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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Pretty brutal police work.
Mistakes like that should not happen.
I feel bad for the victims family
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I cannot understand why police officers DO NOT give these suspects every available attempt to contact a lawyer. It is police work 101. I mean this is exactly what happens. Yes they might get some info from the dude if he doesn't lawyer up....but....any info obtained will not be allowed in the court if the charges proceed. I just cannot understand why they do this.
I work in the law enforcment field and that is always the first thing I do. If I have arrested someone....I do not ask any questions what so ever until the person has decided they do not wish to speak to a lawyer. And I also make it very clear that if they change their mind about contacting a lawyer during the questioning or anytime while under detention they can say so at anytime and they will be given an oppertunity to talk to one. It is that simple.
Is this a training issue or just poor/lazy/stupid police work?