Can I refuse to answer questions when the police call me?

00:01 Can you refuse to answer questions if the police call you?

00:05 Yes, you can. You are not legally required to talk to the police if they call you on the phone.

00:10 So you can simply hang up or you can say, I don't want to talk to you.

00:15 I would like to have my attorney. You're not required to talk to them.

00:20 So refusing to talk to them is completely legal.

00:23 It's not going to prevent them from continuing their investigation in like a different way.

00:27 But refusing to talk to them is completely legal and you are not obligated to talk to them unless you are subpoenaed or ordered by a court.

00:34 So absolutely, you don't have to talk to the police.