If I didn't have a good opinion about the US system before, it's getting worse as we speak.
Then we're talking past each other. That isn't what the Supreme Court decisions were about at all.
And I doubt OP was speaking about those times when the country is entirely on fire or the police department has been nuked. Rather, I think the point is that the police will do anything they reasonably can do to help.
Note the last two words (in parentheses). That's the point being made: There aren't enough police to guarantee everyone protection.