The media is completely complicit in these wordings, plagiarizing lazily police reports from their public affairs office.
But right now, the media for the most part is pro-government and pro-law enforcement. Right now.
When/if a a conservative becomes POTUS, government once again becomes corrupt right down to LE.
This is the way they roll much of the time.
A side note, Obama and his administration have become so corrupt, and so disastrous on every level, it’s becoming difficult for the leftist media to continue to just ignore it and or make excuses for it. Some, not all, are actually turning on him in the wake of so many scandals and reckless policies.