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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...
