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Statutes are made by lawmakers not cops. Lawmakers are elected; votes matter. Ultimately I prefer living in a land of laws rather than mob rule.
In the situation under discussion here, a person (perhaps illegally) releasing private information to better inform the public, I think the action is more like civil disobedience. A very honorable way to draw attention to wrongs in the world, but carries the risk of legal repercussions.
No, in this case we're talking about cops. The US OSC, for example, is literally cops. It's a federal law enforcement organization.
Just because cops are put in power by elected officials doesn't mean they aren't cops.
Following Peelian principles / consent-based policing philosophies does not mean lawlessness. Again, don't fall into the mental trap of thinking like a cop. The choice isn't police state vs mob rule. That's just where your mind goes because you've been taught to think like a cop from a very young age. I was too, and catch myself falling into the pitfalls of cop-thinking all the time.
No. A law enforcement org does not write the laws. They enforce them, whether rightly or wrongly.