Turning off Google Play Protect scanning

I am wondering if anyone has found a way to not only "ungray" the setting under Settings > Google > Security > Google Play Protect so that it can be toggled, but also actually toggle it OFF. SOTI provided two methods for doing the first item, to re-enable the setting so that it can be manually toggled.  The methods are actually the same thing (a feature control) done two different ways: (1) Send script command: writesecureprofstring DeviceFeature DisableVerifyApps 1 apply featurecontrol (2)  Create / assign a Feature Control that has "Disable Verify Apps Enforcement" checked. In my experience, these have the effect of re-enabling the toggle on the GPP setting, but leaving the setting toggled ON.  It then has to manually be toggled OFF.  I have certain apps that are mission-critical and mass-deployed, so touching each device to turn off GPP scanning for first deployment and subsequent app updates is absolutely not a feasible option.   So far, SOTI Support has been unable to provide a means to programmatically toggle that option OFF. My other rather large challenge with this is, under AEDO, I've found that a Lockdown Screen profile has the side effect of toggling GPP back on, and graying it back out again so that it once again cannot be toggled off.  SOTI says that this is the "expected behavior," to which I respond, WHY?  Perhaps I am missing a pertinent concept here, but to my mind it is ridiculous to have a lockdown screen profile that also has the effect of locking GPP scanning on.  These corporate users need app installations and app updates -- and those need to happen while the lockdown screen is in place. I've found that if the lockdown profile is already applied, the above two methods will have the effect of "ungraying" the GPP option so that it can manually be turned off.  BUT if the lockdown profile ever is re-applied, or refreshes itself due to an editing change (such as perhaps adding an entry for whatever new app(s) are intended to be applied), then GPP is again turned on and the toggle is grayed out. This is very frustrating.  I need a way to turn GPP scanning off, and KEEP it off, until I (and only I) tell it that it can turn back on again, Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you, Mark