Imagine that you end up in a self-defense situation and have to shoot a BG and your significant other is there with you, be it at home or somewhere else. Do any of you prep your SO and/or children for being a witness to your self-defense/defense of another shooting? I have not really done so but I'm thinking I need to. What I'm getting at is if you think your SO should not say anything to police until you have spoken with an attorney. We are all usually instructed in training not to talk to police until we've consulted with an attorney. But my guess is that our SOs would be just as frazzled as we would be after witnessing such a situation and could potentially say something unintentionally incorrect that hurts in court. There may be other witnesses and that's out of your control. But it seems to me like prepping your SO to respond as you would is a good idea so that they don't have the immediate pressure of recalling and reciting everything accurately until they've had time to process it.
What is your protocol for this? What should a SO say to police in this type of situation? Any attorneys want to chime in on this?
What is your protocol for this? What should a SO say to police in this type of situation? Any attorneys want to chime in on this?