Pubdate: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 Date: 01/06/2000 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Author: Dan Miller Authors: Dan Miller In the article a former police chief, Joseph McNamara, indicated hundreds of thousands of police officers commit perjury while testifying in court and U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski described the perjury as an open secret long shared by prosecutors, defense lawyers and judges. Both of these men had and do hold positions of authority and trust and should have been asked, "If you knew officers were committing perjury, what did you do about it?" If they acquiesced to this conspiracy, aren't they as guilty as those who presented false information? Dan Miller, Lakewood