The police market themselves as serving and protecting those who live within a local jurisdiction and whose taxes pay for their salaries and equipment, including military issue armaments, but the truth is that the police have been militarized and internationalized to serve the 1%. For all intents and purposes they are a private army that operates outside the law: https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/study-shows-one-state-robbed-citizens-42-million-just-cover-police-crimes.html