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Originally Posted by Dueller
Certainly. As an officer of the court I'm almost duty/ethically bound.
I'm in a bit of a dilemma. Clearly from a narrow perspective I could use the complaint procedure to taint the trial and show his bias as a witness. As an advocate for my client I have certain duties to him. The prosecutor doesn't want to throw his officer under the bus. OTOH if he can be rehabilitated you don't want to destroy a person's career. But he is not fit to serve if he's harboring this type of hostility. And my client's safety as well as my own may be at risk if I destroy him professionally.
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How would you get the complaint in?
Counselor, in making your decision as to how to proceed, you should not consider the consequences to Officer B. He may be retrained, he may be disciplined, he may file a greivance and have the whole thing swept under the rug.
Do you really think that if you were to ignore the situation it would result in Officer B feeling any better toward the Client?