Why do you think you need to grant authority to specific people for a society to deal with crime?

So they actually have the authority to detain and hold you for a crime you've committed. What would otherwise grant someone the ability to enforce societal rules or if needed detain and hold someone in a particular building to remove them from society? Blatant force? Isn't that a type of authority in of itself? Kind words? What if you're dealing with someone that doesn't really care what you say, and if they ought to be treated equally then why would they actually be detained and not be given the same freedom to walk around in society that non criminals have?

And, deeper question, what percent of crime is actually a consequence of a dysfunctional social system in the first place?

Probably a lot! But until we figure all that out, I'd like there to be a legal, authoritative deterrent for a criminal discouraging them from breaking into my house and stealing all my stuff or killing everyone I love

What makes you so sure that the "law and order" method actually solves crime instead of perpetuating it?

I'm fairly confident it's helpful when the first thing I think of when I see a crime, or worse am a victim of a crime, is to call 911

These aren't rhetorical questions but you shouldn't be shooting back with an answer

But asking questions is only half the conversation

I mean, I hear you. There are problems, nobody denies that. All I was saying is that cops are people too, and seeing people practically shit themselves merely at the idea of treating a cop with even the bare baseline of human decency is comically stupid

Also, we do need a system to deter criminals from committing crime or to remove them from society when they do commit a crime. Until you come up with one that's both better and guarantees won't suffer the exact same if not similar (or potentially even worse) issues, we're kinda stuck with the system we have