i'm with Horatio on this one - if he's done nothing wrong he is not obliged to give the Police his details. would you give your details to a random person just because they asked for them? in essence it's no different.
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....It wasn't a random person, it was (as we are told) a Policeman and a Policeman is an officer and representative of the law. So, I would always willingly give my details to a Policeman and especially if I was innocent of what was being investigated. If I wasn't innocent I would give my details and then insist on legal representation to take it any further.
Horatio has already stated that he has a bad attitude and prejudice towards the Police, and even if he has had bad experiences he shows a lack of broadmindedness to then tar them all with the same brush. You may as well say that just because you have been badly cut up by a GTI driver, that all GTI drivers are like that. However, in the case of poorly driven chavvily modified cars the prejudice is at least initially justified. You don't have to be a Policeman to recognise someone's driving behaviour.
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The Police should only be asking details from people who are suspected of doing something wrong!, they have absolutely no right to be asking an honest person doing his job for their details!, what's next police taking everyones finger prints and DNA "Just in Case", they may as well fit a tracker to my car and install CCTV INSIDE my home "Just in case", I myself would point blank refuse too unless I had done something wrong (e.g alleged traffic offense)