Posted by blackhawk Legally even LEOs can not ask you to delete images. I've shown images to LEOs and the FBI. If you're detained or arrested they will find the card anyway and the images might save you from more serious charges as they have myself on 3 occasions. In general do not shoot things you know you should not shoot like occupied residential dwellings from private property or LEOs while evading them. Security guards... just run.
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The thing is in urbex, you often find yourself on private properties (and taking photos of it). Even if it's abandoned, it belongs to somebody.
I'm not sure that in that case, they can't ask you to delete them.
Or they can threaten you to sue you for trespassing if you don't delete them.
Anyway, you're doing something you're not, so usually you're not really in a favorable position to argue.
Also it might create some unnecessary tension between LEOs and you or security guards. Showing you understand you did something wrong and cooperate might save your ass, and avoid going to court (even if you may win, you will still have to pay for lawyers, etc...).
Also what do you mean by images saved you from more serious charges?