The NightJack blog is the winner of this year's Orwell Prize. He has some interesting comments from a Policeman's perspective. Although English, his advice is likely to be relevent to decent Swiss folk, too

Ohhhhhh, this is just soooooooo brilliant !!!!!
I am printing this out and hope I can use it for my criminology course.

thanks unclemax. that's brilliant.

any CH legal buffs out there who would like to offer a CH slant on this?

e.g. is there such a thing as a CH Duty Solicitor? Do I have the right to have one provided to me if I need one in a cop shop? would their service be free and impartial?

bill

Without having talked to somebody more in the know, this doesn't strike me as a particularly good way to deal with the authorities in Switzerland. Some thoughts:

Complain first > And get a reputation for boy crying wolf
Make a counter allegation > Works exclusively without witnesses and then effects are debateable
Never explain to the police > Not sure how much this kind of police protocol counts in court
Admit nothing > ok...
Keep your mouth shut > does it shorten your stay at the police?
Claim suicidal thoughts > err, effect on the length of stay at the police office??
Always always always have a solicitor > Well yes, use the offered legal assistance. Again, not familiar with procedures.
Actively complain about every officer and everything they do > investigating officers will know this game
Show no respect to the legal system or anybody working in it > To know which note to strike may help but I suspect there are differences between UK and CH police here.

Bloody Nora! That's good

Though, interestingly, when I was on Jury service (somewhere in the UK many moons ago), we found a girl innocent of major drug smuggling.. she never once called for a solicitor, talked constantly to the police about what had happened and the other two blokes who were with her, both had solicitors, did a runner when bailed and left her to it..