There is no one in the threads that I am included in that says there is never a need for cops or armed cops. That’s just a complete strawman. The argument WAS made that you couldn’t have unarmed people doing anything related to what cops do. Because no one would ever take the job.
I really don’t know how much you could safely shift the balance of responses right now; I am willing to give it a shot but I don’t trust the loudest advocates to do it with the care and deliberation I think making those changes requires.
This seems a very reasonable opinion.