I like cops of all types. I don’t like parts of the police-state or the government bureaucracy they must work under, but cops are always regular guys - white, black, hispanic, whatever.
Local and city cops are the best. They aren’t bureaucrats nor do they have to deal with any thing above local politics.
In our small town, you might know the cop’s parents. Or you, or your kids may have gone to school with them. I was on my Dad’s street and the cop who responded to an old woman who crashed her car at the end of the block was on my baseball team as a kid. His sister dated my brother in high school. That is how all policing should be.
Cops will treat you right even when they’re arresting you if you just comply.
Once they’ve told you you’re going to have to ride with them to the station in the back seat, it becomes a legal matter to be sorted out later.
The time to fight is in court if the you think the cops messed up, not at the scene of whatever incident.