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Am I Under Arrest? Am I Free to Go?
Police in Modern America
  • Know your rights.
  • Always be polite and courteous to police.
  • Ask to call your lawyer: never talk about, admit or deny anything.
  • Do not consent to a search unless the police have a warrant. Be extremely clear.
  • Ask "Am I under Arrest? Am I Free to Go?"
    • GENERAL INFORMATION #
    Police - Bits and Pieces
    INTERACTING WITH POLICE #
    Talking to Cops
    Interacting with Police, by a mother and prison psychologist
    Guidelines for Saying No to Police Searches
    What to Do if You Get Stopped by the Police
    I Do Not Consent To A Search
    Police Encounters in Airports
    Avoiding and Defending Against Pot Prosecutions
    How To Avoid Getting Busted
    MYTHS #
    Do Undercover Police Have to Identify Themselves?
    RELATED VAULTS #
    Laws and the Legal System
    Asset Forfeiture
    Psychoactives, War, & Covert Operations
    Capsaicin (Pepper Spray)
    Psychoactives & Assault
    ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
    DEA's NADDIS System: A Guide for Attorneys, the Courts, and Researchers, by Leonard Pickard Nov
    Police Drug Recognition Methods, by Stephen Pittel
    MEDIA COVERAGE #
    ACLU says War On Drugs has increased racial profiling (AP Story)
    Truck Drivers Billboards Against Police Searches
    EXPERIENCES #
    Trouble With The DEA?, by Anonymous
    Getting in Trouble for Using Nitrous Medicinally, by Edward H.
    From Earth to Heaven Then Down to Hell, by Pangenator
    Judged by the Primordial Energy, by Roger
    Beauty and Bliss, Darkness and Insanity, by Pope Roberts
    » » »   MORE   » » »
    OFF-SITE RESOURCES
    SECONDARY RESOURCES #
    Flex Your Rights
    Consenting to a Automobile Search
    INTERACTING WITH POLICE #
    Never Talk to the Police
    ACLU Bust Card
    Busted : The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters, by Flex Your Rights
    POLICE ORGANIZATIONS #
    Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
    Scottish DEA
    PRISON ISSUES #
    Prison Legal News
    Prison Activist Resource Center
    Families Against Mandatory Minimums
    Institute of Prison Law
    National Institute of Corrections
    International Center for Prison Studies
    DRUG WAR #
    FBI Eases Rules on Past Drug Use for Hiring, Aug 7 2007, Washington Post
    Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey, a documentary by Connie Littlefield, 2006
    Rex Curry's Drug Sniffing Dogs
    Drug War Deaths
    ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
    A Workable Approach to Search and Seizure, CA Narcotics Officers' Assoc., archived by OC CopWatch
    MEDIA COVERAGE #
    Ex-Drug Officer Shows Users How to Avoid Arrest, Oct 31 2007, NPR
    OTHER RESOURCES #
    Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Series: Rave Parties, US DOJ
    How to Excercise Your Legal Rights (High Times)
    Your Rights (NORML)
    Effective Search and Seizure
    Who Can Give Police Permission to Search Your Home?
    Understanding Search and Seizure Law
    Search and Seizure: A Guide...
    Pot Busts at Borders (NORML)
    Border Searches: Another Step Over the 4th Amendment Line
    Information on Cannabis Busts (PotBust.com)
    National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


    To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely
    cut off from society because he is absolutely evil
    amounts to saying that society is absolutely good,
    and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.
    --- Albert Camus (1913-1960)