Your cops shoot people, my cops tasor us, beat us, then make us walk home barefoot in the middle of winter if your an Aboriginal. I prefer getting shot instead thank you.
Joking aside, the mentality behind the law enforcement these days is becoming more beat first, shoot later, then maybe consider asking questions. This is probably the result of having too much power, theres too many of them, or there is too little of them (corrupt cops aside), this is considering how many there are in comparison to the total population of the community they are protecting.
I've been to a police station before. Movies and games seriously grossly exagerate those places to ridiculous proportions. And they also have very tight budgets, where they end up providing for their own firearms and/or ammunition for example.
A tool is a tool regardless. I mean if you suck, you suck, and not even the most perfect tool could save you. And if your damn good then even with the worst tool ever conceived you could chug out some high quality shit.