Police our masters?

I recently went to stay at a resort at Bogra with my family. The main attraction of this resort, for my two sons, was the swimming pool. With summer in its full fury, we thought all day about how good it would be to splash about in the pool. But to our dismay, we were informed by a policeman that the swimming pool was closed to the public because the SP of Bogra was swimming there with his family. The whole pool area was surrounded by at least a dozen police officers. It seemed quite unacceptable to us. Are we still living in a colonial era?