In recent years the number of cases of police officers and private security guards who believe they can stop news photographers and citizens from using cameras in public seems to be on the rise.
This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit(which includes Connecticut) ruled decisively that citizens have a right to record police activity that is taking place in public, including photographing the outside of police stations.
The ruling stems from a Waterbury case in which two officers arrested a man who later said he was testing police compliance with the First Amendment by recording outside Waterbury Police HQ.
