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If a supposed police officers shows up at my door, and I have any doubts as to their authority, I'm supposed to call the publicly listed phone number of the loc
by janekm 5y ago
If a supposed police officers shows up at my door, and I have any doubts as to their authority, I'm supposed to call the publicly listed phone number of the local police department to verify. Seems that should be the very minimum standard of verification employed in this scenario as well ("our robot can't do that" isn't a very compelling excuse to me).
- hugh-avherald 5y agoI think calling is a good verification step, but note that if a police officer shows up at your door with a warrant, you're not allowed to verify their authority before letting them in. Without knowing the particulars of these requests, asking "just wait while I verify your details" may not be legally sound.
- janekm 5y agoThanks for the clarification, I should have added "IANAL" of course. Not being able to verify the identity of an officer / warrant does sound a bit like the real-world equivalent of this issue unfortunately (though the supposed remedy is high penalties for impersonating a police officer, a remedy that is a lot harder to pursue in these online cases) ;)