[Mick]

I know a former district attorney who says much the same.  Police reports can be very unreliable.

I have a cantankerous cousin who is a criminal defense attorney and feels the same way, to the extreme.  He told me that he knows prior to the trial whether or not he'll win.  His determining factor is the number of police officers who testify.  If it's one, he'll lose.  If it's two, he wins a high percentage of the time, because one wrote the police report, and the other will contradict him.

[Mick]

I know a former district attorney who says much the same.  Police reports can be very unreliable.

I have a cantankerous cousin who is a criminal defense attorney and feels the same way, to the extreme.  He told me that he knows prior to the trial whether or not he'll win.  His determining factor is the number of police officers who testify.  If it's one, he'll lose.  If it's two, he wins a high percentage of the time, because one wrote the police report, and the other will contradict him.