- Reference: 2019/20148
- Question by: Siân Berry
- Meeting date: 14 November 2019
On 15 October 2019, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) were stationed on Lambeth Bridge stopping members of the public and asking them to present identification. Since police don’t commonly have the power to ask for identification and the public don’t have a duty to show them any or even provide their name, what was the purpose of this, under which powers were these checks carried out, and who issued the order to officers to carry out these checks?