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Be careful when signing anything

Hi. A while ago my daughter was asked by a cop to make a witness
statement and I sat in and signed it too.
The policeman taking the statement wrote it on a standard form in his
own handwriting, then asked us to sign it.

Whenever I sign anything, my habit is to make sure nothing can be
added to it after I sign it, and with that in mind, I might write 'END
OF DOCUMENT' and then sign after those words,
or, alternatively,
I draw a horizontal line under the text and then a diagonal line below
that, so that anything added on afterwards will have a line drawn
through it in advance.

I noticed that the form the policeman was using had a big, full-page
box for the statement, the text of which did not fill the box, and
then at the bottom of the page was the box for my signature.

I told him of my habit of drawing the horizontal and diagonal line
below anything I signed as a precaution against unauthorised
additions.
He replied with a bit of gobbledygook, indicating he did not want me
to draw the two lines.
As the case was of no great importance, I didn't argue about it.

There was nothing to prevent the cop from adding to the statement, in
that blank space, after he got back to his desk, so that my signature
would appear below additional text which I had not authorised.

I'd advise people to be careful about that when signing anything
important - meaning draw that horizontal and diagonal line below the
text so that any blank space is 'cancelled' in advance.

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