Harassed on the way to the nats?

In our area of SoCal, To roll code (lights and siren), you have to have permission from the watch commander. Also they always said that lights and siren caused more problems than just getting past the people quickly and quietly while responding, say as a backup to another officer. I rode with Bend Oregon PD once and they were allowed to use lights and siren whenever they felt neccsary in the line of duty. I know it's complicated, I would have a real issue with an officer using it to get to lunch though. I never rode with any cops that did that.