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But they’ll let you use a phone. If you have a lawyer’s number, great. They could come to the station, talk to you, and try to get you bailed.

If it’s during business hours, calling the local public defender’s office is fine but they likely don’t have the bandwidth to cover both courts and police stations. A very few jurisdictions do have programs to respond to police stations. Slightly more jurisdictions have programs to respond to police stations for juveniles being questioned. /3