Somehow our culture has convinced us that lawyers and cops care about helping law-abiding citizens. They don't. At least, that's not part of their job description.
Lawyers work to make sure their clients (whether guilty or not) do not suffer any legal penalties. The police work to put people in jail after they do bad things to good people.
“The police are not in the business of “protecting” the public.”
in the fifties in the small city where I lived at the time, the police took great pride in referring to themselves as “peace officers.”
They were poorly trained, but had a heart for policing and did a great job!