those enabling the de-funding of law enforcement are so motivated because appropriate enforcement would sweep themselves up into prison
Like the famous TV political ads for George H.W. Bush against soft on crime Democrats. Willie Horton, the felon let out of prison on the Michael Dukakis backed furlough system (and failed to return, going on to commit more crimes) said “I’m for the Democrats. It’s in my own interest.”
Wikipedia summary:
What happened to Willie Horton?
Released for a weekend as the beneficiary of a Massachusetts furlough program, he failed to return, and was later recaptured and convicted of committing assault, armed robbery, and rape in Maryland, where he remains incarcerated.
Two ads from 1988—
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZToNflF1z8