Right to Remain Silent Colorado | What to Tell Police During Arrest

“You do not have to answer police questions without a lawyer. The problem is is police in any state have the ability to lie to you. And it's I say this, I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but this is part of their practice. They're allowed to lie to you to get you to answer questions.”

“All the police are looking for is to see if there's evidence of a crime. And the way that they figure out if there's evidence of a crime is by getting you to talk. So if they ask you questions, they can keep asking over and over trying to get you to in some way incriminate yourself. The only questions you have to answer from law enforcement or you have to give them your legal name, you have to give them your date of birth, but nothing else.”

“If they're asking you any other questions, you just say, "I prefer to remain silent. I'm exercising my right to remain silent." You do not have to answer any other questions. Now, they may try to pressure you. They may try to force you and say, "Well, it's really going to help your case if you answer this." First of all, that's a lie.”

“It never helps your case to answer anything more than your name because they don't need any other information. The only reason they say it's going to help your case is because they're trying to get you to give them more information that could potentially incriminate you. So, no, you do not need to answer any questions other than identifying information. That is legally required, but nothing more.”

“The only questions you have to answer from law enforcement or you have to give them your legal name, you have to give them your date of birth, but nothing else.”

“you just say, "I prefer to remain silent. I'm exercising my right to remain silent." You do not have to answer any other questions.”

“All the police are looking for is to see if there's evidence of a crime. And the way that they figure out if there's evidence of a crime is by getting you to talk.”

“The only reason they say it's going to help your case is because they're trying to get you to give them more information that could potentially incriminate you.”