Ten Rules for Dealing with the Police

Interesting video providing tips on how to handle a police encounter.  Not a bad primer for citizens who do not know Fourth Amendment law. 

Some of the situations in the video, such as the "knock-and-talk" scenario, where police knock on a resident's door and asks for consent to enter and search a resident's home, are more difficult for state police to do lawfully in Washington State because article 1, section 7 provides greater protection than the Fourth Amendment.  That is, under article 1, section 7, a police officer must tell a resident that he or she has a right to refuse consent to the search of the resident's home.  State v. Ferrier.  Under the Fourth Amendment, a police officer does not have to tell a resident that he or she has a right to refuse consent.