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As a rapper, I totally agree. I'll go with: decentralized community defense would be far more effective than the police. And, you know. Wouldn't be them.
The idea has been floated before that we should rotate random citizens (ok, maybe not 80 year olds) through police service, sort of like ancient Athenian democracy.
This would preserve the idea of community policing. Maybe this would be safer than mob justice but more professional than the out of control police we have now.
That's a decent idea. But, here's another one: there's no objective morality, obviously, but we do have a thing we can point to. Community collaboration, and the instincts we've developed as primates. We don't need to be involved in international trade deals. We need to check on our neighbor when a grocery delivery is rotting in front of their door, or show up strapped when some loud motherfucker causes is causing issues. I propose that any semblance of objective morality lies in our genes and us being social primates. This whole civility thing is nothing but gaslighting authoritarianism.