a) The pilot was operating altruistically as an individual citizen with no express or implied authority. Thus, not a “cop”. Similarly, the people with whom he w

a) The pilot was operating altruistically as an individual citizen with no express or implied authority. Thus, not a “cop”. Similarly, the people with whom he was coordinating weren’t acting in any law-enforcement capacity and were actually enabling and organizing actual humanitarian relief. Thus, not “cops”. b) The fire chief apparently has the authority to have individual citizens arrested, and was abusing that power to stop those humanitarian efforts. Thus, functionally a “cop” and—doubly demonstrated—a bastard.