What?!?!? Someone obviously forgot to tell my kids this fact!
Well basically the high viz jacket syndrome, or the badge of authority. As seen inthe psychological experiments such as this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Or this call from a hoaxer to a store in the us not long ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ds-worker-fell-victim-bizarre-cruel-hoax.html
Just because they are policemen does not make them right sane, or give them the right to break the law!