[Theoria]

It usually doesn't have to do with new recruits or any ting else. Most police departments have Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights[LEOBR]. For example, a police officer in Maryland gets 10 days before they have to make a statement.

[RitaOK]

I didn’t know that.

It would have been wiser for the DPD spokesperson to have given the media a standard statement that simply said the police department is still doing an ongoing internal investigation, because it is the established requirement in these cases.

I’m not even criticizing the delay, but to use the term “decompress” is a ridiculous picture word, of maybe beach time under an umbrella.