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Sounds to me like the question here is, why do cops get to bully me around? Since I have somewhat the same training, why would their rules apply to me? Shouldn't I be above this or at least at their level?
The thing is, a cop is a cop. When he starts his day, he becomes a representative of the law-enforcement system, so yes, that's basically why he's better than you. Because he isn't just a civilian in that sense. For the time he is working, he becomes more than that. He is given by the system the power and right to intervene and separate people, to give fines & to arrest people that would publicly mock him, and therefor, the system that gave him his rights/power.
So where's he get his superiority as you put it? From the fact that he represents the law-enforcement in contact with the average joe. Why does this law-enforcement have the power to do that? Because there are people that work on the model of society, and try to keep it civil and up-to-date. So they use laws (whether this is the best thing to do, is another matter) to guide society. And they need people to enforce the laws, because if there are no consequences to breaking their laws, the laws are pointless.
So Lurkette had it right, society gives it the power they have. If you don't like it, know you will still be judged by the laws and morals of the society. So you have to fit in. The only other solution is to move out of society to some remote location and set your own laws there.
You can always join the force for a couple of years and experience first hand too. That might shed some light on it.
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