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Yes, but they generally don't believe in problem cops. Unless the cop is literally caught doing rape or murder, they side with the cop in all cop/citizen interactions.
Even this is not really true. The right wing gives police grace in the face of criticism because they, imo rightly, don't believe their opponents are acting in good faith.
The discussion is not really about whether there're bad cops, anymore than the education debate is about there're bad teachers (where I'm sure a right-winger can accuse progressives of refusing to grant this when it comes time to defend teacher's unions)
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Which mirrors how the Democrats generally don't believe in problem criminals and side with the criminal in all criminal/citizen interactions (rape or murder can make either D or R reconsider, but is far from guaranteed to do so).
In fairness, polite society has basically zero crime [and zero desire to commit crime] to the point that the populace's demand for crime exceeds its supply (and this has been true for most of the last 60 years, though it did spike hard in the '80s; the State filled some of the power vacuum with a massive expansion in regulations, saw that nobody pushed back, and as such continually seeks new and exciting criminals per popular demand). Much like one's choice of beer, traditionalists prefer domestic perpetrators of crime where progressives prefer the imported stuff.
IIRC, if you actually look at beer preferences by brand, republicans drink better beer than democrats. I suspect that a big part of this is race effects.
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That's a big stretch to do both-sidesism. Not believing in problem criminals is a whole lot less understandable than not believing in bad cops.
The Left wants society to be punished for breaking their desired laws.
Criminals happen to be the perfect vehicle for this. Therefore we should expect the Left to treat criminals the same way [they will complain about how] the Right treats police, and is what we observe.
It doesn't actually matter what those desired laws are (or how obviously destructive, corrupt, and selfish that desire is). The fact they are desired is the only factor.
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