But cops weren't always this bad. And the system itself punishes good, honest cops and rewards bad ones, meaning that only the worst type of people end up staying cops.

We have a similar issue with teachers. A lot of good, well intentioned people go into teaching wanting to help kids, but then all the systematic issues get in the way of that or actually work in the opposite direction of it, and the good people either get burnt out and quit or become zombies. The same thing is going on with cops now.

Also the system isn't employing proper gate keeping either... They don't want to keep the shitters out and they don't want to let the good ones in.