Vancouver cops affirm your right to take pictures
Vancouver, site of an upcoming Olympic games, has just announced a policy prohibiting cops from taking away your camera or making you erase your photos.It's always been policy but now it will be enforced. Vancouver police are not allowed to seize cameras or cell phones from anyone, unless they have consent, a warrant, or the person has been lawfully arrested.Vancouver police update camera/cell phone seizure policyConstable Lindsay Houghton tells the Province newspaper the policy has always been there, but it's now in writing and updated in their official regulations manual.
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Cory Doctorow
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* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
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