XUSNORIDIE's comments are exactly why I would never offer to help a LEO whom I didn't know personally.
I knew the Chief Deputy in a neighboring county well enough that we exchanged information. I told him where I'd seen suspicious activity and he told me places where I should be wary or avoid.
He'd invite me to sit with the county/city cops at lunch.
Some of those younger cops would look at me with disdain UNTIL the Deputy vouched for me. It shouldn't be that way.
