Do you?
A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military and which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces.
I've been to countries with worse corruption problems in the law enforcement than we have here...does that mean I should just be satisfied with mediocrity because others have it worse?
Nice try, but the police are not a miltary force, para or otherwise. If you've been to other countries where there are paramilitary forces, like Mexico or Colombia for example, then you didn't understand what's going on there with/between para-military forces, and government forces, and local police.
The police are an armed security force that enforces the laws of the country, province, and municipalities. They are civil servants, not soldiers. Their jobs are not to fight for their countries or ideologies, but to protect and serve citizens.
You will not find Canadian Armed Forces personnel giving out traffic tickets nor an OPP officer fighting ISIS in the Arabian penisula. Nor will you find members of any police force conducting guerilla type warfare against its government or set up a separte autonomous state using force of arms within its own political boundaries.
The police are not a paramilitary organisation. They have guns, yes, but they are not soldiers. The military or paramilitary have soliders to fight and kill, not peace officers to protect and serve.