Obliged To Give Details To Police

[nailit]

Cab anyone (EDDIE, Buen, NJ etc) clarify for me? Under what circumstance are the public 'obliged' to give their personal details when asked by a PC?
As I understand it, if you are stopped for a motoring offence then you are absolutely obliged to provide details (driving license etc) likewise if you are actually detained/arrested. But, as I understand, if you are stopped randomly, you don't have to give any perssonel details.
Thanks.

[Baldric]

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/legal-system/police/police-powers/#h-general-powers-of-the-police

[nailit]

Thank you Baldric, That's what I was looking for.
A friend of my sons seems to regularly get stopped by the police for nothing more than walking the streets late at night. (he has a few mental health issues and sleep problems and takes to having a late night walk to clear his head, but due to the nature of the area in which he lives...a 'rough' area ...he seems to get stopped a lot and is getting a bit cheesed off.
Thanks for the link, excellent.

[nailit]

Am I right in also believing that if you give your details that they are kept on file for a year?

[EDDIE51]

Not quite an answer but years ago when I bought my first car. I got stopped every day sometimes more than once. I thought it was just because I was a new driver, never driven before except with the instructor. It was not until weeks later that I found the previous owner of the car was a burglar and they were checking it was not full of 'swag' . I could not understand why all the police ever wanted was to look in the boot!

[nailit]

LOL EDDIE, bit like this guy getting cheesed of with plod for stopping him.

[murraymints]

lol wearing mask and stripey jumper might not help