Let me summarizes the entire article:

1. Ethical cops decrease crime. So less of them are needed.

2. Corrupt cops increase crime. So people think they need more cops. Which increases crime some more...etc...

Instead of fighting to retain police officers who feel threatened by accountability and perpetuate that distrust, cities might consider just letting them leave.

Sounds good to me. Police who won’t respect the people they’re supposed to “protect and serve” have no business being police.

Nice work everyone, one more half to go

I can see how that would work in some places, but where I live, the opposite would happen. There actually is crime for them to police. Hell, with organized crime going up after California turned certain types of stealing from a Felony to a misdemeanor, theft and smash and grabs have skyrocketed in some places.

Plus, in the rural areas, Cartels are moving in and setting up illegal weed farms and such and threatening the local government and communities.

I'm not saying that the police aren't a bunch of racist, sexist, militant fascists: they are. But if we could reform the police, they have a use protecting people from actual crime. The one benefit of having actual crime to police is that over the years, I've noticed much fewer cops harassing or ticketing normal people for stuff like minor traffic violations or "just because". Probably because they actually (for once) have better things to do.

If we remove all the police, there is will be no crime!

Just remove guns from the public like every other country. Easy win.

Yes, without police there wouldn't be crimes. Genius. /s