It is the “optics” of the scene. He will never live it down.
And that's the crux of the situation. Instead of the focus being on the nitwit who originally created the entire mess, the focus is all on that cop, handing the left another event on a silver platter to add to their catalog for the furtherance of their agenda. I looked into Casebolt's background some - the guy has had and interesting career, an interesting life really, and have been puzzled as to his collapse of discipline. Well, maybe he should have taken a few days off after one or both of those suicide calls, if not on his own, then prescribed by a supervisor who should have been alert to Casebolt's state of mind and whether he could have used some assistance. What's done is done now. The next act is what is going to go down between that HOA and their newly notorious resident.