Do I have to identify myself(say my name) to an officer if I am not driving or at a airport etc..?
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If they ask, yes, you do. And that means you have to give them your ID too. Unless of couse you like to be frisked and handcuffed and taken down town till they run your prints to verify who you are. If they suspect you they have probable cause to do what ever they want to investagate you.
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If he asks or you might wind up downtown fitting the description.
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If you are not driving, at an airport or bus station, or performing any suspicious act you have the constitutional right to refuse to identify yourself. As with consent to a search, simply think, and make sure you know what you're doing when you say no... If the officer arrests you anyway, use your right to a lawyer IMMEDIATELY as the charges can be suppressed and dropped...
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Maybe. A few years ago the Supreme Court held that you have no constitutional right to not show identification if requested in the course of a legitimate investigation. If you refuse to give ID, the cop can detain you for however long it takes to determine your identity. What is a legitimate investigation? A cop cannot walk up for no reason and force you to show ID. However, if the cops were called to the scene and you fit the description of the suspect (even if you had nothing to do with the incident), then you would have to show ID.
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You are under no obligation to identify yourself to an officer in a routine contact. An officer must have "reasonable suspicion" to detain you (enough facts that would make another officer with the same or similar training and background suspect that some sort of criminal activity is/has/will be occurring and you're connected somehow to it). During a lawful detention, then yes, you are required to identify yourself. If it's just during a "consensual encounter" (any routine contact with an officer), you do NOT have to identify yourself.
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That's right, by law(which most cops confuse with "Duh, because I said so, urnk")you don't have to identify yourself. Unfortunately, the reality is that they will arrest you and lie in court that you had created reasonable suspicion by walking and chewing gum etc.
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