@Ferrotter
 
no, I mean even when you’re a good actor, you’re under tons of scrutiny to prove you’re officially endorsed, but zero scrutiny of your actual actions. like with twilight here, peasants don’t demand a crown and harness because it looks official, they demand it because it’s hard for peasants to get that kind of equipment, thus destroying their own access to power, and reserving it only for the lords. that’s just how their lords trained them, with mass psychology and deceit.
 
ideally people would treat twilight like royalty, but wouldn’t treat royalty as less accountable than other ponies.

@redweasel  
I’d expect part of that is they’re not doing a very good act. Like the uncanny valley, little things stand out. You can’t act like how you think a person in that uniform should act, or how you think they do act. You have to act how they actually act. Which is very hard to do since a) if you had truly internalized what to do you’d probably really be there in that uniform doing the job rather than acting it; b) you’re seeing the insides of your pupils and imagining what your body is doing, while the people seeing you are seeing what your body is actually doing; and c) the actual people doing the job are seeing what’s in front of them and responding with practiced skills, with zero attention paid to trying to look like they fit in. It’s a totally different mindset. The best way to fit in is to actually know what you’re doing because you have genuine experience at it. You’re just not supposed to be there right at that time.
 
TL;DR: An actual cop is just doing a job, and the way they look doing it is just an accidental consequence. Trying to deliberately duplicate their accidental actions stands out as deliberate actions.

you’d be amazed how suspicious people get when you dress in a uniform and try to act like you’re supposed to be there.