If a police officer with a distinguished record is found to have given false testimony about a minor fact, such as where he states he put a recovered weapon into a police vehicle after arresting an offender when his partner in fact did so, the utilitarian prosecutor considering a perjury prosecution should give great weight to the ______.

a. community
b. police department
c. officer who gave the testimony
d. offender


Ans: C

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