When I was a law enforcement officer for the State of Maine, Department of Sea & Shore Fisheries, I caught a man coming out of a closed area with two hods of clams. He was a commercial digger, and, had every intention of selling them to a seafood dealer. These clams were severly polluted with e coli, but this scum bag didn't care. Problem was, I did not see him digging in the closed area, but, I knew he did, because the area just beyong him was all ledges with no clam flats at all. Now, possession of clams in a polluted area carried a minimum fine, but, digging there meant a heavy fine and loss of license. My supervisor told me to testify that I had seen him digging in the polluted area. I said "No, I did not see him digging there" He said "You WILL testify that you saw him digging."

I lucked out because I didn't have to testify at all, his lawyer threw him to the dogs, and he got the maximum. I would have testified that I did not see him dig, and I would have been on the bosses' shit list, but, I'd rather be on HIS shit list than on my own!