It actually was a pretty good angle: "I'm law enforcement, so I am exempt."
At one point he even offered to show me his badge when we met, and for a moment, I was tempted to respond, "Oh, I *BET* you would."
That is exactly why your interaction stuck in my mind. The, ‘I’m exempt bc I’m law enforcement,’ angle would have swayed some. You held the line, and the anti-2Aers got their hats handed to them.
Score one for our side!