§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for a report from the chief constable of Humberside regarding advice given by the police to the public on Humberside on allowing persons into their homes unless they are satisfied with any identification that they may carry purporting to show that they act in an official capacity.
§ Mr. HurdI understand that the Humberside police, like other police forces, distribute Home Office crime prevention leaflets advising householders to establish the identity of callers by a careful examination of any identification cards they may carry before admitting them.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for a report from 573W the chief constable of Humberside on incidents where people have been admitted to homes of people in Humberside on producing alleged identification showing them to be members of the police force.
§ Mr. HurdI understand that in one recent instance a person posing as a police officer, and showing a paper allegedly identifying him as such, attempted to gain entry to homes in Humberside. The police issued a public warning about him.