I have "heard" that police officers can "lie" to suspects in order to gain more information? You see it all the time on T.V. the interrogating officer tells the suspect they have a witness that puts them at the scene of the crime, even though they don't. Or that the "other" suspect confessed and says you pulled the trigger, when in fact he didn't confess. The reason, I'm asking this is because, say you are stopped on the street by a officer because you look suspicious and in order to gain more info from you, he says they have a witness that says you "such and such", and yet they don't. Can someone of knowledge enlighten me if it is SOP and legal for police to do this? BTW, I'm just curious, it hasn't happen to me because I never look suspicious
I also have another reason that I will state after I get the info I'm looking for.