Having done hundreds of interviews, you probably many many tines that, you know as well as I that people will say stupid shit if they have never been in that kind of situation before. I've had people admit to stuff they never did and I know they never did or relay information in a less than flattering way just to try to sound smart or otherwise impress me. I don't know why they do it but they do.Don't never speak to them, cops have questions they need confirmed or negated to understand if a crime was committed.
Know why and what you did well enough to not say something stupid, especially if you did something stupid.
I really don't think its the talking to cops thats the issue, but its idiots that get caught AND say idiot things that lock them into a crime. I talk to cops all the time and have yet to be arrested.
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Then the whole thing where cops can lie or insinuate legal threats that don't exist where the interviewees are expected to be truthful and are, again, inexperienced and panic.
So it's different when the playing field isn't level and why you tell your family not to talk to police especially after such incidents.
Being a reporting victim of a crime is one thing. In the middle of an investigation where you don't know the facts is another. After a traumatic event is another all together. The first, go ahead and talk to police. Be wary on the second and absolutely shut up on the 3rd untill you recover clear cognitive thought.
Agree with that?