Police reform

It is time to completely reform the police of the country, right down to the very concepts and foundation. First off, I want to saw there probably are a lot of honest and hard-working cops who are good people wanting to do the right thing, and this post is not directed at them. But there are a lot of problems with the current police structure utilized pretty much everywhere. The results of which has a long history of corruption and military mentality and such. For example, living in Los Angeles County, I'm aware of more than a few examples, such as the extreme corruption in the department pre-1950, Bloody Christmas, the death of Ruben Salazar, racial profiling (experienced by a person I knew who once was pulled over for having slightly darkened skin by the cops), the Rodney King beating and the 92 riots, Rampart and CRASH, May Day 2007, the LA County Sheriff's clique called the Jump Out Boys who were basically rogue and claimed "We are alpha dogs who think and act like the wolf, but never become the wolf", I could go on. And then there are other instances in policing that might show the whole current system at least a major part of the problem. Such as the military equipment and siege mentality seen in a lot of departments in recent days such as in Missouri and New York City, the pepper-spraying of students at UC Davis and Santa Monica College, there's plenty others, if anyone wants to comment below on their own experiences. But it's clear there are a lot of flaws, and some things that produce for example the feeling in police forces to act like a gang. And I'm not proposing anything specific, maybe like less emphasis on becoming "wolves" to fight crime.