The foregoing shall not be construed to preclude the lawyer during this period, in the
proper discharge of his/her official or professional obligations, from announcing the fact and
circumstances of arrest (including the time and place of arrest, resistance, pursuit, and use of
weapons), and the identity of the investigating and arresting officer or agency, and the length of
the investigation; from making an announcement, at the time of seizure of any physical evidence
other than a confession, admission or statement, which is limited to a description of the evidence
seized; from disclosing the nature, substance, or text of the charge, including a brief description
of the offense charged; from quoting or referring without comment to public records of the court
in the case; from announcing the scheduling or result of any stage in the judicial process; from
requesting assistance in obtaining evidence; or from announcing without further comment that
the accused denies the charges made against him or her.
