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go figure why I went to the USA at the age of 40, realised it wasn't like the advertising...very aggressive with everything, no employment rights, 2 weeks rather than 6 weeks vacation and don;t mention the police to me...whenever I asked about it I was told "If you don;t like it then f off back home"...so ...I came home,,never looked back
Same here in Austria. Even most car chases get reported on national news, since they happen relatively infrequently. I have big respect for people working in emergency services (police, fire, ambulance, etc). Those are the people running *towards* the dangerous situations to save lives and protect the public.
If UK police show up with a gun, it's national news. They don't even have to fire one. I honestly don't remember the last time one was fired. EDIT: The most recent incident where armed police in the UK discharged their weapons occurred on April 1, 2025, at Milton Keynes railway station. David Joyce, a 38-year-old man, was shot and killed by a Thames Valley Police officer after he advanced towards officers wielding a 12cm steak knife. Investigations revealed that Joyce had made a hoax 999 call reporting an armed man at the station, a call traced back to his own mobile phone. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is currently investigating the incident, and all involved officers are being treated as witnesses. Prior to this, on December 24, 2024, a 39-year-old man was fatally shot by West Mercia Police in Redditch. Officers had been engaged in several hours of negotiation with the man, who was armed with a knife, before he was shot at approximately 7:40 PM. The IOPC is also investigating this incident. According to Home Office statistics, in the year ending March 31, 2024, there were two incidents in England and Wales where police firearms were intentionally discharged at individuals. This represents a significant decrease from the ten incidents reported in the previous year. These figures underscore the rarity of such occurrences, considering there were over 17,500 firearms operations conducted during that period. Pretty mad to think that only 2 bullets were discharged from 17,500 armed callouts!! Per Capita Rate (UK): With a population of about 67 million, this results in roughly 0.03 firearm discharges per million people per year. Per Capita Rate: Given the US population of approximately 330 million, this translates to about 3.03 firearm discharges per million people per year Yup, 100x more Police Officer bullets flying in the US than UK per capita
In Norway, it takes three years of bachelor's degree education to become a police officer and five years of master's degree education to become a police investigator.
@abstuli and then they say - Oh, no, arresting this criminal is contrary to my inner feeling, I will not do it, let's feel sorry for him and let him go.
I got fined for speeding in Poland. Female officer in charge did not treat me like a perpetrator, she lectured me on my responsibility as a driver towards pedestrians and other road users I've put in danger with my behaviour. I felt like naughty child being scolded by teacher - and just as ashamed. I apologized, and she responded: "Do not apologize to me. Think about how would you apologize to parents of a child you could have hit." Oooffff. That's how you "police" the public.
From what I have seen during my life, hardly anyone in Poland shoots at police officers to greet them. I don't know why people overlook a rather important detail about the US, pretty much anyone can carry a gun. The age-standardized death rate from firearms per 100,000 people in Poland is 0.25 in the US is 13.50.
This is why us Europeans always find it so hilarious that Americans think they live in a free country while really they live in a country more akin to North Korea and Russia
I had a very interesting talk with a young guy from USA years ago in my island, about Vietnam and iran (and the whole Middle East, actually). He didn't know what his country actually did there :V
And this is why us Americans laugh at you Europeans who think you're living in a free society, yet you voluntarily allow your governments to take away all your rights. Once your rights are taken away you don't get them back, they just keep taking more and more. Isn't it European countries now trying to censor speech and arresting people for saying things on the internet? That doesn't sound free to me. Look at what happened in the Central American countries when they imposed strict weapons laws, the gangs, cartels, and corrupt politicians took over and the people had no way to defend themselves. Look at England, they keep making stricter and stricter laws against knives. You can't carry one in public unless you have a "good reason", it can't be longer than 3 inches. How's that working out, are the bad guys paying attention to those laws? Criminals don't care about laws, all they do is prevent good honest people from defending themselves and their families.
I am a Spanish policeman. What I can tell you is this: only those policemembers who accept to use taser weapon against themselves at least once are authorized to use it against dangerous armed people. This policy is intended for policemembers to know the real level of pain they cause in the few times they use it
If I'm not completely mistaken, it's the same here in Finland, even for the guards who carry them, though many of them opt to using OC gas as it is a lot less violent choice.
