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Many police departments give special training to interrogators with regard to the Miranda warning ; specifically, how to influence a suspect's decision to waive the right.

For instance, the officer may be required to specifically ask if the rights are understood and if the suspect wishes to talk.

The officer is allowed, before asking the suspect a question, to speak at length about evidence collected, witness statements, etc.

The officer will then ask if the suspect wishes to talk, and the suspect is then more likely to talk in an attempt to refute the evidence presented.

Another tactic commonly taught is never to ask a question ; the officer may simply sit the suspect down in an interrogation room, sit across from him and do paperwork, and wait for the suspect to begin talking.

These tactics are intended to mitigate the restrictions placed on law officers against compelling a suspect to give evidence, and have stood up in court as valid lawful tactics.

Nevertheless, such tactics are condemned by legal rights groups as deceptive.