If someone recognizes the officer in the video and starts a discrimination suit against the officer and he gets put on leave he may need to cover his time off with his own leave. Or if he gets paid leave for the duration of the trial he won't get any premium pay (overtime, night pay,special duty pay ect.) that he's used to. With the amount of time it can take for a lawsuit to clear up that can really hurt the wallet. It's a tactic used by a lot of attorneys trying to push for a settlement. I saw that a few times while I was a corrections officer in Ohio. Every time the officer ended up getting cleared but it did hurt their wallet. That's just one way it could get the officer.