If you relate funding to arrests, more arrests will be made.

Perhaps shifting funding to relate to guilty verdicts could help?

At least then there is an objective 3rd party that has to agree with the charge.

Of course… the judges and the cops are paid by the same entity. And the judges and the cops know each other through their work.

The prosecution and the judges and the law enforcement and probation officers and law enforcement who protect the judge and the prison system and the jail system are in quite a cozy and self perpetuating cycle. Prosecutors in USA get such high conviction rates cause they ladder charges to encourage defendants to take plea deals, everyone in system profits. It’s so profitable most large local law enforcement agencies in USA have marketing departments.

> Perhaps shifting funding to relate to guilty verdicts could help?

More quilty verdicts would be made. Regardless of guilt