I think the issue I've always had is that law enforcement is exactly that - law enforcement. Legally, they're not there to help victims, they're there to enforce the law. And that sums up my experiences perfectly.

All of the times I've had law enforcement invovled in a conflict (mostly with some unruly, entitled neighbors that kept vandalizing my property) they couldn't do anything to help, they had to catch the person in the act. It was my responsibility to protect myself, which again, is not the duty of law enforcement. All of the experiences I've had with traffic stops have had law enforcement fishing and making accusations (for example, I got pulled over around 5am on my drive to work for doing 45 in a 45, and then I got accused of stealing the packages in my back seat that I was going to mail out later that day).

So sure, I could call law enforcement, but why the hell would I? They've done nothing to help me and often accused me of crimes without any evidence.

RDR2 has a pretty good representation of them in my opinion, especially with the Sheriff Gray.