A man was detained as a terrorist suspect for taking a photo of a police car being driven erratically across a public park.
Malcolm Sleath, who is chairman of his local park society, was stopped by two officers and told he had breached Section 44 of the Terrorism Act.
The law was amended in February to allow police to stop and search anyone they consider is a terrorist threat.
Those found guilty face a maximum ten years in jail. But Mr Sleath, acting chairman of the Friends of Town Park in Enfield, North London, was furious because police are not allowed to drive in that area of park.
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