A cop (plainclothes but she identified herself as a cop) recently lectured me about my 6 year old boy, strapped in the car with a seatbelt, who she felt I was endangering by not keeping him in a booster seat longer, even though I violated no laws (CA law says seat belts alone OK after age 6).
My boy was cowering and crying with fear and thought I was endangering his life by not putting him in a booster.
So, I don’t mind being spared the lectures.
(CA is a police state.)
The lectures used to be in place of being arrested for minor infractions. It sounds like you had a bully hiding behind a badge, badgering you because of her preferences. The second you told her to take a hike, there is a good chance she would’ve cuffed you and thrown you in a car to be booked at the station. We must be very careful how we step in this day and age, comrade.
Plainclothes cops should be shot dead by other plainclothes cops, like happened yesterday in NYC.
If you're a cop doing cop work, you should wear a cop uniform and be in a marked cop car.