While you are right, I do expect there to be actual accountability when someone does make an extremely bad mistake that costs someone dearly in either value or their life. As brought up above, the Daniel Shaver case, in which the police officer was clearly in the wrong (if not criminally, for fucking up bad professionally enough to kill an innocent man) he was granted an extremely cushy retirement package.

If the reaction to most police fuckups wasn't "circle the wagons, protect our own above all" from the police themselves, there wouldn't be nearly as many issues with them from the side who wants to support them.

You know, the same process nearly every other job has. But I guess its more than just a "profession" to them, so they are more equal than other professions and deserves special protection from basic expectations.