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Private security company Cityguard has admitted its staff photograph children as well as anyone else involved in incidents they intervene in while on patrol.
The security guard who took the photos. Cityguard s managing director Ian Crawford said it was routine for security guards to take photographs of members of the public.
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Cityguard s admission comes after an Auckland woman reported seeing a security guard photographing a group of young children outside the Newmarket Train Station earlier this week.
The woman, who RNZ has agreed not to name, saw the guard pull out his cellphone and slowly approach the group.