At the moment, the Conservatives are pushing for outright dismissal of all charges.
The judge is now talking legal parlance, the difference between a mistrial and outright dismissal.
There were smiles but no outright dismissal of the notion.
Under the current law, the commissioner has only two options in disciplining officers - a 30-day suspension or outright dismissal from the force.
But an earlier case had already rejected that argument when it was used to seek an outright dismissal.
They have until April 5 to hand in their retirement papers, or face the even more harsh punishment of outright dismissal.
At the end of the prosecution's case he'd asked for an outright dismissal of all charges.
The officials said, however, that the committee proposed that the staff be changed through a process of attrition rather than outright dismissal.
He could have issued a stern reprimand, rather than opting for outright dismissal.
I would rather have an outright dismissal, but the judge cannot do that, and I know it.