Are you and Will Shortz friends, enemies, or frenemies?

I saw cops ticketing around the cherry blossoms one morning, in a zone marked by some "no parking during these times but not these other times" signs. A large family (probably Indian, based on their dress and accents, not exactly relevant except for their ability to decipher the qualified sign) showed up and pulled in to park in what looked like an open spot, which was in the middle of a bunch of other people parked illegally. As they started getting out, I warned them that there was a cop nearby who was ticketing all the cars. That cop heard me, then proceeded to berate & tell me off for warning them about the ticket. It was shocking. He'd rather have written that family a ticket than have them just follow the rules when told.