“...WTF?!...”
Why? Makes perfecet sense. Because then only THEIR word of what happened will be available.
And it becomes the truth eventually.
Because after all, they wouldn’t lie - they’re the Blue Hero Brotherhood, “to Protect, and Serve”, with “Honor, Service, and Integrity”...
...except when they bust into the wrong house and hose the place down with automatic weapons fire and then lie and spin to cover up their eff-up...