OP was honest. He/she had nothing to do with it.

I was honest !

Well for a start it would make them look guilty and could contribute to them being charged with the theft, secondly why on earth should they replace 1,000 dollars someone else has stolen??

They cannot charge you without evidence. I mean they can certainly try, but it won't stick without proof, and most prosecutors wouldn't even follow through with it because it would be too difficult and mess with their conviction average when they loose. They either need to 1) find the money in your possession, 2) have documentation (video) that you took it, and/or 3) you admit you took it. They could use finger print evidence, but considering the fact you touch the safe regularly, and so does everyone else, it's unreliable. I assume they have none of these things or they would have charged you already. A cop's "feeling" and the fact that you saw the money last is not evidence, because someone could have went back to take it. Your hard time is just motive, but that isn't evidence either, they need something physical and tangible. Don't worry about looking anxious, most people do when being questioned for a crime, I think a cop should be considerate of that. Just don't admit to anything. If they keep pestering you, ask for a lawyer. In fact, you should always have a lawyer, that is a right, and they will keep cops in line and make sure you're not unfairly treated, abused, and keep them from trapping you. If they bring you in for questioning again, most importantly remember, if they have not charged you, they CANNOT hold you, you can leave whenever you want. They will often question people for hours to wear them down, and don't inform you you're not under arrest and can leave whenever. Don't let them do that, do not think you have to stay just because they are interrogating and questioning you. Until they say the specific words "you're under arrest" you are still allowed to leave. I hope everything works out well OP, if there's cameras hopefully they'll check them and find out who it really is so you can put this behind you. Best of luck!

Like the person before me, you have a right to a lawyer whenever you are detained by the police. A lot of times the police will read you your Miranda rights which is you have a right to a lawyer, you have a right to refuse answering questions, and you can stop questioning at any time. Cops are required by law to tell you these things before questioning so a person will make a willing confession. They can interrogate a person for several hours which often wears down a lot of people to the point where people make false confessions. Essentially if the police come back to question you, you should insist on having a lawyer where you either get one or a public attorney will be appointed to represent you.

This is Canada. You don't actually have the right to refuse to answer questions. You can't leave if they've detained you. The detaining must be justified, but they can force you to stay there.

I'm from Canada and my degree is in law. We have our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which outlines our legal rights, sections 7-14. None of this is true and completely false. You always have the right to remain silent, you don't have to answer their questions. What do you think would happen if someone didn't answer their questions? They would beat them? Also, if your rights have been read then, yes, you have been arrested, at which point you can't leave. But if they're just questioning/interrogating you, and they haven't read you your rights and said you've been arrested, you are absolutely allowed to leave, section 9) Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned. We're a free nation with rights, not a dictatorship, the police have to follow these rules just like any other democratic country.

You work at a bong shop? Can I recommend a product that will help you with that anxiety?

I know what you mean but did not what to be high while taking to police lol.

Probably a smart move lol. And congrats on getting it cleared up. Too bad you can't curb stomp your former coworker for putting you through this.

Sounds like when I worked for a company. The assistant manager would redo our paperwork saying it was wrong and magically we were then short on our tils. Finally one day the boss came in an hour before him, counted everything, and put it back like it had been that way all night and when he came in and said things were wrong he was fired instantly. That sucks dude and hope it gets taken care of.

I hope it gets cleared up quickly, it seems ridiculous to blame you with such terrible "evidence".

Please do a follow up on this story! I'm curious as to who the culprit is

I really can't add anything to what #61 has said, she's given some fantastic, solid advice (I'm a social sciences BAhons student where a huge part is criminology). If you're on a low wage (sorry, being Scottish I'm unaware of what your terminology would be here) you can apply for what we call ScotAid/Legal Aid, which is where your state pays your legal costs and you get a solicitor/lawyer pro bono. As a former criminal several years ago (many misdemeanours) turned social scientist, I highly recommend Legal Aid, there are many fantastic solicitors who work for "free" (you don't personally pay, but they are paid by the state to take your case) who are fantastic quality and very good at representing their clients. Don't worry about the anxiety part, if you have legal support they will explain that to the Police, who should then be extra considerate. If they continue to basically harass you, get their name and badge number and get your legal support to lodge a complaint, as it is your right as a citizen to complain if you are unhappy with their behaviour(s). You also have the right to request that you speak/deal with another Police Officer entirely if you're unhappy with the person(s) you are dealing with. I hope this helps, and good luck!

It actually got cleared up yesterday I guess the cop was just trying to see if I would crack or something. The culprit was my coworker the full time person at my store. My managers gave me her job and I got a lot of apologies. My coworkers has been fired and as far as I know is being charged I'm not to sure what you get charged with for stealing over $1000 though and also I account of breaking and entering.

Your coworker's charges would probably be theft under $5000 and break and enter. The punishment they will get depends on if the prosecutor decided to go for an indictable offence - up to 2yr jail time for the money, up to 10yrs for the B&E. Or a summary offence - fine of $2000 and up to 6months jail for money, up to 6yrs for the B&E. I'm so glad everything worked out for you OP, must be a real weight off you shoulders, and I'm happy everyone apologized and you get to keep your job. Time to just take it easy and get back some normalcy, I wish you well!

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Did not read your whole explanation; got as far as "RCMP" and "bong shop" and started laughing too hard to continue. Hope all works out OP ❤️

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