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If an employee invokes the www.reference.comGarrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. (1967) the rule is most commonly applied to public employees such as police officers.
If a police officer is suspected of taking bribes and is investigated by internal affairs (IA), and he is given a "Garrity" warning by the IA investigator, then admits that he has taken bribes and resigns, he cannot be prosecuted in criminal court on the bribery allegation. The Garrity rule allows the officer to admit wrong-doing to an internal investigative officer utilizing the Garrity rule to obtain information, without being prosecuted for that wrong-doing. Even though the officer...
(Hall p. 145)
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Constitution of the United Statse of America. Retrieved January 20, 2007 at http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution.
Garrity Warning. New Jersey Law Enforcement. NJLawman. Retrieved January 30, 2007 at http://www.njlawman.com/Garrity.htm.
Hall, Daniel. Administrative Law: Bureaucracy in a Democracy. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2006.
Miranda Ruling: Its Past, Present and Future In almost all cases, the Miranda ruling of 1966 applies to police interviews with criminal suspects, although other Supreme Court decisions extend some of the rights to legal counsel and prevention of self-incrimination to public and private employers. According to the Supreme Court, the Miranda Warnings must be given prior to questioning to all persons who have been arrested and are in police