Plain daff-t! Police confiscate flowers little girls had picked at roadside for Mother’s Day
“She explained it was illegal and then took the flowers off the girls, which upset them and is why I started filming.
“I respect the police and the law but I feel like it could have been dealt with a bit better with some common sense.
“It just really rattled me that she took that attitude.
“It ruined Mother’s Day for the girls because they were looking forward to taking the flowers back to their mum when I dropped them off.”
Mr Taylor, who is separated from the girls’ mother, said he would rather have paid a fine so his daughters could keep the daffodils.
He added: “She gave me a telling off, which I understand, but the flowers had already been picked so I don’t see why she had to take them from the girls.
“The girls have been criminalised for doing something that everyone does. I have always taught my girls to respect the laws and, for the sake of picking flowers, I now have to explain to my kids what they did wrong.
“I just feel it was a bit of a waste of police time when you look at all the other crime there is going on in the area.”
In his film, Mr Taylor is heard telling the officer: “I think you’re disgusting taking flowers off children while they’re picking them.
“Haven’t you got anything better to do, rather than harassing children?” Nottinghamshire Police confirmed the officer confiscated the flowers from the girls and took them to a care home.
A spokesman said: “The officer provided the family with some advice about picking flowers and the matter was not taken any further.”
It is against the law to pick flowers growing in council parks or on council-maintained roundabouts or verges.