Part of the problem is that the police are run like a gang. Corruption is rampant in most departments and officers do not hold each other accountable and are ef

Part of the problem is that the police are run like a gang. Corruption is rampant in most departments and officers do not hold each other accountable and are effectively above the law. Union leaders often have more sway than police chiefs in major cities. You have to clear out the rot before you can have meaningful change. Otherwise they’ll just sabotage the reform like they have in the past. Many cities allocate far too high a percentage of their budgets to policing. Programs that are diversionary and reduce crime (education for one) are frequently cut in order to give ever-increasing money to police departments that show zero ROI. If there was more of a focus on “doing the best you can with what you get” like every other city service, it wouldn’t be so bad but right now police dominate city budgets in every city in the US.