Originally Posted by
oldjonesy
Hope you inspected the badge closely and not just accept a "badge flashing".
There are some sickos who get their jollies out of impersonating police.
The fact he didnt identify himself straight away tells me that most people just comply with a request to hand over their passport when some person asks for it.
I did indeed look at it very carefully. I have no knowledge of what an official "special branch" ID looks like, but it appeared to be legit.