Head of traffic police gave explanations on the video the employees

29 November 2017

Drivers can still use camera

A series of review officials regarding the new administrative regulations of the traffic police, which entered into force on 20 October, will cease not soon. Recently, the Central Bank finally canceled information about the accident, now it is the turn of another resonant topic — ban on filming police.

The fact that the new regulations have gone a provision that forbade the police to interfere with citizens to produce fotovideosu communication
with employees. Then the authorities noted that given the right car owners enshrined in the law "On police", while in traffic police clarified that the officer may ask the driver to stop filming if she bothers to arrange an accident, or in the region introduced a counterterrorist operation.

Now all the i finally placed the head of traffic police Mikhail Chernikov. In his letter,
he explained that the inspector of traffic police cannot prohibit the driver video. "This question is
sufficiently regulated by the current legislation. The right of citizens freely to seek, receive, transmit, produce and disseminate information by any legal means is enshrined in article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation", — said Chernikov.

At the same time, the rules remain the exception. To remove the traffic police can not during operations and works on classified sites. The letter States
such restrictions are regulated by the laws "On emergency situation",
"On martial law", "On state secrets", "On operational-investigative activities",
and some other legislative acts.