Complete, humble obeisance because he is a man with a badge and a gun. You're his until he lets you go.
Its a power thing holding you up by a guy with a gun with the presumed objectivity in court over your "story" and a GED, maybe.
Both times I won. Complete dismissal. Expensive though.
Most instructive was seeing and watching LEOS lie through their reports, depositions and on the stand.
How can I help you officer? That's your first line for any occasion. Remember that.
Sigh.
Only happened once for me, facing off against an LEO in court, but I won too. And yes, he was a big truth-shaver as well, which is why I fought it, since I wasn't guilty of anything.
Cost was absolutely free, though, since I represented myself.
It was kind of intimidating, seeing the judge, the deputy and the prosecutor all up there, all knowing each other on a first name basis, and here I am the total stranger, the outsider to the system, without a clue what's going to happen.
But I was happy to go away from there on friendly terms with the deputy. He approached me after to ask if I was a lawyer. I said, Nope, a computer programmer. That surprised him. He said "You won't believe how many people who defend themselves make a total mess of it and flail around. That's why I thought you must be a lawyer".
Of course, I would've been forced to hire a lawyer if it was a really serious charge.