TACOMA, Wash. -- A man posing as a police detective has called at least 14 women in Tacoma, asking them to disrobe in front of their windows, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.

Police said the man apparently calls from a cell phone, claims to be a detective and says he needs help with an investigation.

"He talks them into or at least attempts to (talk them into) disrobing in front of a window in front of the house," said Mark Fulghum of the Tacoma Police Department.

Some of the women have complied with the man's request, police said.

Police said a real officer would never make such a request.