Does the "SF" stand for San Francisco? If so, that explains a lot about your reply.
Yes it does. And I am not clear on what you mean by the second part.
Actually, this is one area where many poster's here sound a lot like DUer's complaining about a "Police State" and Gestapo tactics.
Many of the comments in this thread indicate a strong distrust of the police, a strong desire to refuse to cooperate with them and resistance to any self proclaimed infringement of their rights.
Bull shit.
The cop asked for an ID, she refused, she got bitchy about it and they arrested her.