officer's response was: "We can do anything under the terrorism act".
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Photojournalist Jess Hurd has filed a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission after she was stopped, searched and detained last year while covering a wedding As revealed by BJP on 15 December 2008, Hurd was detailed for more than 45 minutes after she was stopped on 10 December under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The photographer had been covering the wedding of a couple from Dale Farm in Essex. Read our full report here.Now, Hurd with the National Union of Journalists, has filed a complaint, seeking a full apology, and confirmation that the officers involved have received training in relation to the appropriate use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act and the responsibilities set out in the Association of Chief Police Officers Police Media Guidelines.
Photojournalist Jess Hurd has filed a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission after she was stopped, searched and detained last year while covering a wedding
As revealed by BJP on 15 December 2008, Hurd was detailed for more than 45 minutes after she was stopped on 10 December under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The photographer had been covering the wedding of a couple from Dale Farm in Essex. Read our full report here.Now, Hurd with the National Union of Journalists, has filed a complaint, seeking a full apology, and confirmation that the officers involved have received training in relation to the appropriate use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act and the responsibilities set out in the Association of Chief Police Officers Police Media Guidelines.
...seeking a full apology, and confirmation that the officers involved have received training in relation to the appropriate use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act...
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