IDC

Hey all, I'm new to the game, just got it on Steam summer sale a few days ago and I'm really enjoying some aspects of it and really hating some aspects. Here's a big issue I'm having. When cops are detaining you for investigation or arrest, they are supposed to identify themselves. I've read the rules, I know this. But when cops come up to me to detain me for investigation, I ask them to please show me a badge (I"m trying to be a bounty hunter, I show my badge when I'm telling people I'm a bounty hunter), the cops do not show their badges. They come tell me they are a cop, put my hands up, I ask to see a badge and they do not show one. They aren't wearing police uniforms, they aren't driving police cars, they're just out there looking like a terrorist like every other criminal out there, come over and tell you hands up they're a cop and they don't show a badge. How am I supposed to believe them? Criminals have done this to me and robbed me. I try to defend myself and end up getting a bounty and my damn bounty hunters licence taken away which is absolute BS. I needed to talk to a cop about a situation where I was in the cocaine fields, downed a guy after telling him I was a bounty hunter and I tried to get a bounty on him cause he's a criminal getting cocaine from the fields and loading it in his truck, and then the next thing I know I have a bounty from the guy calling me in. I needed to talk to a cop about it so I messaged the police asking to see one at the police station NW of Athira. I get there and this guy shows up looking like a criminal and I ask him if he's a cop, he doesn't respond. He doesn't have a badge showing. I ask him if he's a cop and he gets in the back of my truck. I ask him to get out, please get out, please out, and he does not. I get sick of the guy f-ing with me so I drive north and I tell him to GTFO or I'm driving it into the sea. I stopped and asked him again to please get out, asked him if he was a cop, he never responded, never identified himself as a cop, never showed a badge, (Salus the invisible) and so I drove the truck into the water thinking it would kill us both, because I thought the guy was going to rob and murder me, like ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE always does. So we both get up, I shoot him with my non lethal gun, he gets up and detains me and then tells me he's a cop and he's taking my firearms license and bounty hunter's license. I had to go to prison on some BS charge and then rebuy the bounty hunter's license which is really expensive. So what's the deal? When cops are detaining and arresting they HAVE to identify themselves as law enforcement, right? Them's the rules. So why don't they show their damn badge as EVIDENCE that they are a cop? Is that not a rule? How can one who is dressed like a terrorist say they're a cop and not show a badge and expect people to believe them when everyone in this damn game robs and murders you every single chance they get? I saw that previous question about red zones, I have a question. As a solo bounty hunter it's extremely hard to successfully claim your bounties in cities, because the guy you're going after has like three or four bad guy friends with him and you can't win a 1 v 4 match. So tactics, right? Strategy, right? Thinking, planning, right? OK so I figure I'll get the hell away from the cities and go stake out a red zone. If I can catch a single guy out doing illegal shit by himself in a red zone far away from cities, he can't have his buddies take me out, I can get the upper hand and have success as a solo bounty hunter, which is extremely hard. So I try this and what happens? Cops F with me, yet again. They're like "you can't be here you have to leave" and they tell me "you can only go after the bounty that your phone tells you." If there's a guy running drugs he's a criminal, and criminals have bounties, so it stands to reason if I can ambush a guy in a drug processing plant he'll be a criminal with a bounty, so I can successfully get a bounty. So as a bounty hunter can't you get any bounty you can get, even if they're not on your phone? Can't you stake out a drug zone to catch criminals just like cops can?