UC Irvine's Policy on Videotaping Public Events

On September 23, I received an email from UC Irvine Police Lt. Joe Reiss. This was in connection with an incident that occurred at a campus speaking event earlier this year in which I was prevented from videotaping a speaker by campus police officers at the behest of the Muslim Student Union.

Lt Reiss sent me a couple of PDF attachments which address the issue. Both of them use the same language as to the right to videotape public events on campus.


file:///C:/Users/gary/Downloads/Freedom_of_Expression%20(2).pdf

"No person on University property or at
official University functions may:

1) Block entrances to or otherwise restrict the
free flow of traffic into and out of campus
buildings, parking lots, campus roads and
walkways (sec.102.13, 102.15);

2) Obstruct or disrupt campus activities,
classes, and offices (sec.102.13);

3) Block traffic or passage using tables or
movable stands;

4) Use amplified sound without prior approval
or utilize amplified sound that disrupts
campus activities (sec.102.13);

5) Engage in physically abusive or threatening
conduct toward any person (sec.102.08);

6) Exhibit disorderly or lewd conduct
(sec.102.14);

7) Participate in a disturbance of the peace or
unlawful assembly (sec.102.15);

8) Fail to comply with the directions of a
University official acting in the performance
of his or her duties (sec.102.16);

9) Engage in the theft, destruction of, or
damage to any University property or
equipment (sec.102.04);

10)Participants may video or audio record an 
event that is open to the public as long as it 
is in compliance with the UC Administrative 
Policies & Procedures Section 900-30, Policy 
on Filming and Photography on the UC Irvine 
campus."


file:///C:/Users/gary/Downloads/Student%20Conduct%20free_speech-all-v5%20(2).pdf


"Participants may video or audio record an event that
is open to the public as long as it is in compliance
with the UC Administrative Policies & Procedures
Section 900-30, Policy on Filming and Photography
on the UC Irvine Campus."

Below is the UCI policy regulation 900-30.

http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/2710523/PACAOS-30

In addition, I also dug this up from the UCI web site. The same language can be found near the bottom of the page.

http://www.campusorgs.uci.edu/resources_for_orgs/freespeech.php