The funny thing about “plainclothes officers” is that they never wear plain clothes. There is a spot that the cops like to stop and search people fairly near me and they are always painfully obvious. I had one flash his badge at me when he was wearing a giant north face jacket over a very visible stab vest the other week.
Just in case you didn’t know, if you are cis then you shouldn’t be saying tranny (otherwise ignore me). I thought I should reiterate that since I said it without making it particular clear.
This reddit thread on /r/TransSouls seems to cover the different reasons. (Alternative Front End) I’m not into it myself so I can’t really say.