Met Apologises for use of public order act against photographers

Even though this cropped up two days ago on Twitter - I still think it's a rather noteworthy article to highlight.

After police misused the public order act to stop photographers working at the G20 protests, a Metropolitan police spokeswoman apologised! Certainly an extraordinary occurrence given the police's propensity for misusing anti terrorist laws against journalists carrying out their day-job.

I feel extremely naive saying even thinking the following, but could this, coupled with (as far as I know) no use of the much anticipated and dreaded Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 actually signal the start of a more tolerant policing attitude towards photographers and journalists?
Certainly the members of the police (Met, BTP and other regional forces brought in for the G20) on the whole seemed quite approachable when I needed to ask them during the protests and I had more trouble from Anarchist types.

I guess time will tell! Certainly something that causes some concern to me as, a) just starting out and b) not actually having a press pass yet!

British Journal of Photography article