Ricky Boren Quotations

We're just trying to make up for the shortage, ... We're just trying to find different ways to take care of business.

We're having to back-fill, ... We're using overtime in order to make sure the 911 calls are answered.

We've taken a lot of applications, ... Since then, out of the 80 applications, we've interviewed six of those. We do not plan to lower our standards for being an officer.

He was real fidgety; he appeared to be trying to hide something,

I won't say Michael is the primary suspect, ... He has been and still is a suspect in this case.

The money will come in handy with our summer program, ... It will also allow us to train officers to stay current on gang activity.

At some point in time, he made a hand gesture in the direction of the officer with what was believed to be a weapon,

They gave him verbal commands to come out, ... The individual crawled to the end of the house and got behind a pillar or box -- something that obstructed the officers' view.

It's a perception issue, ... It's the way the public perceives our investigation of our own officers.

It's been looked at every way possible, ... If we've heard a mention of a person anywhere, we talked to them. We've had this case since 1985, and it's been given from investigator to investigator on a number of occasions just to get a new opinion, to see if someone new sees something that needs to be done. It's still being reviewed.

The officers believed a dope deal had taken place,

The guy pushed away from the officer, and he was going to attempt to run, ... The officer grabbed him around his midsection with one arm while still holding onto the gun in his pants pocket.