Police Interrogation Definition: Questioning put to an accused by the police with the purpose of eliciting a statement. In State v Pittman, Justice Donald Corbin of the Supreme Court of Arkansas wrote that a:"[P]olice interrogation (is) direct or indirect questioning put to the accused by the police with the purpose of eliciting a statement from him." REFERENCES:State v. Pittman, 200 SW 3d 893 (2005) Categories & Topics: Criminal Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!