Animosity towards Lawyers

[Group9]

Absolutely. Which is why they're important to the system. I learned to work just as hard to prove someone innocent as I did guilty. And a few times, I was surprised to find maybe the suspect didn't do it. Plus it always made me feel more confident when it went to trial.

If you've done your job right, you shouldn't have to worry about defense lawyers if you have a decent prosecutor. If you did a sloppy job, you deserve to get fried on the stand. And that happened to me a few times early in my career.

As Chief Wiggims said, "I'd rather a thousand guilty go free than have to chase after them". Wait, is that right????

And, every LEO knows the difference between a good competent defense attorney who tests your case to the utmost for his client, and the one who gets up and call everybody a liar, and as his client heads off to jail, gives him a thumbs up and says, "I know I didn't get you off, but I exposed them for the corrupt liars they are.".

[BP348]

I agree with Cat-Doc.

I write and or read other people's reports as if I was tring to find a hole in the case. After reading many different reports you start to see the errors that people make.

I remember when I was on my FTO period, many years ago :D, I had a crusty old PA tell me that PA's that go to court a lot write crappy reports. That though has stuck with me. Of course there are some,K9'ers, who go to court more offten just because of their duties

If you're interestd in getting your JD then go for it. I know 3 BPA's who have J.D.'s and I don't think the worse of them because of their degree. Of couse that being said I can't see spending $100K+ for a Law degree if you want to be a LEO.

Also FYI there is at least 1 LEO here on RP that has a JD and another who's working on his JD & I don't think bad thoughts about them either ;):D:D