Originally Posted by Quickbeam

And in contradiction to what another response said; police (at least here in Minnesota) most certainly do get paid for their court appearances. If they're on-duty, it's just considered part of their regular "clocked-in" shift. But if they have to appear when they're off-duty, they "clock-in" for their appearance and they get paid. They even get overtime for it if they go over their regular hours. They're not expected to just show-up out of a "sense of duty" because Joe Schmo is challanging his speeding ticket.