Let me try to use some language I think you can understand......duh...what if the clients want me to pork their chickens...I will not do that...okay...have it your way...I won't do that...do I get a smiley face now.
Well, I'll freely admit that I have no idea what you do for a living, but I'll take a stab at interpreting your words.
Let's say fer instance that your job is designing HVAC systems and a client wants you to design a HVAC system for his business. You said, "... will not do anything a client wants me to do...". In common English that means you won't design a HVAC system for the client. Perhaps you meant something a bit more sophisticated such as, "I won't do just anything a client asks, ... " or "I won't do everything a client asks,.." as you have some limits in the things you are willing to do for money. But.. alas and alack that's not what you said.
The cops /are/ just like every other person that takes money from me via taxes works on my behalf...my taxes pay his or her salary. They work for me. The chief of police is merely their supervisor...he also works for me as does the frickin mayor...oops bad english...improper word usage...frickin right...as does the governor and the state police. They are our public servants. They have no money except what the tax payer gives them...that is all they have. I, being self employed, actually pay people to either assist me or do the work independent of my supervision. Guess what...I am paying them to work for me because the money is coming out of my pocket. The only thing I can presume is that if you think the cops are not working for me then you are probably very yound[sic] and are probably attached to the tax payer teat, say a teacher or something along those lines. It would make sense based on some of your posts that you actually think the government has its own money. If you are a private industry person I urge you to look at your pay stub and see if you got all of the money or did the government take some. Hmmmmmm..... What do you think cops pay checks are made from...the mayors private stash? Me thinks you are a gubmint worker...right?
Wow, all three strikes in the same paragraph, it's a veritable trifecta.
Strike one) While you may pay taxes, you are not the boss of, nor the employer of public workers. Well, not unless your name appears on the signature line and I'm fairly confident it doesn't.
Strike two) I used to be a government worker, I made a career in the Army. I also used to be self-employed. Now I'm in my mid-50's and retired, livin' off you younguns'. I did rather well, I think.
Strike the third) As said, not a government worker and I'm well aware of exactly where the 'government's money' comes from, you haven't been paying attention if you think otherwise.
Your taxes also pay the President's salary, and for his house, so if you think he 'works for you' go tell him you need him to mow your grass and see just how that works out for ya.