At no point in human history have police not included some level of unrighteousness. Between individual unrighteous activity like corruption or brutality, or the broader scope of the police answering to an unrighteous government enforcing unrighteous laws. Blanket reverence for the police means revering unrighteousness.
The unethical and criminal elements in police departments are foreign.
Not expected or normal.
Think intruder, imposter.
In other words, like a disease. You don’t surrender to it, you cure it.
Blanket scorn for the police is probably worse than blanket reverence.