I think the the problem is from quickly reading that thread, the reason why so much disrespect has gone to the officer was perhaps none of the actual original question that were legit were answered.
We can all say how good or how not good police are however the proper etiquite has not really been shown from them. I actually feel it was good if the so called officer posted a warning. Great! however its what followed that probably was done right. Wouldn't it have been great if the policeman decided to answer some of the questions. WOuld have taken him the same time to answer as what it did to create his logon. It would have gain a lot of respect from the RICE community!
The so called officer has come onto the forums and given a warning and left contact details(fair enough). People did take that seriosuly and were quite respctful however you can see the pattern starting to drop after NONE of their questions were answered.
Im trying not to take a biased stand here but find it hard when someone comes onto a forum and says stop being a hoon!, comes back later after people have tried to ask some questions then says again stop being hoons.