> Then there's the possibility that all the honest officers who don't want to follow those orders quit or strike or otherwise refuse to report to work to do these things.
No it's not, not generally. When the police goes away, in a lot of places, society falls apart because the vicious prey on the rest without hesitation. Especially the good cops don't want that, because they're in it to serve and protect. "I'll just not go, lol" equals "some drug lord will take over the city and rape and pillage with impunity". They don't want that, and the super majority of citizens also doesn't want that.
No it's not, not generally. When the police goes away, in a lot of places, society falls apart because the vicious prey on the rest without hesitation. Especially the good cops don't want that, because they're in it to serve and protect. "I'll just not go, lol" equals "some drug lord will take over the city and rape and pillage with impunity". They don't want that, and the super majority of citizens also doesn't want that.