[NoMoreNicksLeft]

I don't think that the Houston Police Department (or whichever city you're in) is sophisticated enough to set up an NSA-fiber-optic-backbone-data-siphoning operation. Yes, the NYPD is known to buy illegal million dollar cell phone interceptor machines, but that's about it the maximum level that sort of thing ever goes, for the largest municipal law enforcement agency in the United States.

Like, how would that even work? Without a court gag order, gossip would make its way out of the building in weeks. The cell phone shit only was only quasi-secret because only police department employees were involved, something that's impossible for these VPN outfits. They don't get any of the (unjustified) privilege that the CIA or NSA (or even the FBI, sometimes) receive.

Anything I might do that could pique the curiosity of law enforcement is definitely below the level of federal intelligence agency interest. Maybe your life is more exciting though.