Originally Posted by nm+
Remember that cops can be your best friend. You may fear the LAPD, but local cops can be really cool. I've had so many great homecooked dinners with police when I've asked where to camp. Plus no one messes with you when you're camped in the police chief's yard.
Probably not to be counted on if you are young, pierced, tattooed, non-white, or in any other way "different".