The report language evolves in response to experiences in court. It's not some sort of conspiracy, it's just a learned behavioral response. But I find it objectionable
From dealing with defense attorneys and their tactics.
Here is what LEOs find objectionable about attorneys. This was posted by an officer and sums it up pretty good.
"If the defendant is factually innocent, fine, attack the facts presented by the state. If the law was inappropriately applied, fine, point out the error in the charges. If there's justification, fine, let's hear it.
But, no.....faced with good charges against a factually guilty client, what do you (generic) do? You lie. You lie by omission, you misdirect, you make up absurd alternate theories of the crime, you come up with bizarre aliens that must somehow be reasonable doubt. You try to not only make the state prove its case beyond any doubt, but you try to make the state disprove all of your theories beyond any doubt. Knowing that the stop was good, you file motions to supress anyway, and claim that those lies are part of "defending my client to the best of my ability". I can't believe that defense attorneys don't know that deep down.
Some of the game I'm willing to let slide. For instance, I know that I've got to make a decision in a second, and the courts will pick it apart for months. Okay, that's the nature of the beast. But I've been present for enough courtroom rapes of victims and witnesses to know that a goodly number of lawyers have substituted the ethics of the bar for the ethics of humanity.
Then comes the "just answer yes or no" questions. My oath was to tell the whole truth, and you ask those series of questions in full knowledge that the answer is anything but the whole truth. The attorneys are probably thinking, "well, that's what redirect is for" and missing the entire point of this paragraph. I'll leave the discovery of the point as an exercise in returning to the ethics of humanity"
"Criminal lawyers never lie -- because they do not testify."
Justify it anyway you want.