If the police suspect you have committed a crime, they will want
to conduct a recorded interview. There are some circumstances where
they conduct a 'field interview' which is not
audio-visually recorded. This is if you are suspected of committing
an offence contained in the Road Safety Act 1986 or
Summary Offences Act 1966.
This article will describe how police interviews are generally
conducted.
The police will generally arrest a suspect for the purposes of
an interview. Or they may invite a suspect to the police station to
be interviewed where the suspect will be placed under arrest at the
station for the purposes of an interview.
Purpose of Interview
The main purposes of an interview is for the police to get
information to assist their case against a suspect or to get
admissions. The police use different techniques to achieve these
objectives such as saying:
