That totally doesn't surprise me, the stuff I've heard, albeit most cops I know are massive bullshitters, even by military standards, so I always suspect there's some chains being jerked with some of the stuff. On the other hand, reality tend to be weirder then fiction. People trying to rob the donut shop across form the station, trying to hijack police cars, and not just unmarked ones, people's videotaping their crimes, taking off gloves to get a better grip and feel on the safe's dial... yeah, and that doesn't include the bluffs like yours above where the cops 'shuts ff the recorder' or says 'ya know, off the record' or the endless 'you're not a cop are you, because you have to tell me if you are'.