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WildBill wrote:COPS is a television show. It is supposed to be entertainment and they need ratings to stay on the air. You never know how many smarter well-informed people don't agree to the search. They are the ones who don't end up on the show. A person who denies the search request and goes on their way doesn't make for good TV. Who is their right mind is going to allow a search when there are cameramen with bright light shining in their faces. Maybe a wannabee star?

C-dub wrote:And maybe there are a bunch that do not consent to the searches and they just aren't showing those on television. Maybe they don't show those because people standing up for their rights isn't good television in their minds. Maybe they don't want the public to know they can refuse.

VoiceofReason wrote:Officers will tell a subject, I am here to help you, but you must tell me where anything is that might be illegal. I have even seen an officer lecture a subject the officer has already put in the patrol car, that if he/she had told the officer where the pot was, he/she would not have been arrested.