In theory, sure. In practice, police will gladly make your life hell by charging you with obstruction of justice or a vague charge like disturbing the peace an

In theory, sure. In practice, police will gladly make your life hell by charging you with obstruction of justice or a vague charge like disturbing the peace and let you sit in jail for a weekend until they drop the charges. There are countless ways in which they can mess with you, and they are legally unaccountable 99% of the time. Better advice is simply do not engage with police, and know your rights.