Gardai car number in a newspaper

woytek_tzn

allowed or not?Polish newspaper that comes out in Ireland 10 000 copies.

joeyvw

From what I understand, your not allowed to take a picture of the gardai without their permission, so the gardai car number should not be allowed to be published in the newspaper

charybdis

joeyvw wrote: »

From what I understand, your not allowed to take a picture of the gardai without their permission, so the gardai car number should not be allowed to be published in the newspaper

You are mistaken.

There is no legal problem with newspapers publishing photographs of this nature.

woytek_tzn

they agreed for a shots.

humberklog

joeyvw wrote: »

From what I understand, your not allowed to take a picture of the gardai without their permission, so the gardai car number should not be allowed to be published in the newspaper

This information is completely wrong.

PCPhoto

there are very limited circumstances where a photograph cannot be used in the media.

most of the time..... especially from the redtops - if its a gray area ....a picture will be used and deal with the consequences later.

Effects

joeyvw wrote: »

From what I understand, your not allowed to take a picture of the gardai without their permission, so the gardai car number should not be allowed to be published in the newspaper

That's not true. Think about it, what's going to happen if someone sees the reg of a garda car in a newspaper?

Gardalover

joeyvw wrote: »

From what I understand, your not allowed to take a picture of the gardai without their permission, so the gardai car number should not be allowed to be published in the newspaper

The Gardai are the sexiest men to take pictures from

woytek_tzn

I've sended them already:D

TinyExplosions

As far as I'm aware, you are allowed take pictures in a public place of whatever you want (I don't think we have an of the rubbish anti-terror stuff they do in the UK), so if the Guards are out and about you can snap away.

There might be some legislation with regard to taking pics that may put a Garda in danger, but I'm not sure on that

Covey

Photos of the gardai are fair cop

Chorcai

By all means take a photo, it is nice to be nice, in other words just blank out the number plate.

ThOnda

Effects wrote: »

That's not true. Think about it, what's going to happen if someone sees the reg of a garda car in a newspaper?

What would happen? Even if you remember that reg. and even if it was Mondeo of under-cover officers, when you read the plate, it is already too late. Of course, if you have done something wrong or illegal.

I love Gardai and the more we could see them in the streets, on the roads and motorways, the better. I am getting scared more and more.

And about pictures? I would hardly take any pictures of Gardai. Maybe only for the reason that they are exposed to public enough for doing their work. Respect to all of them!

melekalikimaka

can take photos of defendants in handcuffs is another one

Covey

ThOnda wrote: »

What would happen? Even if you remember that reg. and even if it was Mondeo of under-cover officers, when you read the plate, it is already too late. Of course, if you have done something wrong or illegal.

I love Gardai and the more we could see them in the streets, on the roads and motorways, the better. I am getting scared more and more.

And about pictures? I would hardly take any pictures of Gardai. Maybe only for the reason that they are exposed to public enough for doing their work. Respect to all of them!

I think a society, like Ireland, that allows photographs of the police force generally has a lot to be said for it. It provides a very essential balance and control in the system and something we should be proud of and not seek to erode in any way.

humberklog

ThOnda wrote: »

Respect to all of them!

Cough, cough mcbrearty tribunal, cough, cough. Respect? Phoooey.

Snap away I say, reg plates and all.

TJJP

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=64415041#post64415041

Covey

humberklog wrote: »

Cough, cough mcbrearty tribunal, cough, cough. Respect? Phoooey.

Snap away I say, reg plates and all.

Absolutely spot on.

Missed two shots today, one of the Garda Traffic Corp doing 60 kph in the 30kph zone ( well no speedometer on the camera) and one of an interesting mock up for a film.

Paulw

Covey wrote: »

Absolutely spot on.

Missed two shots today, one of the Garda Traffic Corp doing 60 kph in the 30kph zone ( well no speedometer on the camera) and one of an interesting mock up for a film.

The Gardai on duty are exempt from the Road Traffic Act, so speed limits don't apply to them.

But, there's certainly no major restriction on taking photos of Gardai or the cars (of course there can be circumstances where they are restricted). There is no restriction on printing the license of a marked Garda car.

rowanh

Paulw wrote: »

The Gardai on duty are exempt from the Road Traffic Act, so speed limits don't apply to them.

