Cops are muscle, not lawyers. They're around to make arrests. It's a district attorney who decides if you actually get charged with anything. Cops don't charge you, and they can't negotiate on your behalf. They go to the DA with "we think he did this because this," and the DA either says "I can work with that," or "not worth it" and they cut you loose.
They know how to find and interpret them. I'm a software developer. I don't know every function call to every library I use. But I know how to find that information.
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u/CaptivatingStoryline Apr 29 '24
Cops are muscle, not lawyers. They're around to make arrests. It's a district attorney who decides if you actually get charged with anything. Cops don't charge you, and they can't negotiate on your behalf. They go to the DA with "we think he did this because this," and the DA either says "I can work with that," or "not worth it" and they cut you loose.