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To trace those 'apples' (aka, the police) backward and forward, TC:

'SLAVE PATROLS' 'The origins of modern-day policing can be traced back to the "Slave Patrol." The earliest formal slave patrol was created in the Carolinas in the early 1700s with one mission: to establish a system of terror and squash slave uprisings with the capacity to pursue, apprehend, and return runaway slaves to their owners. Tactics included the use of excessive force to control and produce desired slave behavior.'

'Slave…

You're right, it is their purpose that undermines reforms. I think the reforms that are ongoing here, will fail because of this mindset. After the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor the LMPD Police Chief stepped down. The new Police Chief instructed Police to stand down from traffic offenses. I'm sure that measure saves lives.

Yes, Bliss, to your thought as quoted, 'The new Police Chief instructed Police to stand down from traffic offenses. I'm sure that measure saves lives..' Supervision is critical. Monitoring to insure that the police are standing down from traffic offenses and appropriate consequences when each may not observe that instruction need to be part of the responsibilities of being a police officer. To the community's safety and all around respect.

Fewer people are at risk of being shot. Driving is more hazardous. I wish it were mandatory that all officers wear body cam and have them on at all times. I know that costs money, but I think that is the only way to supervise enough to change things.

…and what did the Scorpion crew do with the camera rolling? The culture of the police department, the ethos of the police unions, the determined will and values of supervisors, the relationship of prosecutors to police departments and serious consequences for wrongdoing on the part of law enforcement officers are all necessary factors to protect the people from harm.