Where police are allowed to lie

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"In 2000, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that police are allowed to lie not only about evidence but tactics as well.

The Court's decision sets out four factors that should be considered when judging whether a police confession is voluntary: whether there are threats or promises made by police; whether the oppression to gain a confession is distasteful or inhumane'; whether the suspect is aware of what they're saying and who they're saying it to; and the level of trickery, whether it's so egregious it "shocks the community".

Outside these tenets, police can pretty much say what they like, truth or fiction."

(Source: 'A Daughter's Deadly Deception, The Jennifer Pan Story by Jeremy Grimaldi, P 57)