Question of identity

1:18pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

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IT would appear from letters in The Press (April 25) that I have stirred up a hornets' nest with reference to ID cards.

It would seem the correspondents have failed to grasp the importance of identification in this changing world, which relates not only to criminal exploits but as a means of expediency, when dealing with members of the public with regard to other incidents, domestic or otherwise.

There are many occasions when our emergency services are called on to deal with illness, sudden death, persons who have lost their memory, drivers of motor vehicles, passengers and even cyclists who have no means of identification about their person.

As for criminal activity and the increase in illegal immigrants, long gone are the days when crime was mainly activated by local burglars and the like, when everyone knew their neighbours.

The boundaries have been extended nationwide because of motor vehicles being readily available to most people, legitimate or otherwise.

Kenneth Bowker, Vesper Walk, Huntington, York.