Never tell the cops that you pay their salary. If you tell me, the cop, that you pay my salary, I'm just going to look for a way to mess with you. And you say, "Doctor Judge, they can't retaliate against me for saying something like that. That's first amendment protected activity." Well, yeah, it's first amendment protected activity to tell the cop you pay his salary, but he'll find little subtle ways to get back at you for it. So, don't tell the cop you pay his salary. That just pisses them off, and it gives them another reason just to mess with you.