David J Brooks wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:17 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> frank theriault wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Do Canadian police not mind having their photos taken? >>>> >>>> Or didn't you wait around long enough to find out? >>>> >>>> An interesting slice of life - well spotted! >>>> >>>> >>> They aren't too thrilled about it. I think I've only taken one or two >>> (other than at parades and other such festive occasions) pix of cops, >>> and I've asked first on one occasion, to which he consented. >>> >>> They didn't notice me this time and I didn't ask. Checking the EXIF >>> data, I think that the lens was at 70mm, and I think I was about 10 or >>> 15 feet away, and when I raised my camera to eye-level, they didn't >>> look at me so I snapped. Got two shots off. >>> >>> Generally speaking cops don't like their pix taken around here, OTOH, >>> I'm not sure what they can do about it if you do shoot them, short of >>> charging you with obstructing justice (a charge that I think they'd >>> have trouble making stick). >>> >>> cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> >> They're armed, they could always shoot back... >> > > My SO was a cop for 15 years. If they are shooting at you, its best to > stand still. Survival rate is MUCH better.:-) > > When it takes 8-10 shots to put a run over dog out of its misery, you > do the math > > Dave > >> -- >> Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... >> -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> 8 or 10 shots is pretty poor.
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