@SuperSecret-j6k that can depend, If a person has breathing issues then the gas could be more lethal than the taser. but if you get someone with heart problems would be the opposite
Even Guardia Civil are Nice in Spain.. well last time I was there is 30 years ago. Things change. But as a drunk youth back then.. Was no problem really, as long as as I did what they said. My best friend has a Spanish dad.. Trust me.. they are not the most patient people.. But they are fair.. :)
I'm a German: My son had for two years an american person of colour as english teacher. One time he was asked if he would like it to be in Germany. He told the following story: 'One evening I took a ride on my bike. A police car overtook me, flashed and pulled over to the side of the road. After the car had stopped a police officer got out of the car and went to me. And I just thought 'Oh, wonderful, now I'm going to be completely bullied. Hope I will not lie with the face on the ground and a knee on my neck'. The officer came and said to me: 'Sir, it's late in the evening and soon it will be dark. For your safety and the safety of the other road users: Please turn your light on. Thank You and good bye Sir!' So: What do you think how I feel in Germany?'
@hape3862 Oh i think i've seen that dudes video as well. He's former military personel who decided to stay in germany if i'm not mistaken. It's been years since that video came out.
My experience with officers in Spain as an spanish guy is that perhaps you can find them too cocky not so respectful ans polite as I think they should be, but for sure, you'll have plenty of chances of not getting fisical if you follow instructions. It is rare that you encounter a too angry officer there and more rare that is one gets fisical against you. In any case, if the officer gets fisical against you, there must be a good reason otherwise he'll have to face accountability and believe me, there you can get an officer easily removed the badge for ever and also get them in jail if they're go too far too violently. If there's a death in hands of officers or during being under police custody, it will be investigated independently and they're gonna face charges for sure, there're will be a trial and they will loose their badges for ever and spend some years in prison. There's no such a thing as qualified inmunity. Another shocking think. If a officer pulls out their pistol they have, always, to undertake paperwork in order to demonstrate that there were no other available option. There, in Spain, you will no see images suitable to a Far Wild West movie.
This is 100% true. On Wednesday, I was walking home from my doctors appointment at around 10 and I was feeling extremely dizzy, nauseous, and dehydrated (I found out later that day that I have a stomach ulcer). I was a block away from my house here in Germany (I’m an American), and I had to stop walking to catch my breath and stop the world from spinning. I didn’t realize there was a cop next to me until I looked up. The compassion and empathy these two officers had shocked the hell out of me because I have never seen an officer be on the same level as me and treat me like a person. Of course they did the routine of asking me my name and where I’m from. But they never left me alone and made me feel safe, even though I was in a lot of pain and severely dehydrated. American police (at least from my experience living in NYC and California) have this god like complex where they make you deal scared, intimidated, and cautious about asking for help in non-violent situations. I broke down and cried after I came home from the hospital that evening because it was the first time I’ve ever experienced kindness from law enforcement.
Sadly in the USA a cop would likely insist on giving you a field sobriety test and if you refuse or failed he would arrest you and take you to jail. Where you’d spend the night or weekend until you could see a judge. You basically have to be vomiting blood or have a seizure in front of them for them to take you to a doctor.
You lived in the 2 of the worst states where the police are treated like trash and they don't even allow the police to do there job. Police act the way they do because every person has the potential to kill you.
One of the reasons I'll never visit the USA is the behaviour of the American police. I would panic whenever confronted with this macho business ! Like the Germans we - overhere in The Netherlands - have "normal" people as police officers who behave normal and for all ... don't need guns to stay in charge ...
I have worked as a tv journalist for 15 years with German television. I constantly had to deal with the police, for interviews, information, permissions, and so on. They are the most compassionate, upright, and trustworthy people I have encountered - and you meet a lot of people as a journalist. Many have choosen this profession out of a desire to help and protect others. Years later, when I worked as a tutoring teacher, one of my students, a bright pretty girl, wanted to join the police after graduation. I did my best to dissuade her from doing so, because it's a tough and dangerous profession, and many well-meaning individuals end up burned out and disillusioned. I didn't succeed, and she went through a series of very rigorous tests, where not many prevail, and was accepted into their training program. I just hope she survives.
