You can't have a position where people are given tasers, handcuffs, batons, pepper spray, and guns, and think you won't attract sociopaths to that job. It's delusional to think it won't happen. What's worse, police unions protect the worst abusers, and have most DA's, judges, and politicians in their back pockets, making it nearly impossible to hold them accountable for any abuse. Then you've got conservatives insisting that there be no police accountability - otherwise we are 'hamstringing' them. So assholes, maniacs, fruitcakes, racists, sex predators, and sociopaths are now attracted to police work; since they know they can commit crimes under the banner of being a police officer, and there will be zero consequences should they be caught red handed in the act of a crime and/or abuse.
That's the real problem.
That's the real problem.