Denver, CO criminal defense attorney Michael Sheehan explains what you should do if the police want to interview you. He always advises: don’t talk to the police without a lawyer. That doesn’t mean you have to hang up on them—be firm, be respectful, and clearly state that you’re not consenting to an interview and that you need to speak with an attorney first. There’s very little to gain by speaking to law enforcement without legal counsel present. More often than not, a person ends up digging himself into a hole during a police interview—one that his attorney later has to work hard to get him out of.