I had mentioned in a previous post about the fact that the Police in the UK have no right to delete images once they have been taken. Recent events in London have further reinforced this right we as photographers have. Here a reporter was outside of a Police cordon, taking pictures, when a Police Sergeant ‘forced’ the reporter to delete her images. Subsequently, the Met Police Commissioner admitted that the Police don’t always uphold the law correctly in this area.

I quote directly from ACPO Media Guidlines:

Once images are recorded, we (the Police) have no power to delete or confiscate them without a court order, even if we (the Police) think they contain damaging or useful evidence.