I interact fairly often with the Atlanta PD, they have officers around construction sites. They often are sitting in a chair reading something, it looks like quiet duty, but I suppose they are needed to manage traffic at times. We speak to them, they speak back, often we ask if we can walk this way and they either say "Not now, maybe go this way" or they escort us through a construction area, recently folks were overhead dealing with utility lines (they have to be put underground at any new site).
There have been police in the park of late due to the COVID thing, on bikes or on horses or in golf carts or on foot, they have always been polite and friendly. At times I ask if things are going OK and they will respond. Of course, I'm white, often with the wife, and don't look remotely dangerous, but I have had zero negative interactions, thankfully. I have not seen any either.
Maybe they behave differently in other situations.
