New Dallas Police Photo Rights Policy Way Too Vague, Photographers Say

New Dallas Police Photo Rights Policy Way Too Vague, Photographers Say

The Dallas Police Department has officially released a new general order that’s meant to inform officers on photographers’ rights. The document, titled

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“I’m extremely disappointed in the general order that they actually released, which is one page and, unfortunately, I think will not provide officers with the direction that they need nor explain to them why both citizens and journalists have the right to photograph,” he says. “You can’t discipline an officer without a policy. Based on this policy I don’t see where, no matter what an officer does, that there would be any discipline at all that would stick.”