If you have a disfunctional police force that may be the case, but when I cold shoulder my local pc (who I've spoken to a couple of times at parish council meet

If you have a disfunctional police force that may be the case, but when I cold shoulder my local pc (who I've spoken to a couple of times at parish council meetings about speeding issues in the village), that's clearly going to be increasing suspicions on me. Your claim "not directly beneficial to you" is also odd. Not talking to the police and thus not finding out there's a murderer around? Maybe it's different in third world countries where the police don't care about the public and are just a law to themselves, that's certainly not the case where I live.