A lot of Reacher's argument is that Good Cops either quit the force or at core were never really Cops because they're Soldiers instead. There's obvious ideological faults with this line of thinking but the core argument is that the average salt-of-the-earth little town white cop's job is being racist and taking bribes
His previous role was in Syfy failed would-be cult classic Blood Drive which is about how corporations literally legally own cops and you can expect this relationship to continue unabated even when the rest of the American institution is gone