I was pulled over once for something minor, and after the policeman took my license/registration, he came back to the car *very cautiously* and asked if I was carrying a weapon. I'd had a concealed weapon permit years earlier, I'd let it expire sinceI had never carried my gun anywhere, concealed or not. After we cleared that up, the policeman strongly implied I should go fight the ticket he'd just given me. I did, and in court, the policeman spoke up and said he wanted to point out how polite I'd been during the stop. The judge pontificated for a bit about what a sorry state of affairs it was when someone being polite was worth mentioning, but he did dismiss the ticket.