Comment on Is it worth becoming a Confidential Informant in Chicago where I am currently stationed? I was told by a cop that if I need to or can't afford a reckless driving charge I can become a CI?

• andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Unless legally required to. <---- the part to many forget

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You are never legally required to talk to police. Only a judge can compel you to give a witness statement.

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    • yoevli@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You’re generally required to provide identification if you’re arrested and in some US states police can compel you to identify yourself under certain other circumstances, but otherwise yes, in the US you are never required to talk to police beyond this.

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    • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      and all this is covered by comment #1 - “talk to an attorney, first and foremost”.

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    • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well that just ain’t true.

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