Here are a few tips from the Missouri Bar regarding if you get arrested:
When Can You Be Arrested? • If a police officer has a warrant for your arrest. • If a police officer believes that you have violated the law. • If a police officer sees you violate, or try to violate, the law.
What Can The Police Do To You If You Are Arrested? • Search your body and clothing. • Search your belongings. • Search your car if you are in it when the police stop you. • Fingerprint you. • Put you in a lineup.
You have the right to refuse any of the following requests unless the police have a court order: • Answer questions. • Ask you to sign or write out or record a statement. • Ask you to provide a sample of your handwriting. • Ask you to consent to having a sample taken of your breath, blood, semen or hair. • Ask you to consent to a search of your home or other property you own.