not a good look that is for sure.
The police should always act in a professional manner because they could be wrong. And if they are wrong it looks much better to the public if they acted in a calm and professional manner. There have been several cases where the police were given incorrect information and they acted on it but because they acted in a polite and professional manner giving due respect to the law no one was hurt and every one involved gave the police pats for acting correctly.
And if they are right, once again it makes them look much better to the public.
It gives them confidence that any interaction they have with the police will have a happy outcome. People will talk to the police when they have a problem rather then handling it on their own because "there is no situation that the police can not make worse".
Our current Sheriff, when body cams became a thing, went to the township council and asked for funding to get them for his officers. He said that he had total confidence that his officers always would act properly and he wanted to be able to prove that in court if necessary.
His confidence was not misplaced.
Some people think because I am against police being abusive I am against the police. Nothing could be further from the truth. I want the police to act in a lawful manner. And the police acting in a lawful manner trickles down into the community.
The police not acting in a lawful manner also trickles down.