Cops who refuse to do their jobs and deliberately ignore citizens in need should be thrown into prison. In a case as severe as the Uvalde cops that let all those kids get shot, I'd support a death sentence.
I don't care how tough the job is or how mean the local officials are, if you're a cop and you're unwilling to protect and serve, then the least you can do is stop mooching off the taxpayers you're refusing to defend. Absolutely disgusting, and shame on anybody who defends such dereliction of duty.
You are right, they should still do the job. But they want people to get out of the way, so they CAN DO THEIR JOBS. Stop second-guessing everything and analyze the info when it comes about about a specific shooting.
They can do their jobs. The thing they're complaining against is imputability and oversight. They want to be able to do a bad job and not suffer any consequences for it.