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Posted by blackpearlhk 12 yrs ago
Hi

I just want to ask police /CID or others in civilian clothes do they have right to stop you and check your ID card. As I know most of the time it is police in uniform who do the ID checking. What does law says about ID checking by others.


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Beermoney 12 yrs ago
http://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/11_useful_info/power_id.html


A uniform does not make a police officer, a badge does.

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Loyd Grossman is Miss Venezuela 12 yrs ago
Of course, no right without identification. They would normally have a card around their neck if their were some kind of incident or a raid. Failing that, they would show you unless they were in the presence of a uniformed officer perhaps.

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Loyd Grossman is Miss Venezuela 12 yrs ago
If you doubt the identification shown to you by the person claiming to be a police officer, you just phone the police and ask for a uniformed officer. Say something like, "I intend to cooperate but I'm not sure about the identification you have shown me. There are a lot of scams in this town etc." Instead of phoning 999, you can now get an app with all of the HK police station numbers.

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2012amy 12 yrs ago
It makes no difference of the powers of a uniform police officer or a plain clothes police officer. But before a plain clothes police demand proof of identity, s/he has to produce her/his first.

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