Oh? You ask to go to trial and the officer doesnt show up for court?
My dad's a CHP... I go to court with him sometimes just to watch. I've never seen anyone win against him yet. He nails down every single aspect. Caries updated notes on the calibration of the radar unit and its original test dates, etc etc etc.
He's pretty good at cutting deals if the person had a good attitude though. The truckers usually get their charge reduced to "stopping on a bridge" instead of speeding or log book violations or whatever. Apparently the fine and points are alot lower that way. Only if they're nice though.
He just stopped 2 porsches the other day, doing 120mph coming down the grapevine on the 5 freeway. The one guy didnt even bother to fight it, just paid the fine. The other guy didnt have insurance, and was a total dick. When the judge asked dad if there was anything he could think of to be lenient on the guy, Dad had written down that the guy said "he had just left the racetrack up north and felt like blowing off some steam since he didnt think the cops would catch up to him anyway, and he wanted to spice up his day a little and live on the wild side" .... Apparently the judge didnt take too well to that.