Keep this card · Works offlineYour rights if you're arrested

At the police station you can

1. Speak to a solicitor in private, free of charge, whatever your income. You can name Theodorous.
2. Ask for someone to be told where you are.
3. Read the rules the police must follow (the PACE Codes of Practice).
4. Ask for an interpreter if you need one, and medical help if you are unwell.
5. Have an appropriate adult with you if you are under 18 or vulnerable.

Before you answer questions

• Wait until you have had legal advice. Asking for a solicitor never makes you look guilty.
• The interview is recorded and can be used in court. What you say, and what you don't, can matter later.
• Your solicitor will see what the police disclose and advise you on how to answer.

Invited to a voluntary interview?

• It is still an interview under caution, with the same consequences.
• Advice is free there too. Don't go alone; call us first.

Prefer to pay privately?

• You can instruct Theodorous privately for fuller preparation and one named solicitor throughout. Police-station attendance is usually a fixed fee agreed in advance.