All over the country, in cities big and small, police departments are recruiting tiny fractions of what they used to be able to. Cleveland's graduating class from police academy this year was 9 piglets. In 2000, they had 87. Similar drops are happening all over the country. Cities may be refusing to defund, but their PDs are shrinking anyways because the vast majority of people have realized that cops are basically evil.
Tbh I don't think it's the vast majority that think this. Most normies are probably neutral about cops and buy into the "bad apple" shit. It's definintely a huge chunk of people though, enough to scare people away from the "job" because they don't want like half the country seeing you as the bad guy you are. Even a lot of the people that'd argue against ACAB are still pretty uncomfortable by default in the presence of a cop. People want to be liked and respected, the opposite has come true for police.
And you're in your 20's, looking for a future wife or husband? Your chances probably go down pretty drastically if you become a pig. I matched with a bi guy on tinder who tried to hide the fact that he was a cop in training at first, 10 years ago he'd probably have his first profile pic be in uniform.