“Sigh” — I wonder how many people opining about what “the facts” “say” even read the source story, or know what official police policy even is.
The lack of visibility cuts both ways in externally identical stories — because the thing that makes them not identical is often either never disclosed or else disclosed late.
What is happening here is an investigation in which the officers will still get paid for some kind of clerical duty.
The clerical duty is purely political to appease the mob.