Definitely food for thought. My counter is that the good PDs I mentioned don’t tolerate thugcops. They can’t do much about other departments. Exceptions: One of the PDs I mentioned let it be known that the thugcops from a neighboring town were not welcome in their jurisdiction. Also, the Texas Rangers seem to enjoy arresting corrupt cops, judges, mayors, etc. so I don’t think your comparison is always valid. Now, in some PDs, it certainly is.
I don’t doubt that there are good and decent LEOs and Departments out there. But as a society grows more wicked, and as it moves away from our foundational principles and adopts central authority, those still clinging to what is right, will be swallowed up and taken over/replaced by those supporting tyranny.
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing, and I daresay tyranny flourishes in the silence of the same.
What remains of decent law enforcement will be swallowed up and corrupted if no stand against what is now institutionalized is going on.