FreeBSD is a complete operating system but it is not like Linux distros where everything is pre-packaged for you (but then requiring distro hopping to find what you really want). I can install what I want for a complete desktop system in about 20 minutes on FreeBSD.
I don't see whether the cops are doing this on their own time or not. I'm betting it's on their own time but it's unclear to me but cops pick up a lot of work for private companies on their own time so this would be nothing new.
I think one should notice who is in the commercials to then realize what over the air TV has lost and who their now target audience is. You find a lopsided amount of ads for seniors for pain medication and other drugs along with incontinence. And ads targeting women and blacks--often interracial couplings. So this says TV has lost mainstream viewers who are now on cable and the internet.
It's not that easy. You do have to pay attention and, if you think you can mindlessly click on anything and get away with it, you're wrong. There are tests and traps to make sure you aren't doing that.