
Quoting
usedbranflakes
If they arrest
...don't volunteer a word without your attorney present.
...don't let them try to reason with you (they will) and get you to say something without legal counsel.
If you didn't do anything wrong then you don't need a lawyer; wrong.
If the police believe you did something wrong then they must believe that you have the right to legal counsel; wrong! They will do everything they can to get you to talk. If you ask for a tape recorder so that your statements are recorded, once they tape it ask them to state their name and you will state yours. Officer so and so; at x time I am requesting an attorney and requesting a transcript of this tape. Please get me my attorney; his name is x and his number is #.
If they threaten arrest:
If you ask for a lawyer they will arrest you; it's likely that they were going to arrest you anyway. Talking to them just makes the arrest easier to justify. It's that whole probable cause thing...