In India, I hated interaction with the police because they&#x27;d try to shake me down for all sorts of reasons, multiple times a month. In America, I have only ever interacted with a policeman thrice in three years, and on every occasion he or she asked me if I needed help.<p>One time I set off the fire alarm and they sent emergency services over. They came, investigated the situation, saw that I was just a terrible cook, gave me some advice and left.<p>If India had the same notifying fire alarms, everyone would have them disabled because the probability of having to pay a bribe would be exactly 1.