Taking pictures in public may soon become "Suspicious Activity" if the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has their way.

According to page 40 of the LAPD’s “Suspicious Activity Report,” published in June 2008:
Any person who takes pictures or video footage (with no apparent esthetic value, i.e., camera angles, security equipment, security personnel, traffic lights, building entrances, etc.).

This gives police the green light to detain photographers(private investigators and any citizen) who are doing nothing but taking photos.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to make it a “national model.”

Although Special Order No. 11 applies only to the LAPD, as the American Civil Liberties Union points out, "Rather than criticize the LAPD efforts, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said the LAPD program 'should be a national model.' Not surprisingly, in June 2008 the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security teamed with the Major City [sic] Chiefs Association to issue a report recommending expanding the LAPD SAR program to other U.S. cities."

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is a federal agency that serves as “the principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to national security, according to Wikipedia.


Link:
http://www.pixiq.com/article/another-photographer-detained-in-southern-california