What we would consider "modern" police departments didn't exist until the late 1800s.
For example, Teddy Roosevelt professionalized the NYPD as police commissioner from 1895-97. He put phones in all police stations, established physical standards, and armed them all with pistols. I have to believe he would be disappointed if he could see what his efforts morphed into through the 20th century to today.
All this to say that, while we see how cops are and what they do as a fact of life, this is not how it historically worked and it's not what the founding fathers would have intended.
What we would consider "modern" police departments didn't exist until the late 1800s.
For example, Teddy Roosevelt professionalized the NYPD as police commissioner from 1895-97. He put phones in all police stations, established physical standards, and armed them all with pistols. I have to believe he would be disappointed if he could see what his efforts morphed into through the 20th century to today.
All this to say that, while we see how cops are and what they do as a fact of life, this is not how it historically worked and it's not what the founding fathers would have intended.