When there's a move to defend the police, there's also an understanding that the internal culture and workings of the police are corrupt.

Given how the police protect its membership, how can we guarantee that money given to them will actually go to retraining and better standards of service? Do you contract a new teaching force, and a new internal investigations group to ensure compliance with the new framework?

That would be super adversarial, and I suspect rather dangerous.

In addition, sometimes cops as they are now are just the wrong tool. A mental health worker is actually more useful in many cases rather than a police officer.

Easier to defund and rebuild.