Well they want people who follow orders. Stealing bags from Sainsbury's it's hardly the crime with the century or even the crime of the last 10 minutes but it's still theft and you can't have police officers committing crimes no matter how petty.

Arresting journalists on the orders of commanding officers though that's fine well it's not fine but it's a different sort of problem. Problems need to be addressed but the police will only care about the first.