The “cops" will make sure that all the appropriate filters and processes are in place for the government to monitor its own citizens.

They are there to enforce regulation on the companies, not on “cybercriminals.” Or to put it another way, operating an Internet company that fails to acts as a de-facto arm of the state’s surveillance and culture-control policy is itself a cyber-crime.

Also, people who are that close to the pipe are probably the ones most likely to know how to circumvent their rules, so a bit of extra monitoring on their day-to-day surely won't hurt.

Make sure that everybody toes the line and if they don't report them to the prosecution who will then find some reason to make their lives miserable.

The same thing any compliance officer does anywhere. Whether you have one because you're legally required to or you have one because you don't want to risk getting fined or sued isn't really a meaningful difference.

I think it's different than a forced police presence forcing you to run your business a certain way.

How is it different? Either way, you're doing what he/she tells you to out of fear, and all your other employees resent the shit out of him/her for it.