its not a hatred of policeWow, there is a lot of hatred toward the police. How do you feel when someone tells you how to do "your job" or gives "you crap" at your job every single day? Now times that by 10 or 20 and how would you start feeling about what you do? I'm just saying give respect and you will get it back.
By all means, you will do what you think is right. Tell / don't tell thats your right. Me personally I will give a warning for GWL's, because if the *&^* hits the fan and there is a person with a GWL comes along and saves my life. I would be grateful the rest of my life, because you helped me to see my wife and son again.
i think most folks realize police work for the government and not the people. thats the difference. as far as respect goes there are a bunch of good and bad officers but more the issue is how police in general are used in this country and there is a growing concern over the para-militarization of local law enforcement agencies.
couple the stupid amount of excessive tickets issued for "revenue generation" with abuse of authority, road blocks, no knock warrants, and tacticool operatorness alot of police sport its not a surprise most people (including myself) would view police more and more as a liability to their own personal well being than a benefit
i see a cop i dont think to myself good guys off the bat, i think i dont want to interact with them what so ever. its self preservation (not that they are after everyone but given how something could escalate i would just steer clear of them)