This reminds me of a story I've been told from a revolution.

There was a block that the residents had secured via community efforts, and the police had pretty much lost all authority across the country at that point.

A cop who lived there tried to come back home and pompously demanded at the gates to be let in as he's a cop. After giving him the usual shit about what a piece of shit he is and why he doesn't try to arrest them for not letting him, they also noted, "And by the way, why aren't you wearing a seat-belt?"

His world crumbled within minutes.