I have now had SEVERAL encounters with the police, for a variety of reasons. Once, when I was a teenager, I got busted for trespassing. I even tried to run away, lol. And would have escaped, but for my partner in crime, who fell. So I stopped. And you know what? The cops grabbed me by my collar, and hauled me back to their cruiser, and called my parents. Frankly, I would have preferred an arrest. The owner of the place a trespassed on was notified, but no charges were brought up (it was a lawn care service, and they had a huge pile of leaves burning, so we poked at it to stoke the fire....because fire is awesome). All in all, I was not roughed up, even though I made those fellas run, I was treated as a criminal, sure...but they engaged me in conversation, asked me what the hell I was up to at that time of night (we had snuck out of our houses, it was, like, 2am), etc etc.
Another time, I was busted for speeding, and had beer bottle caps in the car. Cop was a BIT of a dick, but I think he was just trying to impress on me the importance of never giving an officer the impression of drinking and driving.
Another time, I was pulled over for having out of state plates, and I had a bunch of 35mm film containers in my car, which the officer thought were for drugs. But then I showed him my camera, explained I was a student at the local college, and that was that. This was in a very bad neighborhood, also very late at night.
I was pulled over for running a yellow light, once. THAT got kinda funny, from my perspective. But ultimately, it was midnight, and driving through an area with a bunch of bars. He wanted an excuse to smell my breath. He saw I had a dinner plate in foil, and was dressed for work, and said have a nice evening, the end.
One time I had to call the police for a neighbor because some kids threw a brick through their large window on the front of their house, which was right by where their crib for their new born was. Cops arrived shortly, had a dog, and ACTUALLY managed to catch the kids, who lived a couple blocks down. They managed to calm my neighbors, got everything under control, and wrapped it all up in about 45 minutes.
One time, I was stranded, car stuck in a huge snow drift, and I swear, I thought I was gonna die. No cell, huge blizzard (this was 2 years...or maybe 3 years ago, now?). It was a state of emergency, and I was not supposed to be out, but try telling that to my employer, you know? Plow passed me, must have phoned the police for me, and they showed up at significant personal risk to them, helped me push the car out of the road, and gave me a ride. Asked me why I was out, but they could clearly see I was in work clothes, and I told them I had to stay till store closing, and they nodded, and joined in with me trash talking greedy idiotic employers. They quite literally saved my life. I don't think I would have been able to walk home in that. Snow was up to my chest in some areas, and I'm 6'2.
Another time, we called the police to complain about a guy in a pick up driving through or little neighborhood with barely a two lane road at about 55mph. Cops came, took out statement, found the guy, and issued a warning. Problem stopped immediately.
Another time, we had a pregnant employer suffer what was the most severe low blood sugar attack I have ever seen, cops got there first, carried her to the front, made it so that once the ambulance arrived, they had her out and loaded in probably less than 30 seconds.