As crazy as it sounds. Not necessarily pulling the "I trust the officer more than you" line out directly, but I'm sure in at least a few cases over the years that was the overall intent.
This was in San Fernando Valley. In Pasadena where I'm usually at I've never seen or heard of that.
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." - Frederick Douglas