That's good advice. Before goign to Keokuk this summer I sent an e-mail to
the local constabulary to let them know who I was and what I was intending
to do. At the end of my day, I did have an officer stop (as I was taking
pictures near the municipal waterworks) and ask about my activities. I
explained, gave him my ID and informed him that I had notified the
department by e-mail. I guess he believed me, because he wished me well.
Duncan Cameron
----- Original Message -----
From: <kohlj@bellsouth.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [CBQ] Detained and threatened by METRA police
>
> You know, I think that there is a very key sentence in here that may hold
the clue to a lot of this...
>
> "The Metra Police Department advised they had no knowledge of anyone
taking photographs"
>
> If said individuals called or saw some Metra officers and said "we're
railfans, we're going to stand over here and take some photos of the
locomotive when it comes in", in most cases there shouldn't have been a
problem. Yeah, there's always going to be some yahoo Barney Fife who wants
to be a jerk, but most police officers could care less as long as they've
been informed...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jan
>
> >
> > From: Bob Webber <rswebber@concentric.net>
> > Date: 2005/01/11 Tue PM 03:30:32 EST
> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [CBQ] Detained and threatened by METRA police
> >
> >
> > This from the Morton Grove Police:
> >
> >
> > To: All
> > Inquirers
> >
> >
> > From: Deputy Chief Louis
> > Rossi
> >
> > Subject: Metra Incident
> >
> > =====================================================================
> >
> > Due to heightened awareness throughout the United States, the Metra
Police
> > Department has requested that all local law enforcement agencies contact
> > their agency if anything unusual or suspicious is observed on any Metra
> > property.
> >
> > On Saturday 08 January 2005 at approximately 1:00 p.m. a Morton Grove
> > Community Service Officer was at the Metra train station performing
parking
> > enforcement when he observed two individuals on the Metra platform
taking
> > photographs. He thought this was suspicious in nature and had
> > communications contact the Metra Police Department. The Metra Police
> > Department advised they had no knowledge of anyone taking photographs,
but
> > requested that the Morton Grove Police Department stand by with the
> > subjects until they arrived. The Morton Grove officers explained to the
> > individuals why they were and that officers from the Metra Police
> > Department wanted to speak with them. At approximately 1:15 p.m. the
Metra
> > Officers arrived and the Morton Grove Police officers turned the
incident
> > over to the Metra Police Officers. Any actions or conversations that
took
> > place between the Metra Police officers and the two individuals with
> > regards to this incident, needs to be addressed with the Metra Police
> > Department.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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