Line of Duty Page #7

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INT. AC-12. OUTSIDE INTERVIEW ROOM. MOMENTS

LATER.

Jackie gathers herself as she enters the

interview room.

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve and Hastings face Jackie, her rep and

solicitor. On a monitor screen are ID shots of

Danny, Rod, Jackie, Hari and Kate, with their

names and their call-signs VC-51, VC-52, VC-53,

VC-54 and VC-55 respectively.

STEVE:

This is a voluntary interview by

Authorised Firearms Officer Victor

Charlie Five Three in the presence

of her Police Federation

Representative and Solicitor by

Superintendent Hastings and DS

Arnott.

JACKIE:

I want to cooperate. I want to go

on record that I have never at any

time engaged with any other officer

in covert telecommunications to

knowingly mislead lawful inquiries.

HASTINGS:

Glad to hear it.

JACKIE:

I also want to clarify some

details, previous statements made

regarding the death of Sergeant

Daniel Waldron.

HASTINGS:

Very good. Carry on.

JACKIE:

I never saw the exact moment the

struggle started, the struggle for

the gun that killed Daniel Waldron.

Neither did Rod. We had to rely on

what Hari, On what Five Four told

us. He said that Danny had entered

the room with his firearm drawn.

And then he turned the gun on Five

Four.

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STEVE:

So you’re saying Danny tried to

kill Five Four?

JACKIE:

I’m saying that’s only what Five

Four told us. He said that Danny

turned the gun on him. Five Four

made a grab for the firearm to stop

Danny from shooting him. There was

a struggle for the gun. Rod and I

joined in that struggle. The gun

went off and killed Danny.

HASTINGS:

Hang on a second, Constable. This

is going way beyond clarifying a

statement. I mean you are changing

your story all over again here.

JACKIE:

This is the truth, sir.

HASTINGS:

Well you need to take a deep breath

and we need to caution you.

STEVE:

You do not have to say anything but

it may harm your defence if you

fail to mention when questioned

something you later rely on in

court. Anything you do say may be

used in evidence. Do you

understand?

JACKIE:

I understand.

HASTINGS:

So now you’re saying that Danny

wasn’t trying to kill himself. He

was trying to kill Victor Charlie

Five Four, or so Five Four claimed.

JACKIE:

Yes, sir. That seemed plausible.

STEVE:

Why?

JACKIE:

Danny was bullying us into covering

for him after he shot a suspect. He

moved the suspect’s firearm and

then he discharged the weapon

narrowly missing Five Four.

HASTINGS:

What? You conspired with Daniel

Waldron to provide false statements

regarding the shooting?

JACKIE:

Yes, Sir. We were all really scared

of Danny. There was a part of him

that was capable of doing anything.

STEVE:

So you killed him.

JACKIE:

No, it seemed like an accident.

Five Four convinced me and Rod that

if we said that we’d killed Danny

in self defence. That the least

we’d be looking at would be

manslaughter. He told us to claim

that we were trying to save Danny.

And that way nobody could blame us

for his death.

HASTINGS:

Yes but instead of telling the

truth, the three of you went off

and concocted a whole new version

of events. And then you decided to

blame Rod Kennedy for Danny’s

death?

JACKIE:

I knew Rod was jealous of Danny. It

seemed plausible that he could have

been the one.

STEVE:

You don’t believe that any more?

JACKIE:

No, sir, Five Four initiated the

struggle with that gun and it’s

only his word for it that it was

self-defence. I just don’t believe

him any more. I can’t cover for

Five Four any longer. He convinced

me to blame Rod but I’m not sure

that Rod could have killed Danny.

He wasn’t that sort of man. I

betrayed him.

Jackie looks very, very upset. Hastings and

Steve give Jackie space for a few beats. Then

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0’45”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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Hastings proceeds in a sensitive but firm way.

HASTINGS:

Constable, you have my sincere

condolences for the deaths of your

colleagues, however we have a job

to do. And our job requires us to

investigate thoroughly, and

impartially the murder of one of

our own and whilst we appreciate

your cooperation here today, you

have knowingly misled this enquiry

for weeks on matters of the utmost

gravity, firstly in respect of the

shooting dead of a suspect.

Secondly in respect of the loss of

life of an officer in the line of

duty, the withholding of crucial

information, the blatant disregard

from your lawful duty as a police

officer to comply with a criminal

investigation. Therefore I am

submitting to the Police Board,

that you be served a red notice -

Jackie reacts with shock and anguish.

HASTINGS (CONT’D)

--which is, the termination of

your contract as a police officer,

and moreover I will report to the

Crown Prosecutor regarding

Perverting the Course of Justice

and Assisting an Offender. Now you

won’t be charged at this time

however pending my discussion with

the Crown Prosecutor you may be

charged with these offences.

Jackie’s shock and anguish redoubles.

JACKIE:

But I thought if I cooperated, that

you’d go easier on me. A

suspension, a yellow notice...

She trails off, utterly anguished.

HASTINGS:

A fellow officer has been killed.

There is no more serious offence

that we investigate. Now you may

think I’m harsh, Constable, but I

know that this is justice.

Jackie starts to sob uncontrollably. Hastings

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Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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shows sensitivity.

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INT. COURT ROOM. MOMENTS LATER.

Lindsay stands in the dock looking nervous.

The click of the Judge’s door at they enter the

court room.

USHER:

All rise.

Everyone stands.

The Judge enters and takes his seat. Everyone

sits.

USHER (CONT’D)

Foreman of the Jury. Please stand.

The Foreman of the Jury stands.

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