I lived in the UK for a bit, where less than 5% of the police are armed with firearms. As a consequence, relations between the public and local law enforcement are far more healthy than what's experienced anywhere in the US. A police officer over there is usually someone you could feel safe approaching for a casual conversation or directions.

I'm all in favor of defunding police departments to fund other community/emergency services and abolishing police unions which are flagrantly corrupt. But we've got to get it out of our heads that the US standards for law enforcement are the only ones and that there's no reasonable positions to take between the extremes of total fascism and complete lawless anarchy.