If the police have the suspect identified, their first play isn't publicizing what they have. They're likely to do that if he can't be found in any of his regular haunts.
And the police only work for "us" indirectly. They enforce laws. The legislature writes the laws, the judiciary interprets their constitutionality, and local executives decide the specifics if enforcement. Some individuals among the police may make what choices are left to them according to their own interpretation of the law and Constitution (I always did), but most will assume that the people with authority to write and interpret laws are making enforceable decisions.
This was in Seattle, so of course the police are not working for you, they would be fired if they did.
If the police have the suspect identified, their first play isn't publicizing what they have. They're likely to do that if he can't be found in any of his regular haunts.
And the police only work for "us" indirectly. They enforce laws. The legislature writes the laws, the judiciary interprets their constitutionality, and local executives decide the specifics if enforcement. Some individuals among the police may make what choices are left to them according to their own interpretation of the law and Constitution (I always did), but most will assume that the people with authority to write and interpret laws are making enforceable decisions.