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I am not a lawyer, but my understanding his that they must stop the interrogation at the moment you invoke your right to an attorney. My thought would be that

• jacquesm 16y ago
  So, you get to visit the station until your lawyer arrives, I guarantee it. If an officer asks you a simple question and you give them the third degree, they'll respond in kind. "I don't know" is a valid answer and will work in all those cases where there isn't any hard proof that you do know (or a tip-off). If you do know and there has been a tip-off (so they know you know) they'll press you pretty hard for information. I've travelled all over the world in cars with foreign plates and that's a great way to meet the local law enforcement types (Canadian plates in the Southern US states for instance seem to have some magical property that attracts police vehicles), on the whole policemen (rather than 'cops') have a job to do and if you make it harder they'll make your life harder. If you feel you are being treated unfair simply shut up. Going lawyerly on them is going to backfire on you. The police can be really annoying in some countries, and any advice in this thread should be adapted to local customs. Not volunteering any information is a good start and is probably universal.