There are good reasons not to release the identity of the officer(s) involved in a shooting.
What happened to Darren Wilson after Michael Brown was shot?
He was in the right, but he lost his home, job, his life will never be the same. Lies, damned lies and politics conspired to ruin a good man.
If no one knew who he was until after the investigation was complete, do you think that things in Ferguson would be different? For Wilson at least they would be.
Part two, with the availability of information online today, how fast can friends of the suspect find the Officers home with nefarious intent?
Back when I had a badge, I had people coming to my home in the middle of my “night”, waking me to find out where their car/keys/etc were. And that’s without broadcasting where I lived.
Think about some irate customers of yours showing up at your house outside of working hours? I had three MS13 wannabes walk into my garage after I was let go, because I wasn’t a “cop anymore”.
The officers in question are having to deal with taking a life, thats not why they got into the job. Its not like wartime but someone you pass on the street, your kids go to school together, your wives see each other at the hairdressers.
You are now a murderer in the eyes of many. Something to think about.