But I suspect it is a much less desired job in the US. And because of that the people who are drawn to it tend to be drawn to the negative aspects of it.
You’ll have to pay a lot more to get a different class of people.
> You’ll have to pay a lot more to get a different class of people.
Plenty of people do currently join the police in the USA with good intentions, but plenty more would never join at any price. The toxicity of police culture is enough of an offset that basically no salary would cover it for a growing fraction of Americans.
You want more and better cops? Make policing less toxic, then people might actually rebuild some respect for police in general.
What is it they say about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results :-)?
It's not clear to me, from the last 30 years of engorged police funding, that we can pay our way out of this one. Focusing on why it attracts people who are drawn to the negative aspects, for example, as you said.
You’ll have to pay a lot more to get a different class of people.