what do cops look for?

I pulled up beside a city cop here recently and made the motion to roll down his window.
When he did I told him to take the car back to the yard and get one with turn signals. :-)

I grew up with one for a Father, so I'm not the least bit intimidated by them.


Yours were probably doing a training/stolen chk as said.
Plus they might have hoped you would get nervous and take off, and that's why they left you in the car and took so long.
Usually on a stolen chk they get you out of the car ASAP.