Of course the courtesy extended to government officials, people in uniform, and the police are not for the rabble peasants that pay their taxes in order to keep the institutions that employ the aforementioned working.  NOOOOO.   You want to pay online?  Here is a convenience charge!  Which is weird because the convenience is not for the payers but the person collecting the revenue, so in reality any government agency taking payments online should offer a DISCOUNT to someone paying online.