I know people won't like to hear this, but I don't think Citizen is attempting to promote general anxiety as a means to get a profit. I think that, coincidental

I know people won't like to hear this, but I don't think Citizen is attempting to promote general anxiety as a means to get a profit. I think that, coincidentally, promoting general anxiety works (whether or not they even recognize this, which perhaps a laid off insider could speak to), and therefore the organization performs actions that take advantage of this. It's like the adage, "If it bleeds, it leads." Granted, I think news organizations recognized at some point that these types of stories get more eyeballs (hence the adage), therefore they do it intentionally for more advertising revenue. But I don't see any type of organization specifically viewing "general anxiety" as the goal. It so happens that people enjoy gawking at this kind of thing, regardless of what emotion it causes. That said, I'm not actually a fan of Citizen nor a fan of my local police force. I would prefer having unbiased and effective police who can be held accountable when they overstep their boundaries, and it seems like this is an impossible ask through both the public and private sector.