Do all officers involved need to be present in court?

[mamwd]

My nephew went and got himself two speeding tickets on his motorcycle in the last few months.
He wasn't going crazy fast - both are for around 80 in a 65 zone - and has a clean driving record prior to this. He's young, strapped for cash and trying explore his options. (He's already been given the lecture about slowing down and being responsible.) He's going to do traffic school for one, but hopes to keep points off his license and has been told its worth showing up in court on the off chance that the officer doesn't show up and it gets dismissed.

My question for the LEO forum:
In the case where two officers are involved in pulling someone over: One standing on the side of the road with a motorcycle with a radar gun tagging people and the other in a cruiser up ahead that pulls out to light up the offender and give the ticket; do both officers have to be present at the court on his trial date to prevent dismissal, or might the case be dismissed if only one of the officers is present?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

[silversvs]

Both must be present.

"....has been told its worth showing up in court on the off chance that the officer doesn't show up and it gets dismissed."

See prior threads. Contesting a citation and scheduling a traffic trial strictly on the hopes that an officer doesn't show up often leads to higher fines for the offender.

[machete]

hey, if your nephew is going to go to court, just make sure he has a reasonable defense for his ticket, rather than just hoping to not have the officers show up. Then on the off chance that both officers aren't there, then it would get dismissed. but you wouldn't waste the courts time, and have the judge get pissy with you.

good luck to him. :)