A police department forced to point out the obvious to its members

Via BoingBoing, we learn that the NYPD in April issued a memo to its officers that should once and for all clarify the fact that the photography of public structures, places and employees, absent any articulable criminal suspicion or interference with the performance of public duties, is entirely legal:

(Image from Craphound)

This should cut down significantly on the instances of unwarranted harassment of law-abiding citizens simply going about their business and enjoying their hobbies, at least in New York City.

We're still waiting for the Federal memo to be sent out.