Local prosecutors hit the streets
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Police and prosecutors. Both are on the same team, so
to speak, in the criminal justice system.
Assistant district and
county attorneys, after all, prosecute cases based on complaints or
reports filed by police officers.
An attorney thinks in terms of
presenting a case to a judge and jury, having all the evidence and
reports necessary for a successful prosecution and seeing to it that the
Constitutional rights of the accused are protected.
A street cop
often deals with crime in the very emotionally charged moments when it
has just occurred, and thinks only about protecting the public — and
whether or not probable cause exists for an arrest.
But less well
known to the public is that while they’re on the same side, police and
prosecutors often aren’t exactly peas in a pod. Sometimes, they don’t
always understand one another that well.
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