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You're mostly right. It really depends on where you are. There are three basic types of police organizations: "door shakers", "caretakers" and "hunters"

I worked for the LAPD for 21 years. That organization is prototypically a "hunter" or proactive type. We went after the bad guys where they were. Didn't care what color, gender, etc, they were. We got into trouble because the media was right there with their cameras turned on. They NEVER reported the routine good stuff we did, and the impression was that all LAPD cops were bad, racist, brutes. Not true, but hard to disprove to those who have their minds made up.

Most "east coast" police organizations are "care takers" orgs. They do what is required of them by their political masters. "Door shaker" types never look left or right, don't hunt, keep the tax payers happy, have excuses for why the bad guys got away with crime, but make no waves. Keep things calm and the city fathers are happy. The feds are NOT COPS!!! I spent some time in federal service. The Malevolent Bureacracy, where bad bureaucrats hide behind anonymity is where people should concentrate their efforts. Do you know the names of your local FBI, ATF, US Marshals? I bet not.