Police and the news ...

are we reading the same article?  no where in the article does the police cheif say, "Lets not make a big deal out of this."  the issue in the article was what type of court order was issued.  it was clearly stated that plice connot get a SUBPOENA for the information until the case has reached the grand jury stage.  the court order the police arrived with was a SEARCH WARRANT.  The photographer with the images stated only "court order" not what type.  the only real issue here is the subpoena can be challenged in court before service.  the search warrant stipulates it must be served in a limited amount of time and the lawyers fight about it after the fact.

Search warrants are challenged everyday and most stick.  the ones that don't are usually poorly written.  this one made headlines because the search warrant was for a newspaper.  lets not forget: all images/video/descriptions of a police involved shooting scene are part of the criminal investigation and subject to a court order, any court order.  I wasn't there, I don't know all the particulars, I don't even know how the scene was managed.  When I do a crime scene and the media shows up to cover it, we disignate an area for them to shoot from and they are not allowed near any other area.  This alleviates all the mess this department is going through.  

It just odd how little respect you appear to have for the men and women who go out on the streets every day and every night to make sure YOUR rights of life liberty and pursuit of happiness don't get trampled on. 

He posted this because he works for a newspaper and is biased against the police.