We always try to keep our credibility and the confidence and trust of our communities by sharing as much information as quickly as possible. As you've heard, information changes over time. What may have been something that we needed to withhold until it is clarified and confirmed, we can eventually share.
As time went by, they were able to share more information on the gunman. The information on the number of victims and the victims' names, the use of the replica police car, the uniforms.... As time passes, it's possible to release more information.
I am not a police officer. I always asked that they release as much as they could. I respected that some stuff would have to be withheld, but it never stopped me from asking them to release stuff so that they could take a look at it and decide if it would actually impede an operation or result in decreased operational integrity.
I understood my role and my lane and they understood their role. My goal at the end of the day was.... Confidence and trust in a policing organization is essential, so I was trying to keep our credibility as high as possible.