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Any time any LEO starts asking questions like that "in the course of an investigation" - even if the person himself isn't being investigated - it's time to talk to lawyers.
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As a retired police officer I was just thinking of the robberies, assaults, and missing children incidents I and officers around me were able to resolve because people not involved in the crime spoke freely with me. A person is not read their rights unless they are a suspect... then call your lawyer.
I can see the scenario in my mind. “Excuse me sir, I’m looking for an 80 year old Alzheimer’s patient. Have you seen someone fitting such and such description? “Officer, I ain’t talking to you without my lawyer present”. We later find the patient dead of exposure in a nearby wooded area. Worse yet, if we’re looking for someone who just molested a 6 year old and you make a statement like that.
Yes there are corrupt cops. They are usually found out, arrested, shunned by other, honest cops (the majority).