we have plenty of horrible people who are cops, and we have plenty of good people who are cops that turn to blind eye because they prioritize their lives over the minorities the bad cops are being s*** heads to. any truly good people that would be willing to turn in bad cops end up being ostracized and leaving service. So all we end up with are bad cops and indifferent cops.
Even with all above stated it’s a thankless position where you are underpaid to put your life on the line or a regular basis. The US criminal system is designed to create reoffenders, so the people trying to evade or kill the cops have experience doing so. Everybody’s in a hurry to arm each other to the gills guns pour out of the streets like water. We couldn’t even install good police reform until we start tackling the injustice in the criminal system.
It’s all broken and greed and corruption and politics. And it’s in a downward spiral for profit.