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What could happen if you would just walk into a police station and say: I want to turn myself in and I take the 5th. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by yanyuan@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I looked around, and I think it depends heavily on where in the world you are. Over here I think only calling emergency numbers knowingly in error is a crime, but there are provisions that in extreme cases you could be held partially liable for someone else's harm if you are actively wasting the time of the police or the firefighters.

[–] peter@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

In the UK it is against the law to waste police time, since we don't have a 5th amendment equivalent you would probably just get instantly hit with that if you tried this and didn't leave when told to