Good lord, people - read between the lines. The SGM is trying to ‘head em off at the pass’.
SGM’s do NOT ‘speak’ to officers or officer issues, they ‘speak’ for and TO the enlisted ranks. This is trying to head off the counter-reaction from enlisted ranks to civilian police.
More than a few civilian police departments in areas near military posts are well known for targeting enlisted soldiers unfairly. Little town on east gate of Ft Riley has been notorious for decades for this.
Ogden, KS. I lived there while stationed at Riley, and you are 100% correct.
Smart officers know to listen to their sgts.