Cops are not your friends. Unless you are another cop. So don’t be stupid. Check out youtube for techniques on surviving roadside interrogations.

Police are trained to look for ways to make you trip up. What may seem like an innocent line of questioning is really an officer digging for suspicion, probable cause, and legal infractions.

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/dont-talk-to-police-legal-behavior-justified-a-search/

…And that is where the driver screwed up. It is hard in the moment. An intimidating person with a gun is interrogating you. But you have got to stay calm and say in the most polite possible way that you will be exercising your right to remain silent. Read the rest of this entry »