Originally Posted by
Cautious Optimist
They were taken on airport property, but then 99% of all my photos are taken on airports properties (never an individual air operator/companies private property), most airports are perfectly fine with it, after Oxford I went to Luton, walked the entire perimeter fence taking photos, similar security van came up to me, saw what I was doing, and left again without saying a word! Why is it good enough for most but not Oxford? They should be ashamed of themselves
Go back and stand the other side, on public land, of the airport perimeter and start snapping away with your camera in full view of security.
She had no right to ask to see your ID unless you were entering a security restricted area and if she had any doubts regarding your credability then she should have called the police who would have the rights to ask for your details.
Taking photos of airports in not a criminal offence, yet, in UK.