Who’s the dickhead intentionally blocking the camera?

Whew, Pete must have been thirsty after that

Fair. The cop holding on to him looks particularly uncomfortable with the scrutiny of the public

Different guy

The bigger issue is that the job attracts grifters who only want the job so they can enrich themselves. An educated electorate is one part of the solution (as naively fanciful as that sounds), but we also need some hard and fast regulations which are policed and enforced.