American police have no obligation to protect, serve, or tell the truth. The police steal more money than all petty thieves every year. Qualified immunity make

American police have no obligation to protect, serve, or tell the truth. The police steal more money than all petty thieves every year. Qualified immunity makes accountability a distant mirage. The police operate exactly as they are allowed and encouraged, by the system they labor within, to behave. Your words 'sloppy' and 'error' imply that a 'careful, correct' approach fixes these ills. History and experience shows us that this hypothetical good will not be produced until laws and incentives more broadly, change.