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Speaking with TV6 News at the Princes Town Police Station Council Divali function on Wednesday night, assistant commissioner of police Wayne Mystar encouraged citizens to demand identification from officers, as this together with their TTPS badges would be very difficult to fake.
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00:00Police officers have officially returned to their grey and blue uniform following a mandate
00:06from the top cop to have all tactical gear turned in by yesterday's date.
00:11The move follows an increased number of crimes being committed by criminals dressed in police
00:15tactical uniform, impersonating officers in multiple cases.
00:20As a result, many people have raised concerns about how they can properly verify the authenticity
00:25of someone purporting to be an officer on location.
00:28Speaking with TV6 News at the Princestown Police Station Council Diwali function last
00:33night, Assistant Commissioner of Police Wayne Meister encouraged citizens to demand identification
00:39from officers, as this, together with their TTPS badges, would be very difficult to fake.
00:58We ask all our officers to wear their badges as part of that identification process.
01:06They have badges together with their ID cards.
01:08On the demand of the public, they must identify themselves through these badges and identification cards.
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