Ian Campbell 🏴 on Nostr: So, I spent ten years as a civilian in a police department (I was a 911 dispatcher). ...

So, I spent ten years as a civilian in a police department (I was a 911 dispatcher).

I work with Law Enforcement regularly in my threat research & investigations work.

I am no shrinking violet when it comes to supporting the police in the right circumstance.

But this is your reminder that the discretion granted to law enforcement can result in criminalizing anything and everything, and when in a situation in which law enforcement is giving you the hairy eyeball, should only have two things to politely say:

1. Am I being detained?

2. I decline to answer questions until I am able to consult with an attorney.

If they're in a similar situation, they will demand an attorney and a union rep and will then shut up. So should you.

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