[ryanm101]

You also have an obligation to help the police solve the crime you reported by providing all and any relevant information.

The issue is that people don't always know what information is relevant / they think stuff is too minor to mention.

You wouldn't go to a doctors appointment and then say my body is private you cant examine me and expect them to go off just the info you provide. If the doctor asks to stick his finger up your rear to check your prostate you don't say er no thanks that's too private. You assume he has a good medical reason that he wants to do that and you let him confirm that you are healthy.

[esarbe]

I think this is a rather bad analogy, since in the case of a crime, it's not only your anus that's going to be probed.

[jbarberu]

"If the doctor asks to stick his finger up your rear to check your prostate you don't say er no thanks that's too private"

If you don't want your doctor to stick his finger up your butt, then that's exactly what you do. They don't have a right to finger your prostate, even though it might be beneficial to you.

[eindiran]

Yes, but then you don't get to be checked for prostate cancer.

[coherentpony]

That's 100% correct, and 100% not the conversation we are having.

If you don't want a medical procedure, even if it would be beneficial to you, you can refuse it. It is your right (at least in the US).

[tracker1]

And like the doctor that cannot diagnose you with appropriate information, the police can't prosecute the accused without potentially backing or detracting details.