Good thing they weren't...
...or he'd been arrested for infuriating an officer.
One time going to our cottage in Maine, we stop at a NH liquor store on I95 (yes the store had its own exit). My dad saw a few CT state police there, arresting CT people, so my dad asked the manager if he could have a few empty boxes. My dad carried 10 empty boxes and put them in our van. The CT state police followed us to our cottage. Waste of taxpayers money.
Good thing they weren't...
...or he'd been arrested for infuriating an officer.