Going back to OP saying the police should be courteous and polite, I agree with him/her. In Australia the police always niceley greeted you and generally polit

Going back to OP saying the police should be courteous and polite, I agree with him/her. In Australia the police always niceley greeted you and generally polite, in US, it’s the other way, I’ve rarely met a polite one, most are brash and treat you like a criminal from the get go. The US police system for some reason I don’t understand doesn’t embrace politeness as a value (may be it makes the police look weak?) I don’t know. But yeah, you want to stay away from the US cops if you can.