[lfjokes] Testifying Officer

[simondo]

 If you ever testified in court, you might wish you 
 could have been as sharp as this Cop. A defense 
 attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a 
 felony trial - it went like this: 
 


 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 that 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, that you find it 
 necessary to lock your locker in a room you share 
 with those 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. 
 

 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 comeback" line 
 and we think he'll win.