[Leica] photographing other people's children in a public playground (revisited)

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

Is this a script for Law and Order: Special Victims Unit? 

On Apr 23, 2010, at 9:02 PM, Oliver Bryk wrote:

> The following excerpt from our Precinct Captain's weekly report bears on 
> the
> issues regarding photographing in public places that we discussed a few
> months ago:
> -------------------
> "On April 21, 2010 Richmond Station was alerted by email of recent
> suspicious activity by an adult white male at Mountain Lake Park. This
> suspect was seen using his cell phone to take photographs of children at 
> the
> Mountain Lake Park play structures. He did not have any children with him.
> An alert member of the community used her cell phone to take a photograph 
> of
> the suspect which she included with her email to Richmond Station. She
> followed the suspect to his car and reported to us that he drives a Silver
> Chrysler "PT Cruiser".
> 
> "The email and photograph was immediately distributed to Richmond Station
> Officers. Plain clothes officers, with the assistance of inspectors from 
> the
> Department's Sexual Offender Unit, started an immediate search of places
> that they could expect to locate an individual engaging in such activity.
> The work of plain clothes officers included stake-outs and showing the
> suspect's photograph to possible witnesses. Thus far, we have not been able
> to identify the suspect from his photograph and a search of our sex 
> offender
> database was unproductive. We have sent the photograph to our partners at
> the State Department of Justice in hopes that they might be able to 
> identify
> him.
> 
> "All of the police activity described above is ongoing. I am glad to report
> that we have been able to determine several places that the suspect
> frequents, including a commercial establishment in the district.
> 
> "On Wednesday night several officers and I met with forty members of the
> "Friends of Mountain Lake Park" community group regarding the suspect and 
> to
> discuss how we can work collaboratively to find him quickly.
> 
> "The volume of internet traffic related to this issue has been significant
> and has done a great deal to raise public awareness about this suspect and
> his activities. I have attached a copy of the suspect's photograph to this
> newsletter and request that you call police immediately if you see him. I 
> am
> confident that all of us working together we will be able to quickly find
> and identify this suspect."
> ----------------
> Oliver
> 
> PS I don't know whether there are any signs at the playground in Mountain
> Lake Park stating that photographing children is prohibited.
> 
> 
> 
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