At the end of last year my parents got a call from police stating they needed to speak with me regarding a traffic matter. My parents gave me the officers name and contact number and I called her up. She said that someone had reported being involved in a collision with a car that was registered in my name.
I explained that I had not been in any collisions and that no one else had driven my car on the day in question. She told me that regardless they (nsw police) needed to see me in person to take down my driver details. I told her that I wasn't going to give up my driving details when I wasn't involved in any traffic incident because I don't want to get a phony insurance claim against me for an accident I was never in.
Anyway I never heard anything further about it until 2 weeks ago I got a card left on my door from the police. On it was written to email the police officer otherwise I would receive a fine. I emailed him and he arranged a night to come over and "see me" but he never came. When I called the following day he said he was working at another station but that he needed me to come there that day or I'd get a "big fine". I went there and waited for over an hour for him before having to leave without getting to see him.
Anyway since then the original female police officer who I spoke to at the beginning is now calling me again and saying I need to go to any NSW police station immediately and give them my details.
I still don't see how I'm legally required to give over my details unless I was involved in the alleged incident/collision. Is there a law saying that I must comply with this request? The last time I spoke with her she threatened with charging me with something if I don't do what she says.
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I should have mentioned the original officer did give me some details of the “incident” just the date, time and location. It was in a suburb over an hour from where I live and somewhere I have never driven before, let alone on the day in question.
Don’t know if that is a good advice… actively going to the police to talk about an offence…
I find that police, when interacting with them, they will try to nail offence to those who they talk to at that moment. They lied and construct imaginary sequence of events to fool people to admit guilt even when they are innocent.
Police prey on the naive, make them think they have a solid case. Where, unless you can recall perfectly AND have a witness, they have a strong case against you. They try to tell you that the only way out would be to admit to the crime to get a warning/fine. Otherwise your face is out on public display and sentence through the court.
It’s a bit sad that my view of the police has fallen this low. Unfortunately the police I have interacted within recent years that lead me to my current view of the broken system.