You fight, You lose...

In our photojournalism class we had a guest speaker, Chief Markham, a retired Police officer who is now Chief of campus Police at Gwinnett Technical College.  He shared quite a bit of wisdom about being a photojournalist and getting along with the officials on the scene.  Police officers have a job to do and although reporters do as well, Chief Markham reconfirmed that their job is the most important!!  If someone tries to spout off saying, "I have a right to be here, blah blah blah", the police will not hesitate to show you your rights...with some handcuffs and a ride in the back of their car to the police station.  The Chief said the main thing to do as a photojournalist is to be trustworthy, use common sense and build a rapport with authorities by asking if you can take pictures.  If you fight, you lose!!