not so smart cyclist..
Other than under road traffic and anti-social behaviour legislation, you do not commit an offence in English law by refusing to give your name and address to the police. However there are certain situations where the police may arrest you if they cannot establish your name and address, and if you are arrested and charged with an offence you will be unlikely to be granted bail unless they can establish these details.
you never have to give your name and address to the police prior to arrest, subject to the following 3 exceptions:
where the police reasonably suspect you of a non-arrestable offence, and require your name and address for the service of a summons (Section 25 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE));
where you are the driver of a vehicle;
where the police say they suspect you of “anti-social behaviour.
2 simple thingsthe copper should frankly have known and if he did nt they do have the means of communication which he should have used.