I would like to think they do on some level, but there is definitely some level of softness applied to the blows they take. For instance, us “normal” people, when charged with a crime, are pulled through the ringer and taken through sometimes multi-month trials to prove ourselves. When a cop gets a bit trigger-happy and kills an innocent man in cold-blood and almost kills his wife, after knowingly knocking on the wrong house, they’re put on paid leave.[0]

I truly do want to believe it works in practice, but I have my limits.

[0] - https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/video-shows-n-mexico-...