Q Recently one of my drivers was stopped in a layby.
13th August 1976, Page 44
13th August 1976
Page 44
Page 44, 13th August 1976
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Recently one of my drivers was stopped in a layby.
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He was approached by a man who turned out to be a police officer in plain clothes. He asked the driver to produce his licence. Has an off-duty police officer this power?
AA police officer has the power to demand a driving licence or other documents from any person driving on the road or anyone he suspects may have been driving the vehicle at the time of an accident or with which an offence has been committed. Police constables are never completely off duty.