Anecdotally, we're selecting the wrong people in society to be police officers. I have seen three people from my high school who bullied me or others relentlessly (homophobia, racism, etc.) who are now in the police profession. It horrifies me.
At least in English, this kind of performative misunderstanding of the term "democracy" as if it's pedantically incorrect in the situation is itself incorrect. It does not make you look smarter. It makes it look like you've had zero exposure whatsoever to the fields of political science or political philosophy, where "democracy" is universally used as an umbrella term unless greater precision is required.