Question: Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
Answer: No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender running several blocks away.
Question: Officer, who provided this description?
Answer: The officer who responded to the scene.
Question: A fellow officer provided the description of this so- called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
Answer: Yes sir, with my life.
Question: 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 you daily duties?
Answer: Yes sir, we do.
Question: And do you have a locker in that room?
Answer: Yes sir, I do.
Question: And do you have a lock on your locker?
Answer: Yes sir.
Question: Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, that you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with those same officers?
Answer: A. You see sir, we share the building with a court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt
recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated
for this year's "Best come-back" line and we think he'll win.
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