What part of that system don't you respect? And how would you change it to work better?
The main part that I don’t respect - and which completely changes the character of the system from one working for the people to one working against us - is that police do not enforce the law when other policemen break it.
Another major issue I have is that in many places the primary function of police is revenue generation. That’s not what police are supposed to be for - they are not tax collectors.
Furthermore, there is the law, then there is a higher law called the Constitution. Police who enforce laws in defiance of the Constitution are in abdication of their lawful duty. The enforcement of forfeiture laws has gotten so extreme that more wealth was unlawfully extracted from the American people through forfeiture than by all the burglars and thieves in the nation combined.
Then there’s the body count. That body count is extreme and unprecedented in a free nation. It comes from the “comply or die” attitude which is prevalent all across the country.
Hell, I could go on a while and list a lot more issues, but this should be plenty enough to digest for now.
Today’s police forces are more of a standing army than keepers of the peace or enforcers of the law.