I even prefer elected judges, top to bottom, and suspect that the day the rules for the US Supreme Court were written someone brought in some powerful weed (hidden in the smoking tobacco of course) to the Constitutional Convention.
While I’m generally in favor of more democracy, I have to respectfully disagree. Crime is a top priority of municipal governments (I’d place it #2 after basic infrastructure); I want the mayor and council to have their butts directly on the line, not fighting and finger-pointing with a top LEO who has his own constituency and agenda.
And elected judges? I’m not a big fan. Roy Moore springs to mind as an example. Our criminal justice system has plenty of flaws (it’s the worst in the world except for all the others), but I’m deeply uncomfortable with my life, liberty and property being in the hands of a police chief, a district attorney, and a judge all of whom are looking to the next election.