I agree that police are the last line of defense rather than the first. Many places would be quite peaceful without police, though it might depend on the timefr

I agree that police are the last line of defense rather than the first. Many places would be quite peaceful without police, though it might depend on the timeframe. Bad actors can do an awful lot of damage, and you really don't want Hobbesian traps to develop[1]. Once they do, you'll start to have very fond memories of the police. If disbanding police forces makes it very far in the political discourse, then gun control will be dead as a concept in the U.S. Even felons (who have served their time) have some rights, and without police to protect them, it would be inhumane to deny them self-defense. It's arguably inhumane even with police. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbesian_trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbesian_trap