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Then they'll try the old "You're papers are not in order." to see how you react.

by sys_64738 7y ago

dannyw 7y ago
Sometimes, but not anyways. Admittedly my sample size is limited to ~3, but asserting my right to decline searches (outside of borders, where you don't get such right), have resulted in 0 searches. Usually they keep questioning you for a while, but it's not hard to respond in a way that doesn't give them probable cause.
- darth_skywalker 7y ago
  >> Usually they keep questioning you for a while, but it's not hard to respond in a way that doesn't give them probable cause. You should try exercising your fifth amendment right to remain silent. The police explicitly remind people who are arrested that anything they say "can and will" be used against them in a court of law.
  - yardie 7y ago
    Most people want to talk there way out of a bad situation. Like the police will Mirandize them and they still won't shut up! Dude! shut up, weight for your lawyer, and under no circumstance waive your right to a speedy trial until you have counsel.
    - acollins1331 7y ago
      This generic advice isn't always the best one. Only do this if you're actually guilty and they can't come up with PC. You have to play it by ear, I've talked my way out of more than a few tickets by just getting a sympathetic police officer, if I had annoyed him by doing the 5th I'm sure he would've just written a ticket etc.
      - jdpedrie 7y ago
        A ticket is a vastly different situation than one in which you could be subject to criminal prosecution. If I say something dumb which causes me to not be able to get a ticket dismissed, I'm out a hundred and fifty bucks. If I say something stupid that causes me to get convicted of a felony...
- ralphc 7y ago
  Wife & I have started watching LivePD. The big thing with the police is "be honest with me and I can be lenient", and a lot of times they are, at least on TV. So the suspect says what's in the car.

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Then they'll try the old "You're papers are not in order." to see how you react.

by sys_64738 7y ago

Then they'll try the old "You're papers are not in order." to see how you react.

dannyw 7y ago
Sometimes, but not anyways. Admittedly my sample size is limited to ~3, but asserting my right to decline searches (outside of borders, where you don't get such right), have resulted in 0 searches. Usually they keep questioning you for a while, but it's not hard to respond in a way that doesn't give them probable cause.
- darth_skywalker 7y ago
  >> Usually they keep questioning you for a while, but it's not hard to respond in a way that doesn't give them probable cause. You should try exercising your fifth amendment right to remain silent. The police explicitly remind people who are arrested that anything they say "can and will" be used against them in a court of law.
  - yardie 7y ago
    Most people want to talk there way out of a bad situation. Like the police will Mirandize them and they still won't shut up! Dude! shut up, weight for your lawyer, and under no circumstance waive your right to a speedy trial until you have counsel.
    - acollins1331 7y ago
      This generic advice isn't always the best one. Only do this if you're actually guilty and they can't come up with PC. You have to play it by ear, I've talked my way out of more than a few tickets by just getting a sympathetic police officer, if I had annoyed him by doing the 5th I'm sure he would've just written a ticket etc.
      - jdpedrie 7y ago
        A ticket is a vastly different situation than one in which you could be subject to criminal prosecution. If I say something dumb which causes me to not be able to get a ticket dismissed, I'm out a hundred and fifty bucks. If I say something stupid that causes me to get convicted of a felony...
- ralphc 7y ago
  Wife & I have started watching LivePD. The big thing with the police is "be honest with me and I can be lenient", and a lot of times they are, at least on TV. So the suspect says what's in the car.