Don't Talk to Cops
"GOOD MORNING! My name is investigator Holmes. Do you mind answering a
few simple questions?" If you open your door one day and are greeted with those
words, STOP AND THINK! Whether it is the local police or the FBI at your door,
you have certain legal rights of which you ought to be aware before you proceed
any further.
In the first place, when law enforcement authorities come to see you,
there are no "simple questions". Unless they are investigating a traffic
accident, you can be sure that they want information about somebody. And that
somebody may be you!
Rule number one to remember when confronted by the authorities is that
there is no law requiring you to talk with the police, the FBI, or the
representative of any other investigative agency. Even the simplest questions
may be loaded and the seemingly harmless bits of information which you volunteer
may later become vital links in a chain of circumstantial evidence against you
or a friend.
DO NOT INVITE THE INVESTIGATOR INTO YOUR HOME!
Such an invitation not only gives him the opportunity to look around for
clues to your lifestyle, friends, reading material, etc., but also tends to
prolong the conversation. The longer the conversation, the more chance there is
for a skill investigator to find out what he wants to know.
Many times a police officer will ask you to accompany him to the police
station to answer a few questions. In that case, simply thank him for the
invitation and indicate that you are not disposed to accept it at this time.
Often the authorities simply want to photograph a person for identification
purposes, a procedure which is easily accomplished by placing him in a private
room with a two-way mirror at the station, asking him a few innocent questions,
and then releasing him.
If the investigator becomes angry at your failure to cooperate and
threatens you with arrest, stand firm. He cannot legally place you under arrest
or enter your home without a warrent signed by a judge. If he indicates that he
has such a warrent, ask to see it. A person under arrest, or located on premises
to be searched, generally must be shown a warrent if he requests it and must be
given to chance to read it.
Without a warrent, an officer depends solely upon your helpfulness to
obtain the information he wants. So, unless you are quite sure of yourself,
don't be helpful.
Probably the wisest approach to take to a persistant investigator is
3. You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during any questioning now or in the future.
Morrison said she did not. Morrison only wanted to get her television back from Midwest Cash after she located the serial number. Morrison stated Tully had a child and did not want produce any hardship for the child’s sake. I advised Morrison I could not retrieve her television from Midwest Cash if she did not want to sign a complaint, but she could purchase the television from Midwest Cash if she wanted it back. Morrison stated the television’s selling price was $90.00. Morrison was not able to purchase the television so she changed her mind and said she would sign a complaint. I asked Morrison when I could meet with her. Morrison stated she was on her way to work and would be off duty at 1230 hours. I told Morrison to call the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office when she was off duty and I would meet her to retrieve the television identifiers and a signed complaint. Morrison agreed. I never heard back from
James Park to responded communication advised and to take suspect in custody. While, I reached to the park, I saw S-Lowe sit alone in the garden area I went close to him and advised him that he is under arrest for Assault with a Deadly Weapon by showing him the warrant against him. I request S-Lowe identification and after giving name and age he refused to talk. Then I advised him his Miranda right and he gave statement. I conducted a search of suspect (Lowe) for a weapon and I found a razor in his right side of jacket pocket, which has fresh blood on it. I took razor from suspect and also took 2 photos of it and booked photos and physical razor in evidences. Then at 1045 hrs. I secured his arm behind his back with handcuff and check it to make sure it is not so tight or loss and I placed him in the back seat of my car and transported to the jail. Where I took 4 photos of suspect and I advise county nurse to do blood test and alcohol test of suspect reports of tests later booked in evidence with the suspect 4
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The B/M continued to attempt to strike me and I clenched on to him an attempt to protect myself, while preventing him from escaping. As I was holding onto the B/M I was unable to reach my radio to request additional units. Officer D. Peal (9003) arrived on scene and assisted me in attempting to place the B/M into handcuffs. The B/M continued to ignore lawful commands and refused to place his hands behind his back after being given several lawful commands. I delivered a strike to the B/M’s midsection in an attempt to gain compliance, however the strike did not appear to have an effect. The B/M continued to ignore lawful commands and I warned him I was going to deploy chemical spray. The B/M continued to resist and would not comply, in response I provided another warning and then deployed a three to five second burst of my department issued MK-2 OC chemical spray to the B/M’s face. After the chemical spray was deployed, he was placed in handcuffs without further incident. The B/M was identified by his Florida driver’s license Emanuel
On Monday April 11, 2016 at around 6:00 -7:30 a.m. I was in the process of getting into my county vehicle, which at the time was parked next to Mr. Patel’s county vehicle. Mr. Patel had backed his county vehicle into the parking spot with the back of his vehicle facing the building and I had parked my county vehicle the previous day with the front of the vehicle facing the building. Both driver sides of the vehicles were on the same side. Patel had parked next to me in the morning, since I don’t have a take home vehicle and he does.
Born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii, Captain Sameul Jelsma of Pahoa Police Station has served as a police officer for more than two decades. He is the commander of the station and he oversees the lower Puna district. Before he joined the Hawaii Police Department, he served in the US military. When he was in the army, he decided to come back and serve his own community. He was initially enlisted as a patrol officer but his commitment and hard work rewarded him with promotions as the result of which he became a captain.
go to the police, or maybe to the government? What if the police and government
The statutory powers granted to the police by these pieces of legislation serve as a method of tackling crime on the streets of the United Kingdom. For the police in the UK, the power and ability to stop and search an individual who they suspect of being involved in a crime is a vital tactic necessary to undermine criminal activity. It can be argued that stop and search powers provide a useful means to confirm or deny suspicions about individuals without having to exercise their power to arrest someone.
Mrs. Griswold presented Officer Poncello with an Order of Protection and it appeared Webb was violating the order. (Ex. 4 p.2). Officer Poncello told Mrs. Griswold that she need not worry about Webb, everything would be ok, and she would be able to continue working because Webb left. (Ex. 3 p.1). At 8:00 P.M., when Mrs. Griswold’s shift ended, Webb returned and assaulted her. Officer Poncello did not mention arresting Webb. (Ex. 3 p.1). Mrs. Griswold trusted the cops and felt safe enough to continue working without any issues. (Ex. 3 p.2). The officers did not mention providing Mrs.
The W/F then pulled away and attempted to flee on foot, but was unable to get away. I grabbed ahold of her and she attempted to overpower me to escape. I sprawled out and placed the W/F on the ground. She was then placed into handcuffs with the assistance of arriving Officer D. Peal (9003). The W/F repeatedly advised her name was Allison Sager and advised she had attempted to run because she had done nothing
The legal terms of Reasonable Suspicion and Probable are important in any criminal case. Probable cause can be defined simply as that any officer must possess sufficiently trustworthy facts to believe that a crime has been committed. There are cases where an officer may need only a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to conduct a limited search. Reasonable suspicion can be defined as any officer has sufficient knowledge to believe that criminal activity is happing. Reasonable suspicion is usually used to justify a brief frisk in a public area or a traffic stop (Wright, R. 2013).
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