Another cautionary tale:
We had an incident....a long while ago I might add...where a police officer
requested information about a male member of staff. It was later found that
he was not infact on police business, but wanted information about this
person because...........................he suspected him of having an
affair with his wife!!!................................
Morale..."don't be fooled by the look of authority"
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Sent: 18 October 2000 13:46
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Subject: Re: Requests for Personal Data by the Police - Policy and
Procedu res
Cautionary tale:
we had a bogus policeman last year with totally credible authentication
of the legitimacy of the enquiry about one of our students. Don't be too
trusting. A shame, but true. If it's a force you don't normally work
with, check the phone book or your friendly local policestation to make
sure contact numbers/names are authentic.
John
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> We require that requests by police should always be supported by a form of
> declaration giving details of the enquiry and necessity for the info
sought
> and for the form to be countersigned by a senior officer.
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