It's the sheriff's syntax that troubles some, I think. Perhaps that's just the
way he expresses himself -- a very law enforcement sort of word choice.
Yeah, Law Enforcement these days have to be very careful with their words. Im sure what he said was looked over by several people before hand so that it isn't taken out of context by the media, who in turn may create another race/ethnicity crap storm for vews.
I get the impression that the sheriff gets a lot of respect here, and my impression is that he earned it. And it could be that the Papinis sought outside help due to local LE being under maned, and over worked <modsnip>