[quote=FlyerInHi]So, BG, families should tell their people “never submit to a sobriety test and spend the night in jail, mommy and daddy will sort it out in the morning”?[/quote]Well, my kid(s) don’t drink and drive. They do like to visit craft beer bars but there is a lot of cheap public transportation in SF and they know how to use all of it at all hours of the day and night.
If my kids were to be detained in MX or elsewhere out of the country, I have counseled them to say nothing except ask to make a phone call and call me ASAP so I can call the American consulate in that country and send help or even accompany that help (MX). Yeah, if that means spending the night in jail, so be it. I don’t think they have “Miranda warnings” in MX or elsewhere in the world :=0
It’s not a good idea to talk to law enforcement unless you are simply a witness and not suspected of breaking the law. I have told them that if they are brought in as a suspect for questioning, to refuse, demand counsel and allow themselves to be booked, instead.
I copied all my kids’ fancy new travel documents in living color last year when they came to visit specifically for the above reasons (and if they should land in the hospital in a foreign country).
