I mean, there is a reading here where the cop - though self-righteous - was trying to avoid you getting a ticket which for some (if not most?) people is a worse outcome than having their time wasted
>>DirkH+(OP)
Yes it’s obvious what he was doing but let’s not pretend it was generous. He had his own idea of justice but it relied on everyone playing along. When he didn’t get his way I got the punishment he could control.