Police forced to tell community 'impersonator' in video circulating online is an actual officer
Police have had to quell rumours someone is impersonating an officer in a community.
By Adam Smith
Published
Video footage circulated around social media of a man in uniform ringing a doorbell in Erdington, Birmingham at 2am.
However, Erdington Police tweeted a clarification it was one of their officers.
Erdington Police tweeted: "Police are aware of a video circulating on social media of a male in police uniform ringing a doorbell at 2am on February 20.
"Some concerns expressed by the community that this person was impersonating a police officer. However, it has been confirmed that this was one of our officers carrying out an urgent enquiry about a missing person.
"Hope this reassures our community."
