Yeah I don't think it's uncommon at all for a cop not to show up at court. At least where I'm from. I haven't gotten a ticket in a few years, but when I lived at home back in high school, I seriously got at least 6 speeding tickets a year. However, out of like a dozen tickets, I only ended up having to pay and get a point on my license ONCE. I'm definitely not a vet and don't have 'connections' to the police or anything, but the officers just never seemed to show up (usually it was the state police who pulled me over).
Then, one time, the officer did show up, we talked, agreed to plead down to a non-moving violation, and I ended up being the last one called. We go up before the judge, the officer starts saying how he agreed to plead it down, etc., and the judge just says, you know what, you've been here forever, I'm just going to give this one an 'unconditional dismissal'. LOL.
