The system that they serve could be held to higher standards. If prosecutors had to defend the behavior of the police when trying to convict someone, at the ris

The system that they serve could be held to higher standards. If prosecutors had to defend the behavior of the police when trying to convict someone, at the risk of having to set a guilty person free, the behavior would improve. Instead, we make it easier to convict people, for instance by allowing broader surveillance, plea bargaining system, etc. Of course this is an idealized concept, related to Deming's point that quality control is a manager problem not a worker problem. An issue within police forces today is that not all the "training" comes from above. Police and the military -- and many other people of course -- are immersed in fascist, fundamentalist propaganda.