Protecting and serving their own interests in this case.
$4000 and 9 hours.... those guys should be ashamed of themselves.
They obviously knew they were on camera; not the best PR scenario. Although, if I were a cop and in the same situation, it would have been a serious temptation seeing a system I don't have and a bunch of games lying around.
I know, playing Wii is not something you want people to know about.
OBEY TEH PCE