The Minister of National security Fitzgerald Hinds says that there is no law nor policy to stop anyone from videotaping police officers on active duty but in doing so people must not obstruct officers or they could face penalties under two laws.
He was in the House of Representatives on Friday, giving a reply to an oral question by Naparima MP Rodney Charles.
Hinds said the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service does not have a specific policy regarding members of the public taking photographs or video recordings of police officers while in the execution of their duty.
He said obstruction of a police officer from his duties was a criminal offence under the Police Service Act, which he quoted.
Hinds also said that certain intrusive conduct by individuals relative to the police can amount to harassment, which is a chargeable offence under the Offences against the People Act
He said harassment was constituted by an act being done on at least two occasions and would incur a penalty of a $2,000 fine and six months’ imprisonment.
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