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If a cop has the lawful ability to take action (and has discretion not to take that action) in most cases there is nothing wrong with threatening them with that action in order to get lawful information or a lawful action.
Upon seeing someone litter. “Hey, pick that up or I’ll give you a ticket….” (Most people would be thankful for the warning, even if they must now do something the cop said)
Upon seeing a drug deal, you arrest the user and the dealer runs. “Hey, if you don’t tell me who that is, you are going in for all the charges I have you on…”. There is a good chance the person doesn’t know who the dealer is. And booking him on the charges is lawful, and in many cases, so would be not booking him on all the charges. If he doesn’t know, or doesn’t tell me, sucks for him.