Don't Talk To Police.

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The "JBT" entries this week got me thinking about a recent interaction with an acquaintance who is former LEO. We were speaking to a mutual friend, when the subject of what to say to police came up. I pointed out the 45-minute long YouTube video of old that bears the title of the same concept, how anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, and how the rules of evidence (specifically Rule 804) mean that nothing you say can become exculpatory. 

As a professional firearms instructor, we go over what to say to police in classes. It basically boils down to three statements:
1. At the advice of counsel I do not answer any questions and invoke my 5th Amendment right. 
2. I need to speak with my attorney immediately. 
3. I do not consent to any searches. 
4. I need to get a medical evaluation (after a shooting or other violent incident). 

These four statements are almost universally heralded by the legal community as court defensible, and what a person should say, if they have been involved in an altercation... particularly where a gun came out. 

I also use them in any and all conversations with police. There is nothing to be gained from speaking with the Gestapo, I mean, the police. 

Of course, the former LEO acquaintance called this a sure fire way to "POP" - piss off police. 

So three things come to mind... 

1. How horrible are police as an entity when invoking your God-given rights makes someone else upset?
2. What is the wisdom of employing someone in a role who is so emotional as to change their job performance - particularly when said job performance directly affects the life and liberty of another human being???
3. It is not my responsibility to watch out for the emotional retardation, pardon me, the Developmental delay in emotional regulation of another grown adult. 


What say you??? 


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