If you ask an undercover cop if he's a cop, is it mandatory for him to answer truthfully?

Question

What about prostitutes? Don't they get to ask the person they are propositioning if they are cops?

Answer 1

nope

Answer 2

The best way to determine if a person is a cop is to ask them to commit an egregious felony. A cop can't endanger life or limb. Thus rape, aggravated assault will never be committed by an undercover. Likewise, request that the suspected undercover inject an illegal substance. If they object, they may be a cop. As to prostitutes, do not speak to them. If a girl is a hooker, she knows what you want and so do you so there is no reason to speak really. If you don't say anything or hold up cash, you have not broken the law

Answer 3

No, depending on the situation and the reason fo rthe asking. If an officer is working undercover, he is protected by law to lie to you in order to make an arrest, get information on a case and or solve a case and or make an arrest concerning a case. Like an undercover hooker, she can lie and say she is not a cop, and at that point you have a choice to either leave or commit an offense by asking for sex. Same goes with buying drugs, the officer can lie about being a drug dealer, and you still have the choice to walk away, or buy the drugs.????? There are many other examples, but these are just two. ??

Answer 4

Nope...thats a funny tv myth. An undercover cop never has to tell you he's a cop...most of the time, when its time for an arrest, he gets tossed in jail too...not bad over the weekend, thats called overtime.

Answer 5

The question of whether or not the police may lie during the course of their work goes hand in hand with the question of entrapment.

It is well accepted that deception is often "necessary" to catch those who break the law. There is no question that police officers are allowed to directly mislead and/or deceive others about their identity, their law enforcement status, their history, and just about anything else, without breaking the law or compromising their case.5 Conversely, it is illegal for an ordinary citizen to lie to the police in many jurisdictions.

This information was quoted from the link below
www.erowid.org/freedom/police/police_info6.shtml

Answer 6

don't' you watch the TV show COPS? no they don't have to tell them if they are undercover. What would be the point of having a sting operation?

Answer 7

No. This is another myth, like, 'the cop has to show you the radar.' Try something more subtle, like offering him a doughnut. That'll smoke him out

Answer 8

@King Adam: "this is a delusion. it could be slightly counter efficient and unsafe for the cop if that replaced into actual." you're an uneducated douche, right this is the corrected version, you boastful moron: "this is a delusion. it could be slightly counter-efficient and unsafe for the cop if that have been actual."

Answer 9

no undercover police can lie about it, There is no truth to this myth.

If this was true, there could be no undercover. And if hookers do it ( which they don't) it would be because they don't know the truth about it.

Answer 10

no cops get paid to lie to you in order to get you to do something that they can arrest you for. So, my advice to you my man is don't trust anyone that you don' t know especially if your up to something that others might see as wrong or illegal.

Answer 11

No its not. That seems like a reasonable belief but no. that would ruin the purpose