Merry Christmas to you as well.
As for the story error, I agree. All three of us messed up somewhere. So, how to resolve that, for I am not going to let Kyrenaian Police Officers back down without a good reason - and no, little pointing at a flag with no meaning (a.k.a. the Reichskriegsflagge) will not help them.
Maybe the two of them could point out, that it was all in good fun and no one would be pressing charges? That would still leave them with the medic to deal with, but that should not be too hard.