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No, what I'm suggesting is our IDs are different than Canadian IDs.
Crimes might be solved by looking for the criminal ID in Canada but our IDs hold no relevant information on if a crime was committed. Ours are pretty much limited to name, address, date of birth, a picture, and a brief physical description. I suppose they could have found out if she's an organ donor or was required to wear corrective lenses while driving but I'm just not sure what relevance any of that played in whether or not she was having sex on a public street. Since the only "investigating" they did was looking at an ID that, unlike yours, had no details of the crime then I think it's reasonable to say they were basically just harassing her.
I could understand asking for her ID if it was actually pertinent to an investigation but this wasn't one of those times.
Glad to hear you were on the scene and knew exactly what was going on and could instantly determine that the police had nothing to investigate. Too bad you don't work on 911 emergency hotlines so you could clairvoyantly determine police aren't needed.
Now, back in the real world, the first thing police do when interviewing a witness or suspect is determine the identity of that person. It's really important for actually knowing whom it is you're talking to and also helps when follow up may be necessary. And lets remember, according to those filing the complaint, they knew who these two people were and likely informed the 911 operator of the names of the two people fornicating in public so the police were probably trying to ascertain if they were speaking with the right people. But hey, that wouldn't be important to you because you're an expert on police protocol.
Bottom line, for me, I'm prepared to concede that a police officer has far more knowledge about how to conduct a police investigation than some snide know-it-all spouting off on the internet.