Do the police trust you?

[River Song]

Personally it's not so much as if they trust me.
It's more a case of whether
a. I'm not significant .... (different from insignificant)
or
b. My position in the community is 'known' and therefore they
think twice (or at least another 3 minutes) before they start in earnest.

Item A is probably easier in a TU situation but I've also used B.
when it suited me or I need to pull position in order to help someone.