Philip Schneider (first name also Phillip;[1][2] November 30, 1826 – January 12, 1902)[2] was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.[3] Biography (wikipedia)
Because he's a police officer, and because of the seriousness of the charges, for his own protection, he should be alone.
He was driving home with his wife and the police pulled him over, intercepted him, put him under arrest right away. His reaction so far is one of, I guess to a certain extent shock, and secondly a reaction of sitting trying to absorb all this, wait and see.
Justice is supposed to be blind. Justice should not have taken into account the fact that he's a police officer in deciding whether or not to release him.
There's a huge media coverage and it has an impact, and the judge has to live with that.