Per Brett, the police checked with the person he was going to meet and she backed up what he said.
A while back when a cop asked me why I had taken a particular course of action my reply was "sovereign election". While I am sure you would have considered that smarmy, he accepted it as a reasonable response.
"She" meaning "his girlfriend". His girlfriend backed him up.
Well, I guess we can take that to the bank, huh?
"Per Brett ..."
And we can believe what he says, also, Mr. "I'm transmitting to a secure source".