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Don't Talk to Cops
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by
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Robert W. Zeuner
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Member of the New York State Bar
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Typed by: The Mad Alchemist|Lunatic Labs BBS 415-278-7421 1200/2400
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Re-typed and spelling checked by Richard M. Bash of Combat Arms, 2869 Grove
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Way, Castro Valley, California 94546, Telephone (415) 538-6544.
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"GOOD MORNING! My name is investigator Holmes. Do you mind answering a
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few simple questions?" If you open your door one day and are greeted with
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those words, STOP AND THINK! Whether it is the local police or the FBI at
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your door, you have certain legal rights of which you ought to be aware
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before you proceed any further.
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In the first place, when law enforcement authorities come to see you,
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there are no "simple questions". Unless they are investigating a traffic
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accident, you can be sure that they want information about somebody. And
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that somebody may be you!
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Rule number one to remember when confronted by the authorities is that
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there is no law requiring you to talk with the police, the FBI, or the
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representative of any other investigative agency. Even the simplest
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questions may be loaded and the seemingly harmless bits of information
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which you volunteer may later become vital links in a chain of
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circumstantial evidence against you or a friend.
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DO NOT INVITE THE INVESTIGATOR INTO YOUR HOME!
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Such an invitation not only gives him the opportunity to look around
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for clues to your lifestyle, friends, reading material, etc., but also
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tends to prolong the conversation. The longer the conversation, the more
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chance there is for a skill investigator to find out what he wants to know.
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Many times a police officer will ask you to accompany him to the
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police station to answer a few questions. In that case, simply thank him
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for the invitation and indicate that you are not disposed to accept it at
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this time. Often the authorities simply want to photograph a person for
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identification purposes, a procedure which is easily accomplished by
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placing him in a private room with a two-way mirror at the station, asking
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him a few innocent questions, and then releasing him.
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If the investigator becomes angry at your failure to cooperate and
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threatens you with arrest, stand firm. He cannot legally place you under
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arrest or enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. If he
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indicates that he has such a warrant, ask to see it. A person under arrest,
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or located on premises to be searched, generally must be shown a warrant if
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he requests it and must be given to chance to read it.
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Without a warrant, an officer depends solely upon your helpfulness to
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obtain the information he wants. So, unless you are quite sure of yourself,
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don't be helpful!
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Probably the wisest approach to take to a persistent investigator is
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simply to say: "I'm quite busy now. If you have any questions that you feel
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I can answer, I'd be happy to listen to them in my lawyer's office.
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Goodbye!"
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Talk is cheap. When that talk involves the law enforcement
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authorities, it may cost you, or someone close to you, dearly.
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This info came from a leaflet that was printed as a public service by
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individuals concerned with the role of authoritarianism and police power in
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our society. Please feel free to copy or republish.
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This info also applies to dealing with private investigators, and
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corporate security agents.
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