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Originally Posted by AlanQS
The concept that the word of an official of the state has no more weight than Joe Citizen is a fact of Scots law but I think I've read (I've forgotten the official expression) that in England, a policeman's "word" with regard to road traffic offences is deemed to be gospel and therefore that's why it takes the word of two officers in Scotland and just one in England.
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Nope, an officer's statement must still be beliveable and would no doubt be challenged by the defending advocate; their evidence is not taken as read or "gospel".