Why are the police lockers locked? You have to love this police officer, who politely schools the lawyer during court!
He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the police officer’s credibility …
Q: ‘Officer — did you see my client fleeing the scene?”
A: ‘No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away.”
Q: ‘Officer, who provided this description?”
A: ‘The officer who responded to the scene.”
Q: ‘A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?”
A: ‘Yes, sir. With my life.”
Q: ‘With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?”
A: ‘Yes sir, we do!”
Q: ‘And do you have a locker in the room?”
A: ‘Yes, sir, I do.”
Q: ‘And do you have a lock on your locker?”
A: ‘Yes, sir.”
Q: ‘Now, why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?”
A: ‘You see, sir, we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.”
The courtroom EXPLODED with laughter, and a prompt recess was called.