Wasilla, thank you for the discussion as I have enjoyed it. You being brought up in a police family and all with your dad as well as yourself having worked in a prison I'm sure you already know more about policing than myself and the average joe. When you wrote:

"I'm a progressive in touch with progressive views. There are some that are extremely upset with the current state of policing, but no one is going to defund the police. There will be experiments with moving some current police responsibilities to other professional better prepared for them."

The above quote you made is happening all across the country including where I live and I am on the police side, as I feel they are now being the punching bag for community organizers and politicians. All this blame is being caused by a few bad apples in the departments and I think for the most part it is the police departments themselves who are getting shit on and disrespected by some big shots who do not know their ass from their elbow.