Re: WTF?
"Never had a problem from any of them. Indeed, the more heavily armed they are, the less they seem to care."
Actual coppers know the law about photography.
PSCOs and other wannabes don't and they're the ones who cause trouble - which sworn staff then have to deal with as an arse-covering exercise because the photographer is now accused of something and it's the PSCO's word against a civilian's (keep that camera rolling and it's always worth bringing up "destruction of evidence" when they tell you to delete something).
Bear in mind the astonishing number of prosecutions brought against PCSOs for various offences and the fact that less than a decade ago in the aftermath of a fairly messy murder case (corrupt PCSO got killed as gang retribution for what she and her husband were up to) UK police were freely admitting they had serious corruption issues with PCSOs they couldn't deal with as they didn't have enough staff to police their PSCOs, or enough volunteers to be able to give corrupt PCSOs the boot even when they _knew_ they were dodgy.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
