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the idea is of course that cops need to be able to lie to do their job of catching crooks, but if a citizen lies to cops it COULD hinder them and prevent them from doing their job, etc.
OK, but what about if a cop's lies cause some citizen to do the wrong thing or otherwise harm him by wasting his time and preventing him from doing something?
Two things come to mind:
1) Why doesn't anyone ever believe a cop about anything, given it is perfectly OK for them to lie to the public?
2) It should be perfectly OK for anyone to lie to police at anytime. Talking to police isn't "under oath" in court with 3rd party as ref. After all, without court reporter and witnesses, it isn't what you say, it is what a cop says you said.
You might say "but if someone lies and says they saw a murder we have to investigate". Actually, IIRC, they don't "have to" do much of anything, but they would certainly most likely waste some time.....just like some member of the public might most likely waste some time after being lied to by police.
OK, but what about if a cop's lies cause some citizen to do the wrong thing or otherwise harm him by wasting his time and preventing him from doing something?
Two things come to mind:
1) Why doesn't anyone ever believe a cop about anything, given it is perfectly OK for them to lie to the public?
2) It should be perfectly OK for anyone to lie to police at anytime. Talking to police isn't "under oath" in court with 3rd party as ref. After all, without court reporter and witnesses, it isn't what you say, it is what a cop says you said.
You might say "but if someone lies and says they saw a murder we have to investigate". Actually, IIRC, they don't "have to" do much of anything, but they would certainly most likely waste some time.....just like some member of the public might most likely waste some time after being lied to by police.
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