The last (and so far only) time I was called for jury duty, the judge&#x27;s instructions were very explicit that the word of a police officer was to be given no special weight compared to other witnesses.<p>Jurors were questioned about this during the voir dire, and several people were dismissed because of an admitted bias in favor of police testimony.<p>Obviously, this is a sample size of one and no generalizations can be drawn, but it does stand as a counterexample.