No, police are not Peace Officers, and have not been for a long time.
Police are legally required to enforce the law* (see exception below), and the legal trick that has been installed is that "the law" is what the Socialist left DemoRats say it is! (see my tagline for explanation).
Exception: Police must refrain from enforcing "the law" when ordered to do so by any Socialist leftist DemoRat politician, judge or government employee, to protect said politician, judge or government employee, or any PC protected class.
That is a valid point. Thank you. Would you say then that the police can legally ignore a riot or other more widespread violation of the law?
Just curious...