BTW, every single example was a real life incident from the life of a friend or family member, not some hypothetical situation.
We have already removed far much discretionary and freedom to act latitude from street cops.
I have friends who are now prominent lawyers, business people, politicians and even a Judge who had youthful discretions that were given a pass by street cops and who took the cops advice to go forward and sin no more and cleaned up their acts.
All of them would have had their career paths blocked and careers killed before they even started but for the generosity and good faith of cops who had their futures in the palm of their hands and choose to give them a second chance.
I would prefer that the next generation of young screw ups are afforded the same opportunity
Presuming the next generation of cops handles them the same as their predecessors. That is quite a leap to take. Today's law enforcers are not the peace officers of yesteryear.