WORCESTER, Mass. (WHDH) — Police cleared up confusion about a suspicious man driving around taking photographs of children in Worcester.

Police said the man is a field inspector and was taking pictures of houses and children’s toys to prove people lived in certain homes.

Parents in Worcester and Paxton recently called police concerned a stranger was stalking their children.

Police say the man was just doing his job.

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