I though that was only when they had their sirens on.

Paulw

rowanh wrote: »

I though that was only when they had their sirens on.

Nope, it's all the time. Lights/sirens are only to get the attention of the public to move aside.

shepthedog

Mostly its a judgement call by the publication. Some will blur out the plates, other will just leave it. Unless its the Emergency Response Unit or undercover officers there should be no problem.
Most Gardai are quite camera shy though

Effects

Can you take photo's of the ERU Gardaí, not in cars but say, on foot at a checkpoint?

monument

Effects wrote: »

Can you take photo's of the ERU Gardaí, not in cars but say, on foot at a checkpoint?

There may be no law directly covering it, but when I asked about photographing gardai, the Garda Press Office replied to me saying:

As a general rule members of specialist Garda Units are not photographed for operational reasons.

Regards
Garda Press Office

Chorcai

monument wrote: »

There may be no law directly covering it, but when I asked about photographing gardai, the Garda Press Office replied to me saying:

I would hope they keep it that way, it doesn't take 5 secs to draw a box/blur out a car plate.

Effects

Chorcai wrote: »

I would hope they keep it that way, it doesn't take 5 secs to draw a box/blur out a car plate.

Maybe. But there's also no point in blurring out a plate on a Garda car. The information is useless anyway.

humberklog

Chorcai wrote: »

I would hope they keep it that way, it doesn't take 5 secs to draw a box/blur out a car plate.

Yeah but it always ruins the pic. Who on gods good earth takes a perfectly good photo and then goes scribbling all over it for non artistic/asthetic purposes?

No bother taking ERU pics, there's been a few road blocks across the northside for the last few weeks and they've been out manning them. Sure their faces are covered and as for the reg plates of the darkened out black land cruisers? No objections to being photo'd. How could they have, there is no law against it.

Think clearly and realistically here now. What use is a Garda Reg? They know who the vehicle is registered to: the police!! Will it identify them on the street? Eh...now I ain't no criminal and even I can spot the vehicles from space!!! Nonsense notions of blacking out flipping reg's. The ERU don't sneek up on people!! They stand in front of you in a uniform, balaclava and a gun ffs.


You'd have to be from planet goo-gooland not to know when one of those armoured beasts is breathing down your neck when driving on the road. It's far from reg plate detection those chaps are worried about.

Essexboy

humberklog wrote: »

Cough, cough mcbrearty tribunal, cough, cough. Respect? Phoooey.

Snap away I say, reg plates and all.

Also the Barr Tribunal.

Chorcai

humberklog wrote: »

Yeah but it always ruins the pic. Who on gods good earth takes a perfectly good photo and then goes scribbling all over it for non artistic/asthetic purposes?

No bother taking ERU pics, there's been a few road blocks across the northside for the last few weeks and they've been out manning them. Sure their faces are covered and as for the reg plates of the darkened out black land cruisers? No objections to being photo'd. How could they have, there is no law against it.

Think clearly and realistically here now. What use is a Garda Reg? They know who the vehicle is registered to: the police!! Will it identify them on the street? Eh...now I ain't no criminal and even I can spot the vehicles from space!!! Nonsense notions of blacking out flipping reg's. The ERU don't sneek up on people!! They stand in front of you in a uniform, balaclava and a gun ffs.


You'd have to be from planet goo-gooland not to know when one of those armoured beasts is breathing down your neck when driving on the road. It's far from reg plate detection those chaps are worried about.

Ok fair enough, just thought it was the done thing for likes unmarked sqad cars and the like.

sunny2004

Effects wrote: »

That's not true. Think about it, what's going to happen if someone sees the reg of a garda car in a newspaper?

????????
all garda cars are registered to garda HQ ? so I dont understand the problem here?

Effects

sunny2004 wrote: »

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all garda cars are registered to garda HQ ? so I dont understand the problem here?

I can't see why you're quoting me as you are just reiterating my own point.

Dermot Illogical

Essexboy wrote: »

Also the Barr Tribunal.

A true bastion of impartiality. Next time there's a siege I hope he's dragged out of his bed to deliver ciggies.

@ The OP. If it's a marked garda car don't worry about it. The blue lights and crest are already a dead giveaway.