You are not far off from being correct. What they will get will be far below normal standards and it will reflect in their policing or attempts at policing. You will hear about more corruption, abuse and brutality because you are running off your truly qualified officers.
I listen to a podcast of retired California officers called War Stories/Locker Room and they talk about officers in California now having to call a sergeant or watch commander to get permission to arrest someone. My son’s a patrolman in a small Kentucky town and he usually leads his department in charges and arrests each month with no permission from a sergeant or watch commander. They would chew him out and ask him why he’s calling them 90% of the time when he makes an arrest. California is truly la-la land.
I would like to see Police be Constitutionally mandated Peace Officers like Sheriffs and Marshalls, and Constitutionally Trained.
I believe we could improve conditions for Law Enforcement Peace Officers and Law Abiding Citizens at the same time.
Pick the Best, train 'em Constitutionally and properly, pay and support them well, treat and deploy them fairly, and demand Professionalism.