The issue of partner loyalty was brought up tonight when dealing with Starsky and Hutch. The question was posed of when would one of them report the other for his actions. Would that ever happen? How far must one partner push to cause the other to report him? In the terms of falsifying a report, it would depend on the situation. An illegal search and entry would be easy to legalize, so to speak, but placing evidence is not gonna fly. However, ommitting certain irrelevant facts from the report so the case is stronger? I could see that happening. Police brutality is a varying line, too. Heavy-handedness happened and looking away wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. If Hutch puts the guy in a coma, then yes Starsky needs to report him;) If they rough up a suspect so that they bruise him or snatch his arm a little too hard when taking him down, then no. I think most of what is done in the course of catching the guy is allowable, but if Starsky's got the guy on the ground, handcuffed, and still wants to do a little hurting, then no that's not allowable. The actions of the situation lead to the actions of the partner. I think, out of his partner's best interest, he would report him. Not to get him in trouble "oooh, you did wrong and I'm gonna tell!" I think he'd report him because he wants to see his partner get help and deal with the underlying issues that is causing him to stray so far from lawful action.
It's an interesting scenario to ponder. I think the outcome would wholely depend on when the issue took place, time-wise. Fourth season actions would be completely different in their outcomes than first season actions. They've walked away from the job bfore, but they've never really been able to walk away from each other. The time it would take them to heal, though, would vary.
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