I spent a year living in the USA a few years back. One evening, after dark, I was visiting some friends who had a shop in a small mall. I had parked with their persmission in the business car park at the back of the shops. They'd left the back door of their shop open and I got out of my car and walked past a police cruiser that was stopped there, on my way to the door. The police officers jumped out of their car as I walked past, and screamed at me to stop, turn around, put my hands where they could see them, and one shone his flashlight in my face, so I couldn't see them. They continued, very aggressively, to shout questions at me. "Where did you come from?" "What do you think you're doing here?" Eventually they let me go, telling me never to walk past a police car in the dark again. Or what? I thought. It's only later that it occurred to me that I probably had at least one weapon pointed at me, judging by what I've seen of USA police on videos since, when they're using that tone of voice. Many of those videos ended with tazering or shooting. Injury or death. WTF America?
Lmaoo as someone from Spain, the "or what?" I would have thought the same. We sassy the police sometimes if they are being rude. Is completely normal to answer them with the same tone if they are not polite. Imagine not being able to walk pass a f car?? truly, wtf
why do they park where people may walk past them in the dark? IF they parked under a light at least you could avoid them..... Did they yell and scream like on the movies? Only in America........ Overseas the Police don't normally yell and scream
I dunno why they said that but also to be fair it was night and you were walking behind a mall, potentially suspicious situation and you could've been armed. Hence the "wtf are you doing dude"
@danawrites5960idk why tf they said that if they even did but you cannot lie walking behind a mall at night when its dark has suspicious potential which is why he was stopped
A current example of the lack of openness in US policing: the arrest of Luigi Mangione - He was detained and all of his belonging were spread out in front of the camera, no weapon found - Police turn off their camera for 11 minutes - Suddenly there's a gun found inside the bag. Not while the cameras were turned off, but after they're turned back on again. Doesn't matter if he's actually guilty or not, there's no way this doesn't smell like planted evidence to any reasonable jury
fatally flawed evidence and should be disputed by his legal team. IT will not be admitted as evidence, so Police will have to prove their case another way.
Australian here. I too 20:10 the naivety to ask an American cop for directions in Seattle. I am white, and elderly. I thought he was going to kill me, he was so outraged! Fortunately his female partner intervened. That was 2008. We had been in the USA for 8 weeks, road tripping around the Pacific northwest. It was the second in what was going to be a series of 8 week trips. In 2004 we drove NY and Vermont, as well as Quebec and Ontario. We intended to see the 4 corners states in 2012. We have NEVER been back, and never will be. Americans have no understanding of true freedoms!
I have similar experiences in the US. Not in Canada. However, I once asked a French cop for directions (as Dutch tourist) and it wasn't appreciated to say the least (I speak French well).
@Nettlebed7 On the other hand back in 1984 my now wife and I were driving through France and had to change the windscreen wipers at a petrol station. I wasn't familiar with the French type but two motorbike policemen saw my problem, came over and changed the wipers for us. Very kind and polite young men - we were impressed and still talk about it now and again, 40 years later. By the way, I am English and my wife German and we were driving in a German car.
@Nettlebed7French cops are a different breed. They too are pretty assertive and aggressive, and literally get away with murder. When I was living in Paris, I befriended an Interpol special ops officer from Germany, who was on a rotation schedule through different European countries. He had worked with Scotland Yard, the Hungarian police etc. He said the French police are the worst when it comes to human rights abuse. The other day, he was on night patrol with two French cops, and one of them drew a gun and shot a teenager in the leg, completely unprovoked. It was then all covered up. The German officer was pretty shocked.
There was a event years back when 4 newly from the academy swedish police officers went on a vacation in New York. As they were taking the subway, a fight broke out and they intervened. They subdued the aggressor and spoke calmly to the victim. Of course the aggressor scread "cant breathe" at the start and struggled to get free (remember, thses guys were tourists so they just had to pin him to floor and couldnt cuff him) but they spoke calmly to him, even asked to see if he was injured and soon he stopped resisting they let up on the pressure so he could lie more comfortably. I dont think I have seen a single comment on that footage that is negative to those police, but all praise them for treating even the aggressor with respect as well as caring for the victim.
To my Swedish eyes, they used a bit more force than I felt comfortable seeing. To US eyes, they did everything perfectly. By the by, they were on their way to watch Les Misérables on Broadway.
I have a good example here. There's a Danish documentry about a guy who failed to become a policeman in Denmark, several reasons and one of them imo makes it very clear, that he is not too bright. Well, he failed in Denmark, but went to US and got straight in to the police acadamy.
