Trust A Fellow Officer
A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a felony trial -- it went like this:
- Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
- No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender running several blocks away.
- Officer, who provided this description?
- The officer who responded to the scene.
- A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
- Yes sir, with my life.
- With your life? Let me ask you this then officer, do you have a locker room in the police station, a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?
- Yes sir, we do.