Police are not elected, and they rarely attract top talent. In many cases they're not even hired and promoted by people who were directly elected. So regardless

Police are not elected, and they rarely attract top talent. In many cases they're not even hired and promoted by people who were directly elected. So regardless of the system of government, our law enforcement would have similar people and behave in a similar manner. It's an incredibly undesirable profession: Going into tense situations, with people who distrust you by default, for not much pay. You can easily make more doing far less, so a factor in the remaining appeal of the profession is being able to command respect. All of this has little-to-nothing to do with democracy. I'm not defending the police here. Not in the slightest. I'm simply explaining some factors related to the state of law enforcement, and pointing out that it has a lot less to do with democracy than you think.