Also, a person can be arrested for dropping coins in expiring parking meters. That one puzzles me.
Cops have gotten out of control lately. When I was a teen (over 45 years ago), me and some friends would run ahead of a cop checking for expired parking meters, and we'd put a coin in each expired meter. Cop pulls up to a bar near us, goes in the bar, comes out and leaves while grinning at us. All these guys come pouring out of the bar and start giving us tips for having saved them from a ticket. In the old days, cops had a sense of humor.