re: Having "The Conversation"

I was told by my parents how to speak properly to a police officer.

In fact, last week I got pulled over doing 20 over the speed limit by an officer and was polite, didn't BS him and he let me off with a $25 seatbelt fine. It's not the first time either. Being polite foes a long way with many when you consider all of the shite they have to deal with and that in the back of their mind every traffic stop has the potential to become deadly.