wilbilt2@syix.com wrote: <brevity snip>

I once stopped at a roadside callbox to report a horse running
loose on a highway. They were more interested in interrogating me than
in the reason I called. (Who are you? What's your DL number? What kind
of vehicle are you driving? What's the license number? Where are you
coming from? Where are you going?...etc.)

They're just qualifing your report.  You might be a psycho trying to
lure a cop to the middle of nowhere.  If you're willing to give
specifics they can check *you* out and decide how much credibility you
should receive.  Calling about loose livestock can automatically
classify you as a nutcase, depending on where you live, and probably
won't qualify as an emergency wherever you live.

Cops ask questions to learn things -and- control their interviewee,
it's a very simple and common technique, from cop work to sales work.
The person asking the questions is in control, since a person has a
natural tendency to respond to them.
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- gpsman