Well done West Midlands Police for their approach to managing this which includes the following page on their Facebook...
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http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151872310740099.866855.81751285098&type=1Pictures of West Midlands Police officers on duty during the Olympic Torch Relay. Tweet us your pictures of our officers on the route at @WMPolice and we'll add them to this album.
Good PR, and far better than the attitude adopted by some forces of "you can't take pictures because it breaches the Terrorism Act/Data Protection Act/Local Town Clauses Act/Regulation of Railways Act/insert piece of legislation here (which probably does not apply)" when photographers are out taking pictures of street scenes.