‘So President Kennedy visits NASA and gets chatting to one of the cleaners. He asks him what his job is, and without missing a beat, the cleaner tells him, “I’m helping to put a man on the moon, Mr President.” Nick’s theory is that if the whole Murder Investigation Team comes to briefings, including the cleaners, we can’t miss anything.’
This is a true story! At least, it’s one of those stories told so many times it’s accepted as truth. I. remember being told it when I was a young detective, seconded to Major Crime for a murder investigation. I was so junior I was hesitant about even attending the briefing, and the grizzled cop I was working with told me this story. It’s a pretty good rule for life in general, I think: don’t assume only people in power hold the answers.
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