I see these drug busts on TV - and they always ask if the person is a cop or not, and the cop always dances around the question...because apparently, by law a cop has to tell the person if they are a cop or not... WHY IS THIS!?
2007-05-23 16:21:55 · 19 answers · asked by Dan 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No they don't. That's a myth.
2007-05-23 16:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by evans_michael_ya 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The cops have to reveal their actually cops unless they're on a undercover mission of course
2015-12-15 20:30:09 · answer #2 · answered by new_bumble_bee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Undercover officers DO NOT have to reveal they are the police.
There was a Supreme Court decision on that over 20 years ago.
So undercover cops who work narco, and vice can lie about that all they want.
2007-05-23 20:06:31 · answer #3 · answered by crusader rabbitt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cops don't have to say anything about being cops. "I'm not a cop, are you?" Is the answer you'll get most.
You kids are funny. "Cops have to admit they're cops, its the law." Hahahahahaha.
2007-05-23 19:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by California Street Cop 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Watch COPS, when in a sting operation and the target person asks that they say....heck no, are you a cop?
Like the other answers, no.
2007-05-23 16:32:32 · answer #5 · answered by Gatsby216 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I believe they must identify themselves UNLESS they are undercover.
This is why a lot of undercover cops cannot be contacted. There are a few cops out here that refuse to tell you their name, and are constantly dressed in plain-clothes.
2007-05-23 16:29:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
A cop has to tell that is in uniform theres undercover cops FBI sections which dont have to but those would be for big drug production all the other small groups just have to say it
2007-05-23 16:25:29 · answer #7 · answered by alex m 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
We don't.
The Supreme Court said it was ok for an undercover officer to lie about being a police officer.
There is some myth among criminals that if they ask you if you are the police and you say "No" then you can't arrest them.
Wrong-o.
2007-05-23 16:26:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
Cops are just like that. They are supposed to tell you that they are a police officer. They are also supposed to inform you are what you are being charged with when you are being arrested and a lot of times they don't. If you are pulled over by a police officer in an unmarked car, you have the right to ask them for ID, this is because of predators who pose as police to lure their victims in.
2007-05-23 16:31:49 · answer #9 · answered by Shay 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The Supreme Court has ruled that deception by Police Officers is legal.
We don't have to tell you crap.
Get over it.
2007-05-23 16:34:16 · answer #10 · answered by chuck_junior 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Here in Ontario, Canada undercover drug officers do not have to disclose if they are police if asked.
2007-05-23 16:32:10 · answer #11 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