Filming kids in park

emweaver

moonrakerz wrote: »

As a keen amateur photographer I find comments like this rather disturbing.
There is NO law in this country to stop anyone filming or photographing whatever they wish ( with a few exceptions).
If this "old bloke" (categorised already - I'm surprised he wasn't actually labelled a !!!!!phile !!!) wishes to film from his property he is quite entitled to do so. If people don't like their kids being filmed/photographed - hard luck, take them elsewhere or keep them indoors !

This used to be a free country until this paranoia about photographing anything took over.

I suppose you ask permission when you take photographs when you are out with your camera - or don't you ?

Do you record and photograph children? Would you? Im sure if you did you would find a fair few parents complaining.

Its attitudes like this that encourages these predators . I mean a predator isnt going to admit is he hes going to use the excuse of being an amateur to

zoelouise88

please show me where i accused him? i dont think i did....i think if you read through you will see it is the other posters who brang that kind of stuff up not me as i said i have not accused anyone of anything. cant spell it correctly as it is a banned word so doesnt come up with teh correct spelling

suited-aces

zoelouise88 wrote: »

please show me where i accused him? i dont think i did....i think if you read through you will see it is the other posters who brang that kind of stuff up not me as i said i have not accused anyone of anything. cant spell it correctly as it is a banned word so doesnt come up with teh correct spelling

Heavily, heavily implied.

zoelouise88 wrote: »

thanks to you kind people i do actually feel pretty worried now and am now wondering what he is actually using the videos for, just imagine all the peadophiles filming kids it parks with no one to stop them. this world is pretty mad - reminds me of when my mum had trouble with her neighbout and she got told of for filming the neighbours harrasing her, how odd it is she cant film to prove harrassment but any tom !!!!!! & harry can film kids for what ever reason

zoelouise88

suited-aces wrote: »

Heavily, heavily implied.

thanks to you kind people i do actually feel pretty worried now and am now wondering what he is actually using the videos for - yes i am wondering why hes filming and what hes doing with all the videos of our children not saying he he is using them for anthing in paticular, just imagine all the peadophiles filming kids it parks with no one to stop them. - not accusing the bloke in question just pointing out that this is a sick world with many disturbing people and think there should be something to stop certain people from filming other peoples children this world is pretty mad - reminds me of when my mum had trouble with her neighbout and she got told of for filming the neighbours harrasing her, how odd it is she cant film to prove harrassment but any tom !!!!!! & harry can film kids for what ever reason

MsHoarder

There is no reason an "old bloke" can't film a public area. There are genuine child protection issues in school to do with children under fostering arrangements and the school as a duty of care towards these children. In the park, there is no organisation with a duty of care, the children are free to play, parents are free to supervise and everyone is free to take photos/film.

Given the description, it sounds as though this house has been a target (maybe not the young kids, do teenagers use this park in the evenings?) and the owner is taking appropriate measures to limit the damage in the future, including getting evidence of who is doing it. I find the idea of someone feeling under attack in their own home more disturbing than CCTV film TBH.

ETA: Suprised this was the case with your mother, unless it was on the neighbour's private property.

zoelouise88

Enfieldian wrote: »

I think that you mean "brought", there is no such word as "brang"

Is "The" a banned word as well?

O dear sorry.........but we can not all be perfect and make no spelling mistakes

paddyrg

Blimey. Well, it could be for security's sake, sounds like he has had trouble in the past, or maybe it is to see who is ccoming to the door before answering? Most small cameras on cctv style systems are fitted with extremely wide lenses, this means they are not really looking where they are pointing, but instead in every direction for a few feet - anything more distant is tiny and near-invisible. You have very little idea what the camera is picking up, and no idea how it is being used. Perhaps the chap is less mobile now, and needs to be sure who his visitors are before walking downstairs? Perhaps the old boy had been robbed in his home and is scared? You don't know, he may be more deserving of your care and sympathies than just screaming "p a e d o!!" as a knee-jerk reaction.

zoelouise88

MsHoarder wrote: »

There is no reason an "old bloke" can't film a public area. There are genuine child protection issues in school to do with children under fostering arrangements and the school as a duty of care towards these children. In the park, there is no organisation with a duty of care, the children are free to play, parents are free to supervise and everyone is free to take photos/film.

Given the description, it sounds as though this house has been a target (maybe not the young kids, do teenagers use this park in the evenings?) and the owner is taking appropriate measures to limit the damage in the future, including getting evidence of who is doing it. I find the idea of someone feeling under attack in their own home more disturbing than CCTV film TBH.

ETA: Suprised this was the case with your mother, unless it was on the neighbour's private property.

No teenagers use it

zoelouise88

paddyrg wrote: »

Blimey. Well, it could be for security's sake, sounds like he has had trouble in the past, or maybe it is to see who is ccoming to the door before answering? Most small cameras on cctv style systems are fitted with extremely wide lenses, this means they are not really looking where they are pointing, but instead in every direction for a few feet - anything more distant is tiny and near-invisible. You have very little idea what the camera is picking up, and no idea how it is being used. Perhaps the chap is less mobile now, and needs to be sure who his visitors are before walking downstairs? Perhaps the old boy had been robbed in his home and is scared? You don't know, he may be more deserving of your care and sympathies than just screaming "p a e d o!!" as a knee-jerk reaction.

his door is on the front of his house park is on back so that is not the case, and as i said not accusing anyone of anything. if his property has been damaged then wouldnt it make more sense to actually have it on his property? if vandals wanted to cause damage/break in the would jus have to jump the wall and got throught the side windows and doors where there is no cctv

emweaver

No Ive never seen teenagers in this park. It is used in evenings for childrens organised football practice and other clubs. My sisters boyfriend used to live next door (his parents still do) and has never had any trouble and none of the other houses have cctv.