Maybe I'm throwing in the towel, giving up the ghost, acknowledging defeat—but by God I'm hoping to help cultivate some good BSers here.
Cops like to see themselves as straight shooters—literally and figuratively. Well, they just may have to start appealing to their more diplomatic side.
Between clueless coworkers, astute criminals, damnable fate, and our own inattention, we can turn a winning hand into a losing one.