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The only logical answer is that cops are generally just sorta useless in the setting as it's currently depicted.
Instead of the Police being made up of Superheroes, it seems they all go into the rent a Supe-service SDN offers. But even then, considering that super-villains have their own bars, the local tech billionaire is (probably) corrupt, and terrorist groups can run about the city until SDN gets called in. What even is the point in trying to be a good and honest normie cop? As seen in Robert's flashback, your job simply boils down to waiting for SDN to actually solve the problem and you escort civvies and villains away once the job is done.
Perhaps the truth of the matter is that SDN has a stranglehold thanks to their practises, rounding up all the Supers on their pay-roll so that Cops can't get the backup they need, until someone pays the hero check.
But we'll never know