NPPA Sends Letter to NYPD Regarding Police-Press Relations

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NPPA Along With 13 Media Groups Sends Letter to NYPD Regarding Police-Press Relations – NPPA Advocacy Committee

The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) along with 13 other media organizations sent a letter to the New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today requesting another meeting to discuss recent police incidents involving

via NPPA Advocacy Committee: http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2012/10/01/nppa-along-with-13-media-groups-sends-letter-to-nypd-regarding-police-press-relations/

“It is our strongly asserted position that while the press may not have a greater right of access than the public, they have no less right either,”  Osterreicher wrote. “We strongly object to any journalists being harassed, intimidated and arrested when clearly displaying press identification solely because they were not considered to be ‘properly credentialed’ by the police,” he added.