A Rough Guide to Filming the Police during a Stop & Search

Nowadays with most of us having a camera on our mobile phones, more and more people are able to film the actions of the police during a stop and search and are choosing to do so.

However, there are a few basic suggestions that may help you to be better prepared, can ensure that deciding to film the police makes a difference and can mean any footage has genuine value as possible evidence.

Why stop and film?

Ordinary people stopping and filming the police can mean that officers behave differently than they would if no-one was watching and recording their actions. This might make the experience for the person who has been stopped far less intimidating or threatening.

The more often the police are filmed stopping people, the more officers may come to expect that they may be filmed in the future, which can influence the way they generally treat people and whether stop & search powers are routinely used indiscriminately.

If police officers have acted unlawfully, filming them can help provide evidence if there is a formal complaint or if someone is arrested.

Can I legally film the police?

There is no law stopping anyone filming in a public place, so if you are on the streets you can film without asking permission – the Metropolitan Police’s own guidelines (adopted by all police forces in Britain) make clear that “police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel”.

There is a law – Section 58A of the Terrorism Act 2000 – that says police officers can stop you filming them if they believe that the video will be used for purposes of terrorism. However, police guidelines state that:

“it would ordinarily be unlawful to use section 58A to arrest people photographing police officers in the course of normal policing activities… An arrest would only be lawful if an arresting officer had a reasonable suspicion that the photographs were being taken in order to provide practical assistance to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”. 

This does not apply when you stop to film the police stopping and searching people.

What to remember when filming

 A stop & search is already a humiliating experience for the person who has been stopped, so it is worthwhile asking them if it’s OK to film and assuring them you are just filming the actions of the police


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Comment by Andy Anduer on October 7, 2012 at 2:10am

When you film things like that you are just showing what really happened as opposed to relying on ones flawed memory. And it's a good thing that the police should encourage because it will vindicate what they did was right and if they were wrong in their actions they will learn from their mistakes.Only wrong doing fears exposure.

Comment by Richard Harper on October 6, 2012 at 8:02pm

You'll still get arrested, then the charges dropped. You won't have the money to sue for false arrest after that. And all your footage will have mysteriously disappeared.

Comment by Mike Jones on October 6, 2012 at 5:01pm

This is a good one, with links that check out big time. Thanks.

Comment by Sweettina2 on October 6, 2012 at 12:35pm

Right on! I love it when people get truth on film.

Comment by Dianne Orton on October 5, 2012 at 5:35pm

The vid is not working, it stopped on whoever was watching prior to me.

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