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Shocking news - police are humans too! So they look for things which are suspicious - people who don't seem to fit doing stuff which doesn't seem to suit them. If they stop you and ask you about something and you seem plausible, they're going to let you go. There are lots of things to pick up on - accent, what you're wearing, body language, your reaction to being stopped/checked out (common criminal response is flight, in case the cops have worked out what's going on).
I don't see how checking someone's details to see if they've got a criminal record as long as your arm is 'fishing for a quick detection'. If you come back clean they've every reason to believe your story, if you have a number of convictions for handling stolen goods they've got every reason to ask to see the receipt. That's just good old fashioned police work - something I think most of us on here would like to see more of when it comes to bike thefts.