How often do you go to Court?

[mp1161]

In.. lets say a month, how often do you go to court? And what do you go to court for typically?

[luckydog]

double posted...........................................

[luckydog]

once or twice, usualy traffic related or to get a warrant signed. usually, the last i hear of a case is when i go to depo, which is also about once or twice per month.

[Cockney Corner.]

In.. lets say a month, how often do you go to court?

About once every 10 days.

And what do you go to court for typically?

To sit around waiting to give evidence for prosecutors who haven't read the case papers and who need to be lead by the hand through straight-forward cases where they haven't mastered a) the relevant law and b) the actual evidence. I'm not bitter. Well, not much.

[JDCOP]

Mainly depends on if person I arrested bonded out. If they don't we have court within a few days. Thats only another probably cause hearing which is a waste of time and money. But I have two traffic courts a month. I usually average court around 4 to 5 times a month if I haven't been running and gunning.

[Blackdog F4i]

I go faily often. Sometimes 8-9 times a month. Sometimes I will have a slow month and only get 2-3.

I rarely ever go for traffic. It's usually Narcotics.

[Fuzz]

I am in traffic so I go 3-4 times a week for just about anything (speeding,red lights, seatbelts,etc)

When I was in patrol maybe one or twice a month.

[mp1161]

For traffic incidents, you only need to go if the person you issued a citation to pleads "Not Guilty" correct? It's amazing how many times people try to act innocent; there is "guilty w/ explanation" isn't there??

How do you prepare for your court cases?

[luckydog]

How do you prepare for your court cases?

print off a copy of my narrative and the state will usually set up a time to meet with you and go over everything they are going to ask and what the defense will probably use as well

[GroundPounder01]

LOL.. at least twice a day! Mostly to run inmates to and from court!

[d0406]

I get to do all the drug cases at grand jury every cpl of months. other than that everything gets pled out, which doesn't always please me.

[Yankee_1]

Usually only go on DWI's, and grand jury for Felony arrests. we rarely go to court for traffic other than DWI's. I can go a couple months with out going.

[nebraska_deputy]

Less than ten times this last year. Three for people who thought they were wronged for getting speeding tickets and the others for DUI's.

[StudChris]

I go on average of twice a month (tuesdays) for traffic court. I have been on the job for 8 months and have yet to go to criminal court.

[Fuzz]

For traffic incidents, you only need to go if the person you issued a citation to pleads "Not Guilty" correct? It's amazing how many times people try to act innocent; there is "guilty w/ explanation" isn't there??

How do you prepare for your court cases?

It all depends on what type of case. Crime case then I review the arrest/crime report.

Traffic cases will depend on what they were cited for. If it was speed then I bring calibration records, speed surveys, training documents etc, Sign violations I usually bring photographs of the signs, etc ,etc.

[cuffs203]

In our district....anything that you produce (ie: traffic tickets, warrants you obtain, and arrests) area assigned on your one or two court dates a month. Lucky us I guess compared to some of you other folks....and we write a lot of tickets.

[99TAC]

It depends on the time of year, but can range from once or twice a week, to once or twice a month. Our county has criminal court one day a week, so if you arrest/arraign or file charges, you know where you'll be Wednesday morning :) Typically my local court hearings are for traffic or alcohol offenses, and my county court hearings are for drugs (small amount/paraphernalia) or DUI. In my state, the officer is the prosecutor on summary hearings (citations). The officer must present the entire case, testify, call witnesses, cross examine, etc. in these cases. Criminal court is so much easier. Just sit there and answer the DA's questions if called to do so. So far, I've never had to testify in Criminal Court, as all my defendants have waived their preliminary hearings at court.