NYPD Officers Re-educated About Photographers’ 1st Amend. Rights
Now, the office of NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks has published a memo aiming to bring its officers up to speed on photographers’ rights. According to a report in the New York Daily News, the memo instructs officers that “intentional interference such as blocking or obstructing cameras or ordering the person to cease constitutes censorship and also violates the First Amendment.” It goes on to warn that photographers and videographers should be allowed to continue unless they’re actually interfering with the officers’ duties.
More details can be found in the New York Daily News article.
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In full-This memo should be national AFAIK
“Members of the public are legally allowed to record police interactions,” the memo states. “Intentional interference such as blocking or obstructing cameras or ordering the person to cease constitutes censorship and also violates the First Amendment.”
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