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Pretty hard to get to know your local police and deputies when they are either in a patrol car/truck with very dark tinted windows or in the station house/sub-station. I have spoke to a few at gas stations over the years. I quit doing that after I addressed one as Deputy L....... and was immediately corrected. “That is Sargeant L.......”. since I am an old guy, I can remember actually cops stopping and talking to you. Out mowing the yard, it was not unusual for a patrol car to stop, cop get out and just chat. He was not only becoming a known to the neighborhood, but finding out what was going on on his beat. Proactive instead of reactive. When an officers was moved to another beat or shift, it did not take more than a few days before the neighbors wanted to know, where to what happened to Officer .......
Boy, are those days long gone.

Good post yours (#28). In the past year I've gone up to a cop twice to ask a question.

First time: Cop A answered my question. Then we had a little chat.
Second time: Cop B barely acknowledged my presence. I got a curt non-answer to a very reasonable question.

Well, here's one difference between the two cops. Cop A looked to be in his early 50's. Cop B was a muscle-bound guy in his 20's.

Pretty hard to get to know your local police and deputies when they are either in a patrol car/truck with very dark tinted windows or in the station house/sub-station.

Just wait until they are federalized.