More ok than to convict them before the trial.
It’s never okay.
It shiws their judgement is sorely lacking, that their professionalism does not exist.
In short, they do not deserve their positions nor tge authoritah that was entrysted to them.
http://www.recordonline.com/article/20010211/News/302119995
https://www.policeone.com/archive/articles/33797-Feds-to-monitor-investigation-of-upstate-rogue-police-Wallkill-NY/
And I speak from experience on corrupt police departments.