witnesses to crime

[joanna bujes]

At 10:41 PM 12/19/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Before people totally disregard eyewitness testimony - someone mentioned
>that witnesses are a problem of some kind to the police - does anyone
>have figures to indicate how many are wrong, and how many right? My
>guess is that most witnesses are correct, and that we only hear about
>the ones who are wrong...anyone know for sure?

When I was in cop shop (to be a state park ranger), here's the only piece 
of wisdom we received about witnesses: "Always trust a man's description of 
a car, and a woman's description of a person."

Still remember it :)

Joanna