Chapter 35 Self-test questions

. Police officers have the power in law to stop a journalist standing on a public pavement filming the scene of an incident.

True

False

. A police officer refuses to allow a photographer to walk nearer to the scene of a road accident, so she returns to her car, and because she was barred from the accident scene she can successfully sue the officer's police force for false imprisonment.

True

False

. At tense events, police sometimes threaten media photographers or video journalists with arrest under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. What must be the nature of their behaviour to justify such an arrest?

Disorderly and likely to cause 'harassment, alarm or distress'

Disorderly and likely to cause 'alarm and concern for privacy'

Disorderly and obstructive to justice

Disorderly and likely to 'interfere with another person's lawful activity'

. Journalists can be arrested for not moving away from a scene when requested by a police officer if they were blocking the pavement with their equipment.

True

False

. If a journalist, having been invited into a house, picks up a document without permission and photographs it, he/she may be sued for a type of trespass. What is the name given to this type of trespass?

Trespass to a person

Trespass to a dwelling house

Trespass to chattels

Trespass to goods

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