Hello? Alarm bells.
The answer is "No".
'Do you mind if I search your vehicle?'
The answer "Yes I mind. You may NOT search my vehicle."
“The answer ‘Yes I mind. You may NOT search my vehicle.’”
I wouldn’t say that to a cop who later said I didn’t commit a law. He might get confused and hit me in the face with his baton just to be sure.
And then they forcibly search you anyway and confiscate it in retaliation for the lie.
No matter what you do, you’re going to kiss it goodbye more than likely, so the real answer is don’t get CAUGHT!
And he wouldn’t have got his cash back then.
They would have searched his car either way.
When they found the cash and he lied about it he would have never been able to recover it.
“’A Monterey police officer wanted to know if he was carrying any large amounts of cash’
Hello? Alarm bells.
The answer is ‘No’.”
No, the answer is silence. Cops can and will use everything you say against you. Even if you only tell the truth, and especially if you lie. Don’t give ‘em nothin’.
Hello? Alarm bells.
The answer is "No".
Actually, the answer is "Why do you ask, officer?" If you say "no" and they come up with some pretext to search, and find it, you are on record as having lied to them about it.
'Do you mind if I search your vehicle?'
The answer "Yes I mind. You may NOT search my vehicle."
Yup. Not without a warrant.