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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
    ACLU's Pocket Guide to Being Arrested
    How To Avoid Getting Busted
    MYTHS #
    Do Undercover Police Have to Identify Themselves?
    RELATED VAULTS #
    Laws and the Legal System
    MEDIA COVERAGE #
    ACLU says War On Drugs has increased racial profiling (AP Story)
    Truck Drivers Billboards Against Police Searches
    EXPERIENCES #
    Surviving Law Enforcement Interrogations, by Alkaline
    Phish Tour, Summer '98: Arrest, Jail, and Prosecution
    Sacramento Interdiction
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    OFF-SITE RESOURCES
    SECONDARY RESOURCES #
    Flex Your Rights
    Consenting to a Automobile Search
    New York Times Intro to Supreme Court Decisions (complex)
    POLICE ORGANIZATIONS #
    Scottish DEA
    PRISON ISSUES #
    Prison Legal News
    Prison Activist Resource Center
    Families Against Mandatory Minimums
    Institute of Prison Law
    The Other Side of the Wall
    National Institute of Corrections
    International Center for Prison Studies
    DRUG WAR #
    Rex Curry's Drug Sniffing Dogs
    Drug War Deaths
    OTHER RESOURCES #
    Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Series: Rave Parties, US DOJ
    Know and Exercise your Rights (High Times)
    Know and Exercise your Rights (NORML)
    ACLU Bust Card
    Effective Search and Seizure
    Search and Seizure (Mining Co)
    NORML's Border-Bust Page
    Border Searches: Another Step Over the 4th Amendment Line
    Information on Cannabis Busts (PotBust.com)


    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)