The cops would shoot a kid with that nowadays.
You might be on to something here.
I in no way do I mean or intend to denigrate cops or their profession because without them civilization would be impossible, but there are those occaisional hardass cops who make their department look bad with the public and cost a lot in legal settlements, but can't be gotten rid of due to civil service/union regulations.
The solution may be found in issuing those kinds of cops a tin badge and the cool toy in that commercial
In my experience, the vast majority of cops are decent regular people just trying to do their job fairly as long as you treat them with respect, even while they're placing you under arrest because you drew their attention and gave them a reason.