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FAQs

Do you have to answer police questions in Michigan? ›

Remain Silent: If you feel you are being questioned unreasonably, or that the police are trying to coax or demand a certain response from you, you can choose not to respond. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you.

No. You do not have any requirement to answer the door for police. Of course if they have a warrant they will break the door down if you don't open it, so there's that. They can enter when you aren't present if they have a warrant, if they have permission from another adult resid...

In general, you do not have to talk to law enforcement officers (or anyone else), even if you do not feel free to walk away from the officer, you are arrested, or you are in jail. You cannot be punished for refusing to answer a question. It is a good idea to talk to a lawyer before agreeing to answer questions.

Neither California nor federal law explicitly mandates that officers must identify themselves.

Officers may charge a person refusing to exit under one of Michigan's obstruction statutes (MCL 750.479 and MCL 750.81d). The Michigan Supreme Court has held that passive actions (e.g., verbal refusal) may support an obstruction charge (People v. Vasquez).

If police knock on your door and they don't have a warrant, then you do not have to answer the door. You are well within your rights to ignore the person at your front door whether they hear you inside or not and whether they're a police officer or not.

In Michigan, a police officer must have probable cause to conduct a traffic stop. This means that an officer must have an articulable and reasonable suspicion that a vehicle or one of its occupants is subject to seizure for violation of the law.

When you are pulled over, you should immediately retrieve your driver's license, registration and proof of insurance before the officer approaches your window and asks for these documents. Roll your window down.

When a police officer asks where you are coming from, they are looking for evidence to support the possibility that you have or are committing a crime or whether or not you are a threat to public safety. This creates a baseline that they will later write down in a police report.

Can a cop tell you to put your phone down? ›

If an officer orders you to stop recording or orders you to hand over your phone, you should politely but firmly tell the officer that you do not consent to doing so, and remind the officer that taking photographs or video is your right under the First Amendment.

Police officers in California can no longer ask, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” That's because of a new state law that came into effect on Jan. 1.

What you should do is give an actual weakness of yours, framed as something that you're actively working on correcting or eager to learn more about. Answers to avoid: Don't give a cop-out answer like, “I'm bad at interviews.” It's missing the point of the question.

You can say, “I do not want to talk to you” and walk away calmly. Or, if you do not feel comfortable doing that, you can ask if you are free to go.

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Michigan does not have a stop and ID statute. So that means that an officer cannot demand to see your ID, UNLESS they have reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed.

It doesn't matter if you're charged or not, you NEVER have to answer questions from the police. The only thing you must do is identify yourself if the police have ““reasonable suspicion “ that a crime has or is being committed and you are involved. Identifying yourself only means giving your full legal name.