Hmm I wonder who's to say... well, I suppose any person with an IQ above 25 can tell that a 15+ft heavy bodied Python species should not be kept in a tub where it can't move. And eh, the animal is quite fat.
And yeah, police are federal officers. Public forum moderators are, well, public forum moderators. And they don't act like police, but like you-can't-touch me "police"