Sounds all good and fine until you meet someone on a power trip on a bad day and fit in a bucket they don't like. But in those situations at least what you desc

Sounds all good and fine until you meet someone on a power trip on a bad day and fit in a bucket they don't like. But in those situations at least what you describe can act as damage control. The number one rule of talking to cops is don't talk to cops. Don't be an ass but don't say more than you absolutely have to. It may just be a job for them but that doesn't mean their job can't involve ruining your day if they think they can use you to meet their quota - your interests literally don't align. I barely trust police officers in my own country and those actually need to go through multiple years of formal training before being let loose on society and end up in a world of bureaucratic hurt if they as much as think about pulling out their gun. Incidentally they also don't have to chase after random people for speeding because we have radar cameras for that.