You're listening to live courtroom coverage of the trial of Karen Reid from the Hidden

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Now, back to the courtroom.

Your responsibility is the supervisor over this particular case officer, or any other case

officer that you might have, or any other trooper that you might have under your supervision your responsibility in no small part is to

supervise the individuals under your command to ensure that the case is adequately investigated. It's properly investigated. That's part of your role as a supervisor, correct?

It is one of my many responsibilities, yes. It's partly because you have more experience, I'm guessing, than the people under your charge.

Is that right?

Certainly in my position, but there are many instances where a sergeant might have less

experience that a well-seasoned trooper that's been in the office for 15 to 20 years.

Fair enough. Fair enough. That may be the case, but under ordinary circumstances,

you earn your way into a supervisory role in the Massachusetts State Police through both not just time,

but time and experience, correct?

We take an exam and then get promoted based on the exam.

Part of the responsibility that you have as a supervisor is to make sure that the case is properly investigated,

and that may include making sure you have the right suspects, right?

The array of suspects that may

exist you want to make sure and you you supervise to make sure that that array

of suspects is appropriate and proper correct in every investigation we

followed the evidence we follow the statements made provided by eyewitnesses

witnesses in the case sometimes the defendantsants or suspects provide statements to us.

At many instances, those could be contradictory statements.

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