re: #10 Political Atheist

How about a reasonable stipulation that it’s a cop in good standing like I said and you not accuse me of cop worship? See now that is where these discussions go off the rails. They are “super citizens” (trying to accommodate your term) by way of the powers and responsibilities they have been given in our society under the law.

That’s circular logic: they’re super citizens under the law because the law says they’re super citizens. And keep in mind we’re talking about retired or reserve cops here, not active duty police, not people whose current day job is policing. Why should retired cops retain any extra legal powers after they’ve stopped doing the job?