Witness

As I believe I have mentioned before, I intern at the District Attorney's office. One of my primary duties is to contact people who have witnessed crimes and get their version of the story.

One thing that makes me oddly proud of our legal system is the surprising wealth of people who want to help. For example many of the DUIs reported are from someone calling in to 911. Just a note to anyone who might feel bad doing this, the other ones are usually crashes and sometimes there are injuries or fatalities so you should call every time you see someone on the road who is drunk or falling asleep. You can quite plausibly be saving lives.

But back to the topic at hand, people are shockingly willing to spend time out od their day to talk and it makes the job of "cleaning up the streets" that much easier.

So this one goes out to all the misdemeanor crime witnesses in Dallas County. [Sound of crickets]

Witness
Observant. Conscientious.
Seeing, saying, remembering.
Help us prosecute crimes.
Case-makers.