Cop Questions

[Suspect Chin]

I was watching Cops last night on FOX and I had the following questions:

Why do cops always try to get the perpetrator to admit to every thing on the scene? Are cops rewarded if they bring in more evidence against the criminal via the arrest report?

Why do they act like if the guy will just be honest with them, that it will help them in the long run? It seems to me that the less you tell the cop on the scene, the better off you will be in the long run. Will a cop really ever let you off if you are honest or is his mind made up whether to arrest you or not from the beginning? If it a bad enough offense, he is obligated to arrest you no matter what right?

Are cops really as diabolical as it seems? Are they just trying to fool the guy into giving himself up or do they just hate being lied to?

[TooLowBrow]

since everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, cops are really just rounding up innocent people

[disneyspy]

nevermind,i thought this was gonna be HOW TO COP SOME WEED

[Farmer Dave]

They are on TV and they know it. Its playing to the camera.

[instrument]

Cops are lying assholes, I know cause I was one.

A cop I mean..

[Suspect Chin]

My question is if you are facing charges more serious than say a speeding ticket, is it is ever a good reason to be completely honest with a cop?

I would think that risking a trumped up charge of lying to an officer (or whatever the official term is) would be less of a risk than admitting to what you did on-site and contaminating your defense.

[cougarjake13]

My question is if you are facing charges more serious than say a speeding ticket, is it is ever a good reason to be completely honest with a cop?

I would think that risking a trumped up charge of lying to an officer (or whatever the official term is) would be less of a risk than admitting to what you did on-site and contaminating your defense.

i believe that the best policy is like what the say to you when your getting arrested


you have the right to remain silent

[Chigworthy]

Custody + Interrogation = Miranda

Custody w/o Interrogation = No miranda

Interrogation w/o Custody = No miranda

Put plainly, if a suspect admits to offenses before he/she lawyers up, it saves everyone time. When you see an officer questioning a suspect before they are arrested, they are trying to get that info before a sheisty lawyer mucks things up. Once a suspect is both under arrest and under interrogation, they should have been mirandized and can stop the questioning until their lawyer is present, at which point the lawyer advises his client to stfu until trial, which can take forever. A judge will usually see a cooperative suspect as a good thing, and will probably take that into account when sentencing.