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Either the robbery is severe enough for the person who was robbed to assemble a little group to catch the robber or they just let it slide. If we know some info about the robber we could let any institutions in the surrounding area know that this person is to be exiled or at least that his missteps be brought up before he is again considered to be part of polite society.
Local neighbourhood watch /militias could also exist and take over some of the polices current work especially when it comes to groups of potentially violent perpetrators.
None of this is going to be particularly effective but it's not like currently a robbery, or most other crimes are likely to be effectively prosecuted either so I don't see the big issue.
There are more watertight arguments made by anarchists, syndicalists and the like that you could read and agree or disagree with. But at the end of the day there is little ability for either of us to demonstrate, to me that the police can be fixed with any proposed method, and to you that society without police would work/ be more fair. So ultimately we are not gonna get much further here.
Vigilantism isn't the answer ... to anything. It's a romantic idea best consumed in pulp form.
All you have to do is look at how Reddit responded to the guy they thought was the Boston Marathon bomber to know that your idea isn't going to work.
Crowd sourcing law enforcement is a horrible idea.
I'll be honest, what you are describing sounds like a return to vigilante justice, which does not sound enticing to me. It sounds like the prelude to Gang/Militia warfare. Organised Crime would thrive in such an environment.
I'm not intelligent enough to propose solutions for fixing a police force which is highly corrupt. But I feel confident enough to say there are absolutely examples of countries with a functioning/not corrupt police force.
Germany is a very good example of what a good police force can look like. Sure there is always some that have a power trip and abuse their power, but that's something you'll have in any system, a system of vigilante neighborhood/militias included (if not more so). Police in Germany are generally well trained and a boon to society.
Not sure what country you are referring to, but I'll stick with Germany as an example of a functioning police force. In Germany 58% of crimes are solved
And the missing 42% aren't because of police corruption, but due to missing evidence etc.
So I don't believe Police as a concept is outdated, since we need a way to enforce the laws that we as citizens agree on, but rather that the countries that have corruption problems need radical reform.