When I was much younger I drove onto private property to photograph an
estate from the hilltop overlooking the place. A security vehicle came out
and took my down license number etc. The next day a local police car pulled
up to our house while I was away. Seems the estate had been robbed the
night before. I had no alibi! Luckily, the perpetrators were caught as I
couldn't have proven I wasn't there. I have more respect for keep out signs
now.
Gregg
From: Keith (R.K.) Berry
> I've had very few experiences of being accosted for photographing in
public
> places, the most memorable being when I'd just taken a shot of a window
> cleaner carrying his ladders in the centre of Walsall, Staffordshire. Two
> men seized me by the shoulders, thrust CID warrant cards in my face and
> asked me why I was taking pictures. "Why shouldn't I?" I asked. "We think
> that burglaries round here are being planned with the aid of photographs
of
> buildings and we'd like to know what you're up to," said one of them
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