geeeezus Scrubed ..
didn't it occur to you that just maybe, he (the copper) was tasked to do this job, i.e take a photo or two before the acft was moved or had bits pinched off it, for and on behalf of the ATSB?
Sometimes, mate, the coppers are asked to do these things in an effort to preserve the real story if the investigators can't get there quick enough before the looters do.
Sheesh ..