Well said Guru,As I was waiting to be released one of the female CID officers came in and whispered to me confidentially that I really needed to "get some help" for my problems. (As I said they believed I had grabbed a young girl, even though I hadn't been there at the time!)I am usually icily polite towards the Police but this time I laughed in her face - perhaps as they often deal with people with low IQ's they have begun to believe that everyone is that stupid but it seems fairly obvious to me that even if you're taken to a different room and/or there are no obvious recording devices that anything you say is on the record.In the famous "Don't talk to Cops" Youtube video Officer Bruech also points out rightly that the tape recording of the interview isn't necessary at trial - if you said something to the Police they can just ask the person who was there. In an ideal world it would be your word against theirs' but we don't live in an ideal world...Quote from: Guru on June 05, 2012, 03:49 amQuote from: vlad1m1r on June 04, 2012, 10:31 pmI have been arrested twice but never charged - ironically never for the laws I have actually broken!The first time was when I was on my way home from a bar where I'd been working a late shift and I passed by a spot where earlier that evening a man vaguely matching my description (tall with dark hair) had apparently tried to grab a young girl.It was quite an instructive experience as I'd read about the PEACE model used for interviewing by the Police and the new technique of the "Conversation Management Approach" which seeks to establish a dialogue between the suspect and the interviewing officer but hadn't actually experienced it first hand.Firstly they took my jeans, trainers and sweatshirt and gave me some very fetching prison regulation shorts to wear, then they insisted a Police Doctor interview me as I refused to say whether or not I was mentally ill - when she got nothing out of me, they let me cook in a cell overnight as they tried in vain to contact the alleged victim for an ID and then they interviewed me and asked about my sexual fantasies.At the end of the process I'd been kept in for a little under 48 hours but obviously the victim in question when showed my photo said it wasn't me. They said I'd needlessly prolonged things by refusing to answer any other questions and requesting that my own Solicitor be present(!) but as I've said at some length in other threads, I think that largely this is your best strategy, even if you are guilty.After they switched the tape off and were about to let me go, I told the two female CID officers that while I applauded their efforts to keep the community safe and while they were ever polite and professional my honest assessment is that they're not that bright. Five years on and having had the chance to work with the Police closely on several occasions through my bank I have to say my opinion is unchanged!V.They always switch the tape off to lull you into making an admission that you don' t think is going to be recorded. In reality, the interview rooms are bugged (usually audio and video) and everything you do, everything you say -- even if you fart -- is recorded for posterity. Guru