Teacher:In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. You should write an incorrect option. Even though there exist multiple wrong answers, we only need a single wrong answer. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: officers and the public in danger." (Pl.'s Compl. 14). The Court finds such speech to be of significant concern to the general public, as it is analogous to "speech on crime rates, police staffing, equipment shortages and related budgetary matters" that "quite plainly involve matters of public concern." Morris, 196 F.3d at 111; see White Plains Towing Corp. v. Patterson, 991 F.2d 1049, 1060 (2d Cir.1993) (stating that "a state police corps' performance of its duties is a matter of public concern"). Indeed, there is little doubt that the public has great interest in acquiring information about the proper functioning of its police force particularly where the information purports to directly relate to their own safety. See Cahill v. O'Donnell, 7 F.Supp.2d 341, 349 (S.D.N.Y.1998) (<HOLDING>). That certain of Plaintiffs statements concern
Holding statements: (A) holding that employees voluntary testimony is also inherently a matter of public concern (B) holding that investigations into purported police misconduct where civilians were or could have been harmed is a matter of public concern (C) holding that an officers report of misconduct by fellow officer is a matter of public concern (D) holding that the absence of a motivating desire to address a matter of public concern was not dispositive as to whether the speech addressed a matter of public concern (E) holding that alleged misconduct by public officials particularly by law enforcement officials is matter of public concern
Student:
holding that employees voluntary testimony is also inherently a matter of public concern