I think you are right about the police, and really any authority figure, sometimes failing to be held to the standard they set for others, this is hypocrisy, and it saturates all of humanity, myself included. The best we can do is try to foster a heart for doing better, for being honest and genuine about our own failures in this way, and in so doing, hopefully inspire others to a higher way of being.

Lead by doing, not by saying.

But again, I really think you are right, and I do wish there was some easy way to fix it, but I really believe the problem is human selfishness, and tribalism, "us-vs-them", us police, vs everyone else. If we identify as part of any group in a way that makes that core to our identity we necessary become zealots for their sucess, despite corruption in that group, and growth will fail.

If we teach strong self identity, apart from the group, then individuals can stand together (as police, or whatever) but also accept that individuals within that group are not perfect, not faultless, and I think we can grow a sense of accountability by moving away from group identity as core.

Thoughts?