Equipped with this new philosophy, he first tries to get on Rachel's good side, on the grounds that they are already friends, but she advises him to strike up a friendship with a woman and then pursue a relationship.
While digging beneath a Central Perk chair cushion for spare change, Phoebe uncovers a policeman's badge.
Though she promises to return it, she finds using it far more entertaining, exploiting her new-found power to force a smoking bystander to apologize to a tree on which she stubbed out a cigarette.
When she begins threatening her friends with arrest, she realizes she has gone too far, but before she can return it, she tries to force a man to move his illegally-parked car.
Getting it up a narrow stairwell proves more problematic, and after Rachel gets help from Chandler, the three attempt to manhandle the couch up the stairs, only to get it stuck between landings.