Just my personal observation when I was last in the US, police
in the last 10-20 years have been morphing into jack-booted thugs. I do not know why, unless it is the influence of TV and movie cop shows where they are always in swat gear and yelling “get on the ground. Get on the ground NOW”.
The good old boy on the beat has been replaced by whatever you want to call them.
there are no cops on the Beat, they hide in the cars with the A/C on till the shift ends. When was the last time you saw a cop walking a Beat and interacting with people?