> "I bet this situation would be improved with a police officer"
As when the guy held me up at gunpoint?
> "I want to go talk to that police officer"
When something went off in the alley--maybe just a cherry bomb, maybe a transformer.
> "That police officer handled this situation optimally"
When they burst in the door of a burning house down the block to see whether anyone was in it, perhaps. Not optimally as in "better than the fire department", but pretty good for guys without hoses and ladders.
