It is valuable to make a distinction between state and government, but I can't agree with how you are classifying military and police. The military exists to de

It is valuable to make a distinction between state and government, but I can't agree with how you are classifying military and police. The military exists to defend the existence of a state. Police cannot perform this role in a democracy, because a democracy _should_ be able to destroy itself peacefully. Police exist to promote social order and peace, and should have no allegiance to the state, but to the people. Conversely, the military must be obedient to the state in order to prevent internal fracture, as that would weaken the military as a combat force. The police cannot work in the same way: they are fractured simply by the fact that they have no strong central command structure. They serve their communities.