@bugwild1544 You have no idea how bad it is in the US, no clue wse.You're not getting stopped and shot for a tail light in Europe, you are not getting jailed for jaywalking, and on and on and on it goes. You have NO idea. These are daily occurrences across the US, again, you have no idea wse. " WhAT aBOuT" this one thing you can cherry pick, i can provide you with thousands and thousands of recordings of US police misconducts from the last two years alone. False arrest, excess use of force, fatal negligence, shooting of innocent, traffick killings, theft and things much worse i can't write here without yt deleting it, and the list just goes on and on.
@bugwild1544 You're not getting stopped and shot for a tail light in Europe, you are not getting jailed for jaywalking, and on and on and on it goes. You have NO idea. These are daily occurrences across the US, again, you have no idea wse. " WhAT aBOuT" this one thing you can cherry pick, i can provide you with thousands and thousands of recordings of US police misconducts from the last two years alone. False arrest, excess use of force, murder, killing of innocents, traffick killings, theft, blueline gangs and the list just goes on and on.
@bugwild1544 You're not getting stopped and shot for a tail light in Europe, you are not getting jailed for jaywalking, and on and on and on it goes. You have NO idea. These are daily occurrences across the US, again, you have no idea wse. " WhAT aBOuT" this one thing you can cherry pick, i can provide you with thousands and thousands of recordings of US police misconducts from the last two years alone. False arrest, excess use of force, fatal negligence, killing of innocents, traffick killings, theft, blueline gangs and the list just goes on and on.
11:27 I live in Sweden. And the police do really care about u. One day I was so stressed. And when I went to a grocery store, one of the workers thought I looked suspicious. So they called the police. But the police asked me, as the first question; how are you? are you okay? do you need help? I'm like; nooo. I'm ok....But they looked at me and said; You look stressed. can we help you with something? Seconds later one started crying. They helped me and calmed me down. They drove me home after they realized I wasn't too "down". I was just having a bad day.
In Spain, I went out as a teen, not to a party or anything just to walk cause I was an angry emo teen. No phone, no wallet, no house keys and visibly underage. A police car stopped near me and asked me a few questions since it was already 3am, and they told me to get inside so they could take me home. They were worried af, looking around and everything and I didn't understood why. They left me at home and waited until I was inside and some more, probably in case I went out again. I saw on the news a f rapist was in the area that night, and he was arrested NEAR WHERE I WAS. That's why they were looking everywhere, HE WAS FOLLOWING ME. They totally saved my life T__T I can't say police is perfect but since that day I feel super safe with them always.
Norwegian here. Police are not armed and it has always worked. Now the alt-right want them armed, scary asf. Sweden btw..out of control these days with gangs....but police in Sweden are good cop's I think 🤔
I am Italian and I say that the elephant in the room is the amount of firearms around, in the USA and in Europe. In Europe, a madman, a drunkard, a drug addict will not have a firearm. In the USA, anybody can have a firearm, and we all saw videos of people who just shoot at the police and flee. That makes the work of an American policeman completely different from the work of a European policeman. In Europe, police know they have to use firearms only when dealing with bank robbers, mafia or other similar highly organized and highly violent organizations. In the USA, not only the number of persons killed by the Police is much higher than in Europe, but also the number of policemen killed by criminals is much higher, because literally anybody can have a pistol in the glove compartment. The morale of this story is that America should restrict much more the possession of firearms, and then police could behave like in Europe. But that's impossible due to deep cultural differences.
Go tell that to the family of the Carabiniere stabbed to death in Rome by an American boy, not a mafioso or a robber, two student tourists, who together with his accomplice, also a young American, who during the stabbing blocked the other Carabiniere and colleague of the murdered, disappeared after the murder, well the two (Policemen) Carabinieri who went out for the usual check round, did not have their service weapons with them, leaving these in the office, and for this he paid for this with his life leaving his wife and children. dear.
