Yep. I am good friends with police officers and firmly believe that _most_ of them are good people trying to do good work. But the most succinct way to put it

Yep. I am good friends with police officers and firmly believe that _most_ of them are good people trying to do good work. But the most succinct way to put it is: if you are an innocent person, you simply have nothing to gain by talking to the cops without a lawyer. And potentially everything to lose if they choose to pin something on you somehow.