Dont Talk To Cops

Don't Talk to Cops


                         By Guy McBernson


        "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 ar
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