Even with all above stated it’s a thankless position where you are underpaid to put your life on the line or a regular basis.
Cops where I live (Seattle) are paid well and they still do fuck-all. It’s a thankless position because they’ve done everything they can to earn the contempt of regular people and precious little too earn our respect. There are lots of jobs where people are paid less and get assaulted more, and those people still do their jobs. Cops really have no excuse; they act the way they do simply because they’re allowed to get away with it, and then they get butthurt when people have the nerve to ask for some accountability.