Category: legislation

Kingsnorth cops conducted unlawful stop & search operations

February 1, 2010 19:39 | legislation, news |

In the context of three fitwatchers pursuing legal action against Kingsnorth cops, this last weekend’s news of a High Court judgement that police had acted unlawfully in their blanket stops & searches conducted under Section 1 of PACE at Kingsnorth is particularly encouraging, and underlines the importance of monitoring cop activities as fitwatchers have been [...]

Met police issue guidelines for photographers

July 9, 2009 19:22 | Info, legislation | 1 comment

This snippet, picked up from PhotoRights.org: The MPS has published advice for photographers who want to take photographs in the capital. The advice covers number of areas and is suitable both for amateur and professional photographers. Perhaps of most relevance to fitwatchers is the following little paragraph: Members of the public and the media do [...]

Section 76 and how it “fits” into the larger scheme of things

February 19, 2009 10:59 | Miscellaneous, legislation |

Finally, after burning rather more of the midnight oil than I would have wished, I managed to get a piece knocked out that, theoretically, was supposed to be in response to the coming into force of Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008. For those who’re a bit behind the times and don’t already [...]