Should It Not Always Be Thus?

Among them:

Police, correctly anticipating intense media interest, carefully wrote and partitioned a lengthy affidavit detailing their investigation into the mayor’s friend Alexander “Sandro” Lisi and Ford so that contentious parts, such as wiretap evidence, could be cleanly censored without affecting the narrative.

Detectives conducted a “by the books” investigation, led by a top homicide detective, anticipating that all of the details could potentially become public through the courts.

Police sought out a respected, moderate judge to handle search warrants and properly escalated their surveillance tactics as required, knowing that any overstepping might cause later problems.

A surveillance crew was given strict orders to “box in” the mayor if drinking and driving was suspected.

I know that it's difficult to be at the top of your game, all the time - that's a flaw in job descriptions and workloads.  If there are employees at any level, in any position that are considered to be going above and beyond by following the rules, something is amiss.