Re: QR and Photographers

[pdwyer <pdwyerNOpdSPAM@ecn.net.au.invalid>]

In article <LHXj4.12116$3b6.54122@ozemail.com.au>, "Barry Campbell"
<campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> More exactly *can't* harass you. Taking photographs is not illegal
> generally under the Qld Criminal Code and I doubt if it gets a
> mention under the Transport Infrastructure  or any other act in that
> area. If you are on the platform legally you can take photos.

  Barry,
        Kevin's crime was to be fifteen years old. He was stopped by a
member of the railway squad, a Queensland Police Detatchment, not a
general security bod.

It appears he was searched on suspicion of vandalism, a crime.

 It would've only occurred due to Kevins age, and most probably the
fact that his bag would've been large enough to conceal several spray
cans.

 If Kevin had been fifty to sixty and doing the same thing, the cop
wouldn't blinked.

 The policeman was doing his job, and Kevin fit a profile. He was
searched and dismissed, and although it seems a little harsh, I'd
prefer the cops to be looking out for and locating vandals.

The initial incident would probably still have occurred had Kevin had
consent to take photgraphs. I don't believe the Railway Squad stop to
chat with the SM in their daily duties.





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