I’ve been shocked by the widespread brutality displayed by police towards protesters and reporters, including those rightfully filming police officers’ actions. To help you know your rights if confronted while filming or photographing a police officer, I’ve complied a list of resources to help you know your rights. Please let me know if anything needs altering or added. Also please contact me to add information for your own country. I intend this to be a growing resource.

If confronted by Police, these are your rights as a photographer or videographer in the USA

UCLA advice:

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/photographers-what-do-if-you-are-stopped-or-detained-taking-photographs

https://www.acludc.org/en/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-if-stopped-photographing-public

Electronic Frontier Foundation advice:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/you-have-first-amendment-right-record-police

A handy printable guide prepared by Bert P. Krages, Attorney At Law:

http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

If confronted by Police, these are your rights as a photographer or videographer in the UK

Official advice from the Met Office:

https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/ph/photography-advice/

General advice:

https://www.techradar.com/uk/how-to/photography-video-capture/cameras/photographers-rights-the-ultimate-guide-1320949

https://informationisbeautiful.net/2010/photographers-rights-in-the-uk/

A handy printable guide from Informationisbeautiful.net to carry with you:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/infobeautiful2/photographersrights_UK.pdf