At one point in time I was taking pictures of random things around BART (SF Bay Area's medium rail system) stations... because... bored photographer. I had a em

At one point in time I was taking pictures of random things around BART (SF Bay Area's medium rail system) stations... because... bored photographer. I had a employee first attempt to confiscate my camera and later threaten to call the BART cops (who are notorious for shooting first... and covering ass later). Ironically they do have a photo policy http://www.bart.gov/about/business/permits/photopermits http://www.bart.gov/about/business/permits/photopermits which isn't that different than it used to be. Basically as long as its non-commercial and you aren't sneaking in somewhere, it's fine. However that gate employee insisted what I was doing was illegal, private property (ha! PUBLIC transit), yada yada yada. Of course, this was only because I had a DSLR. I've taken way more informational photos with my phone and no one ever noticed.