More cops. More cops with guns. More cops in high-crime neighborhoods. More cops in schools. Harsher sentences for small-time gang-bangers and drug peddlers.
You with pandemic control orders: My liberty! You can’t infringe on our rights!!! Police State! The cost!
You with cops in minority neighborhoods: Yay! Law and order!
At least be consistent.
The very obvious difference is that law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from increased police presence, whereas blanket lockdowns are a categorical suspension of certain (legal) activities for an indefinite period of time.