So here's my take.
If I were Chief, I would also be extremely unmotivated to log on. As soon as any rebels catch wind that there's a Chief with Chief gear on the server, they will all immediately start searching for him to taze and restrain. Very dumb. This is why I think cop tazers shouldn't work for civ faction. It makes the cops an objective rather than a faction. If it were just vigi tazers operated by the relevant tier vigi, cops losing their gear would become a memory. Only very rare instance of it would take place then.
I've heard that Winters is active just on alt accounts where no one knows who he is. That's fine and dandy if it's true but I'll have no way of knowing.
Nonetheless, I'm still a junior officer who's main concern is getting tazed and robbed 24/7. Cop isn't fun, even Winters realizes this and has to play on a shadow account to circumvent the issue.