Old bill in doing their job shocker

Sometimes the police are helpful, sometimes they are pretty stupid:
Unhelpful example:
3 times within the space of 2 months last year I got pulled over because I matched the description of a wanted gang member in the area apparently, the first time I was helpful because I respect they are doing their job etc.
When it got to the second time I actually said "Are you serious, I had this a few weeks ago, and got asked exactly the same questions and told exactly the same thing".
When it got to the third time I really lost my patience and said something along the lines of "are you taking the piss, this is the 3rd bloody time in 2 months, do you guys not communicate with each other or something?!". This time instead of being held for 10 minutes or so worth of questions, after a minute or two once they checked the plate against my name, I actually got an apology and then went on my way, annoying much!

unfortunately james, that's not a good example of being 'unhelpful', if it was the same officer on three occasions then i would understand, their priority is to stop anyone looking like the suspect not 'remember it's not crazyjames'. ie: if your car plates are cloned and you report it, it is possible you will be stopped to verify your details for obvious reasons.