The problem is that a volunteer police force allows for the unsavory element to self select in and there's really no incentive for a good police officer to rat out his misbehaving colleagues. So even though the number of bad cops is pretty small, they get to operate with impunity because none of the good cops is every going to say anything.
I think the only way to fix it is to switch to a volunteer force. Two year compulsory civil service would do a lot for the country - if you don't want to be in the military then you can be a cop or some other public servant. You'd still get bad cops occasionally but you'd also have a lot more cops who were just normal people doing a rotation through and who weren't as incentivized to not say anything.
I think the only way to fix it is to switch to a volunteer force. Two year compulsory civil service would do a lot for the country - if you don't want to be in the military then you can be a cop or some other public servant. You'd still get bad cops occasionally but you'd also have a lot more cops who were just normal people doing a rotation through and who weren't as incentivized to not say anything.