I’m asking on behalf of my friend. So he calls me up when he’s on break from work and tells me that police officers came to his house saying his name came up in a follow up investigation and they needed to talk to him. The cops wouldn’t tell his dad anything about the issue since my friend is 21. From his dads perspective, the cops were very calm and said it’s not a big deal that my friend was at work. They’ll come back some other time.
My friend then called the non emergency line and they immediately patched him through to the detective in charge and through some conversation, the detective said it’s no big problem, just need to ask a few questions and that’ll be all. The appointment is set for November 16 at 2pm.
Does my friend get any rights when answering the questions? Can he record the conversation with the detective?
He thinks the investigation is about a girl that he may have gotten pregnant when they were minors and not had any interaction since.Any advice is appreciated. I don’t want my friend to get into major trouble.
severe_delays on November 17th, 2018 at 03:13 UTC »
When a cop tells you it's not a big problem, it is a big problem.
If the LAOP meets with the detective without an attorney or before meeting with one, he's a fool.
I can't wait for an update.
orangemaid3000 on November 17th, 2018 at 02:21 UTC »
emphasis mine.
Either way, the advice in LA is solid: if there's a detective involved then it's something serious, the scope of which could be literally anything and may not even be about something pertaining to that girl, either.
Carosello on November 17th, 2018 at 01:46 UTC »
Per LAOP, they were both minors. If this is really about that, then she is in as much trouble as he is. But that's unlikely.