David Cameron: police should name suspects if 'in the public interest' "I know some people want to connect it specifically with Leveson," the Prime Minister said. But actually it's a long-standing debate about how to get the balance right between making things public, which as Theresa has said should be the working assumption, but also respecting privacy where that is appropriate. Warwickshire Police admitted this month that it had been wrong to with-hold the name of a former officer accused of stealing £113,000 from their police headquarters, but similar policies were still being followed by 14 of the 43 forces in England and Wales. Mrs May has written to police policy chiefs calling on them to "protect transparency in the criminal justice system." She said that the controversial measures could mean "witnesses and other victims might not come forward" and pointed out that while the comments on suspects" identities had been included in Lord Leveson's report, they did not form part of his "substantive recommendations." The Prime Minister said that he agrees "with the stance" Mrs May is taking over the issue, but said that there is a "very difficult balance to get right." Mr Cameron said: "On the one hand, sometimes making public the details of the arrest can help to bring forward evidence and bring forward potential victims, therefore it is completely in the public interest." He warned that in certain cases individuals" identities should be kept secret because the publicity generated can be "genuinely life changing." The Prime Minister cited the case of Christopher Jeffries, who received a high level of media attention after being wrongly linked to the murder of Joanna Yeates in 2010.