The Defendants' Survey highlighted six areas for closer attention: (1) Respondents' understanding of their arrest status: Clearer instructions to police and closer monitoring of interview practices could help reduce suspects' confusion; (2) Notices to Appear: Strategies for promoting greater use of notices as a genuine alternative to arrest include making portable tape-recording equipment routinely available to operational police and developing the capacity for police to collect fingerprints in the field; (3) Questioning in the Field: Mandatory electronic recording of in-the-field questioning would substantially increase compliance with required cautioning; (4) Questioning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suspects: The Queensland Police Service has produced a training video that may help increase police officers' awareness about these procedures; (5) Presence of Solicitor at Interview: The lack of free and available legal advice is a major barrier; and (6) Searches: Operational police need to adhere closely to legislative and procedural requirements governing searches, most notably the requirement to provide a receipt for seized property. Abbreviations, notes, tables, figures, appendixes, references