Filming kids in park

mikey72

Money_User wrote: »

I will.....

Tesco - Home Delivery

Notice who the op is?

Probably been hit by a neighbour for trying to deliver when their children were playing in the garden. :rotfl:

xangeleyes

Actually, due to a troublesom neighbour, one of our other neighbours asked about setting up CCTV as he was being followed by this troublesom neighbour. They area officer said that you were ONLY allowed to point a camera into your garden ONLY and not outside of it (like on the footpath or the other neighbours house).
So, I would contact your council about this.
Perhaps this 'rule' is only in my area??

hartcjhart

OK I fell for it and commented,

But I now think that the OP is an attention seeking drama llama who is desperate to have a thread that runs and runs

biscit

Rachel_murray wrote: »

Perhaps this 'rule' is only in my area??

I think there is a lot of misunderstanding of the legality of taking photographs and filming in public places, even among police officers. The Association of Chief Police Officers have made clear that photography is not illegal, but photographers taking photos of interesting looking buildings and public scenes still get hassled by the police all the time.

There may be regs relating to permanent CCTV installations, but I don't see why it should be different.

The idea that filming or photography is suspicious or worrying behaviour needs to be stamped out.

williacg

hartcjhart wrote: »

OK I fell for it and commented,

But I now think that the OP is an attention seeking drama llama who is desperate to have a thread that runs and runs

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Should be ashamed, trying to incite a witch hunt on a public forum, disgraceful.

globalds

Time for a bit of this:

grapefruitandmango

lol firstlylike your sense of humour globalds ; however zoe do what YOU think is right for you and your own zoe ; i know i would and always do regardless when t comes too my children i am a person who will do what it takes too protect them and i dont antibacterial their hands and wrap them in cotton wool or bubble wrap; mikey your so right about the baddies of the late 60's and 70s that i cant help but agree with you ;but be honest you did watch the wombles didnt you ?

mikey72

grapefruitandmango wrote: »

lol firstlylike your sense of humour globalds ; however zoe do what YOU think is right for you and your own zoe ; i know i would and always do regardless when t comes too my children i am a person who will do what it takes too protect them and i dont antibacterial their hands and wrap them in cotton wool or bubble wrap; mikey your so right about the baddies of the late 60's and 70s that i cant help but agree with you ;but be honest you did watch the wombles didnt you ?

I did indeed, but I was more of a Banana Splits person.

(Mind you, all those creepy furry people, with a bus load of children...............
All that off roading, and no crash helmets or seat belts.......)

unholyangel

Now i'm a little confused here.

Is the camera upstairs or downstairs? From what you originally said i would've said upstairs, but from what you have said since, i would say downstairs.

I mean even if its 3 metres away from his house, thats about 10ft. Thats not very far at all. If the camera is upstairs then due to the angle, you'd maybe find its trained on the border of their property. If its downstairs then i imagine its practically impossible NOT to film the park in the background if they are filming their own property.

Tbh if it were me personally, if i had to set a camera up to (for example) watch my car out the front i wouldnt even take into consideration about possibly filming kids. It wouldnt even occur to me. Now, if someone see's it and jumps to conclusions and accuses me unjustly and possibly leads to me having to move towns, leave my job etc, is that then my fault for having innocent intentions/thoughts or theirs for not having the common sense to consider that i may have an innocent reason or the tact to set their mind at ease without false accusations?

Child abuse is a very serious allegation. One that normally sane people act like loonies over. While a childs life may be destroyed by sexual abuse, an adults can also be destroyed by people with seemingly good intentions who dont think about the consequences of their actions.

pogofish

Rachel_murray wrote: »

Actually, due to a troublesom neighbour, one of our other neighbours asked about setting up CCTV as he was being followed by this troublesom neighbour. They area officer said that you were ONLY allowed to point a camera into your garden ONLY and not outside of it (like on the footpath or the other neighbours house).
So, I would contact your council about this.
Perhaps this 'rule' is only in my area??

Nope - This "rule" only exists in that officer's incompetent head. There is nothing to stop you setting up or using a camera at all.

Once again, legal summary here:
http://www.sirimo.co.uk/2009/05/14/uk-photographers-rights-v2/