I believe that, if you looked closely, that 'officer' also had a video camera in his own hand. "Don't bug me shep, just down here videoing some yuks for the next station party..."
Pardon the sarcasm, but my first thought was, "In that situation with lots of folks needing help -- or, even information or directions -- what was that "officer" doing taking pictures instead of trying to help?"
good point, I hadn't thought of that...but that's a very good point.