“I have personally been behind an Albuquerque cop who was speeding on Paseo Del Norte going west-bound. He hit speeds well over 80 mph in a 60 mph zone, with no lights or siren on. He stopped at a red light just down the road, and due to lights/traffic, I managed to hang with him at legal speeds. I followed him (on my route home, not going out of my way) into a neighborhood in the neighboring city of Rio Rancho. Not responding to a call, no lights, no siren, just in a hurry to get home.”
What’s your solution, disolve the police? Who you gonna call when your neighbor gets drunk and keeps you up all night or you have a heart attack?
The proper solution would be for the bad to be weeded out. But they don't do that. And yes, police departments have been dissolved in New Mexico and other areas for corruption.
Granted Albuquerque and Rio Rancho are the the first and third largest cities in New Mexico, and it wouldn't likely work. Albuquerque has had a multitude of problems with cops killing people lately, but they've also got a lot of problems to deal with with respect to some very nasty criminal elements.
I don't hate the cops, I just despise the fact they get away with doing things (speeding, traffic violations, running code to run a red light, beat-downs, killing people) that you or I would be cited or imprisoned for. I also think less of the good ones who sit by and let it happen without doing anything.