“And we were getting comments from the general population saying they’re not comfortable seeing this coming from badged officers, that they’re identifying and bringing to us,” he said. “So again, my job is to represent the totality of my population as it exists, which includes people who may be opposed to a development for whatever reason, but also includes people who are supportive of the development for their reason, and are coming to us saying this is intimidating, they feel like this is coercive.”