Safety of Contributors
It is vital that we do not encourage our audiences to risk their personal safety or that of others, in order to gather material for submission to the BBC.
We need to consider when to tell people that they should not risk their safety to supply us with images or recordings. This may be when we request material from members of the public or where we are likely to receive it anyway and there is likely to be a safety issue, for example a bomb blast, or fire. This safety issue could be addressed by reminders from presenters at relevant intervals, or on astons or online. We should also include this information in any relevant external communications. It may be appropriate to remind the public that we do not expect them to breach police or emergency service lines, and that if we believe that they have done so, we will not use their contribution.