What I find missing from this discussion is that police don't just show up randomly to people's homes to do a cursory search. They get called to respond to something. Cops have enough going on to keep them busy. And if they aren't busy, they will either catch up on paperwork, patrol, or run traffic. Walking up to random homes and knocking on doors is not part of their everyday routine. While it may be random to the homeowners, it's not random to the LEO. With the way officers are perceived today, I can only imagine what they think every time they have to knock on someone's door. Actually, I do know what a lot of them think. Because I've asked. And it's not a pleasant feeling.
At the end of the day, we all make the choice how to interact with police. Those who (like the OP) choose a positive interaction, will likely tend to have future positive interactions. Those who choose to be short or let's say "less than openly friendly" shouldn't be surprised if no leeway is ever granted them should something questionable arise. We all break laws everyday. It's almost unavoidable. But should that ever happen and a stop is made. You're odds of being let go with a warning are greatly increased.
Officers don't tend to get a lot of cooperation these days. Sometimes, that's their own faults. But when cooperation, and going beyond cooperation to the point of friendliness is given, it's MUCH more likely to be returned and remembered. We always praise our military and rightfully so. They are our defenders. But even they have very bad apples among them.
Looks like we lost another officer in NY two days ago while chasing a suspect. One of 20,000+ fallen heroes since 1971. Good thing he wasn't militarized with all the equipment needed to "help" keep him safe.
At the end of the day, we all make the choice how to interact with police. Those who (like the OP) choose a positive interaction, will likely tend to have future positive interactions. Those who choose to be short or let's say "less than openly friendly" shouldn't be surprised if no leeway is ever granted them should something questionable arise. We all break laws everyday. It's almost unavoidable. But should that ever happen and a stop is made. You're odds of being let go with a warning are greatly increased.
Officers don't tend to get a lot of cooperation these days. Sometimes, that's their own faults. But when cooperation, and going beyond cooperation to the point of friendliness is given, it's MUCH more likely to be returned and remembered. We always praise our military and rightfully so. They are our defenders. But even they have very bad apples among them.
Looks like we lost another officer in NY two days ago while chasing a suspect. One of 20,000+ fallen heroes since 1971. Good thing he wasn't militarized with all the equipment needed to "help" keep him safe.