I have never seen a single episode of Law and Order. I'm pretty sure that makes me about as unique as a lady suma wrestler. It occurred to me, when trying to write the police bits in my book, that I don't watch nearly enough crime dramas on TV. I think the last police show I watched was Dragnet. If I have one of my officers say, "just the facts ma'am" will that be somehow dated? I do like courtroom dramas. My favorite books of all time are To Kill a Mockingbird and Inherit the Wind. But if I have my courtroom spectators cooling themselves with one of those "cardboard on a stick" fans with the name of the local funeral parlor on it, it might make my story a teensy bit less believable. Fortunately, I have a friend of a friend I can consult with on police matters. She is a cop who has worked with gangs and now is in charge of the "property room". I can't wait to hear what kind of cool stuff gets locked up in there. But I digress. Perhaps a little more TV watching wouldn't have hurt me in the background for this book, but I'm hoping my cop acquaintance will let me hold her gun. No way I could get that from Sgt Joe Friday.
Next, I will go and sit in a courtroom and watch a proceeding or two.I'm sure they'll be no Atticus Finch or Henry Drummond type lawyers sweating away in a steamy courthouse; but I'm gonna stick a fan in my purse just in case.
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