The British and the anglo Dominion countries (can/aus/nz) have police that follow Peelian principles. Sir Robert Peel introduced these reforms in 1829, well aft

The British and the anglo Dominion countries (can/aus/nz) have police that follow Peelian principles. Sir Robert Peel introduced these reforms in 1829, well after the American Revolution, and somewhat in response to the shady practices of the French police during their (post-)revolutionary period. The principles are basically starting from "work with the community" rather than "us vs them thin blue line". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles Mind you, the other countries also don't have a population which has hysterically self-armed itself in the last 2-3 decades. When everyone carries a gun and the police are still expected to do their duty, they have to have superior firepower at the end of the day.