Exactly. Literally every other part of law enforcement is vilified, including all precincts other than the 99, federal law enforcement (mail police(?)), lawyers (defence lawyers definitely, I don’t remember if prosecutors were really present).
Honestly I don’t know if the show had a pro-cop agenda. If it did, it failed to deliver it, but I don’t think it even did. I think they just wanted to make a high-energy sitcom about cops, and they didn’t want to make the main cast unlikable.
Right, that’s one legitimate way to read it, but this take doesn’t work for any of the others I’ve mentioned. “Everyone is awful except the main cast” is consistent.
Also the one car thief that they always partner up with? What’s the deal with that?