He said they just found out about it from the local cops.
He was far away, running from the cops, and I couldn't call him for help.
What about the need to save the world from the cops?
Now, if he's telling the truth, he only got your name from the cops about an hour ago.
"Finally we have someone to protect us from the cops!"
I learned that from the cops who came to get my statement at the hospital.
So they all go on the run and hide out from the cops.
He tells them to go home, which they do getting a lift from the cops.
Alive again for forty minutes and already running from the cops.
Two hours from now the cops won't have found me and they'll come back here.