@uffa00001 visto che sei Italiano ... Ma l'Europa non è solo Germania e UK, i contesti sono completamente diversi, qui in Italia oltre all'immigrazione clandestina incontrollata, che ha peggiorato ovviamente lo stato di sicurezza, nonostante le autorità si sforzino di dirci che non ci sono problemi, abbiamo a che fare con delinquenti, spacciatori o rapinatori, oltre alle potenti organizzazioni criminali, mafia, nranghheta, camorra e mafia pugliese, si sono infiltrate anche mafie straniere, albanesi, rumene o zingare, cinesi nigeriane, magrebine, senegalesi, tutte collegate e organizzate sul territorio, che ovviamente non si limitano a creare stati di pericolo nelle zone o danni al patrimonio della comunità, operano su tutto il territorio con grande cautela, e cercando di essere sempre un passo avanti alle Forze dell'Ordine, e qui abbiamo tre Forze dell'Ordine, e non bastano mai perché una buona parte è lì per fare protezione ai protettori che ci governano, Polizia di Stato, Carabinieri e Guardia di Finanza.
Is pretty obvious. It makes me really sad because in USA apparently they have made a few surveys on the subject and most people do want more regulations on guns, is the goverment and the guns associations who block it.
@danawrites5960 On avoiding the easy circulation of weapons, I largely agree, but it is not the definitive solution for two fundamental reasons: if as happens here in Italy, those who want to access short firearms for sporting use, find enormous difficulties and regulations, even more so those who request a permit for a weapon for personal or professional defense purposes, then everything is amplified in the difficulties and rules, sometimes absurd, less difficulty is found for the request for long weapons for hunting, in any case in the three cases mentioned, everyone more or less finds difficulty in this practice, obviously only honest people who respect the rules, this obviously does not apply to those who now have little to lose, ILLEGAL subjects or CRIMINALS, for them finding an illegal weapon is like booking a hotel room, you just need to know the right Market. Having said that, what do we have? We have that the majority of citizens who cannot have simple access to equip themselves with a weapon, (RIGHT) but even if they wanted it or for obvious necessity, they give it up for various and obvious reasons, legislative difficulties or for fear of the consequences dictated by absurd judicial regulations, while instead those who have a free hand, not the honest citizen (AND DEFENSE) who intends to protect himself at home but above all protect his Family, therefore the freedom, obviously illegal, together with the fate of the unfortunate honest people, criminals have it, together with a gun, furthermore there is a second problem that is growing out of all proportion, today you no longer need a gun, a revolver or a rifle to kill someone like you with such superficiality and coldness, today people kill each other at home, or on the street, and almost daily, many Women and young people kill each other for stupid reasons, a knife in your hands is enough and not a military dagger created to offend like the one used by the two American assassins in Rome to kill the Carabiniere, but simple knives like those used in the kitchen.
As a former police officer in Edinburgh, Scotland (70s - 90s) I served a year as a cadet before completing 8 weeks at the police college. I then did a 2 year probationary period ending with a further 6 weeks at the college. The college training focused on understanding the law, gathering evidence, conflict management and communication skills. Throughout my probation I was partnered with an experienced officer and continually assessed. After about 5 years I volunteered for firearms training. Despite qualifying, I never once carried a gun in public. I was issued with a wooden baton that I often didn’t bother carrying, a notebook and a whistle. I hae never carried things like handcuffs, cable ties, CS gas or the like. Body armour and stab vests were simply unheard of. Yes, I met a few idiots in my time and made arrests, but my primary role was ‘crime prevention’ as a visible police presence. To be honest though, I was more a tourist information guide than a crimefighter. The US has a police ‘force’ tasked with enforcing the law on the public. By comparison, Europe and the UK provide a police ‘service’ tasked with assisting the public.
As some might know, Belgium has been on high alert for many years because of a terrorism issue a while back so there is increased police presence around airports, train stations and several other locations of interest (like the diamond district in the city I live in). I moved here 5 years ago from Romania (where we have several types of police: community police, police police, traffic police, gendarmerie - most of which don’t carry guns) and it was literally the first time in my life I saw a rifle in real life just as I got off the plane. It was incredibly terrifying and made me instantly uneasy. But they are there in case something were to happen, however, what they do all day is give directions and generally people use them like an information center. Very nice and polite people and super helpful. When I became a resident, one of the requirements is that a police officer from the neighborhood does a home visit to check that the address provided to immigration is correct and lived in and to introduce themselves. You basically just let them in, serve them a cup of coffee and they look around the home to make sure you have stuff there. The only complaint I got was that I didn’t have my name on the mailbox outside and that I should get my own mailbox (instead of the slit in the door that is shared with my landlords so that my mail is private. It felt like my dad giving me a lecture. Another encounter was when an officer rang the doorbell at 10pm and asked if my landlord was at home and to tell him he parked on the electric charging spot beyond the time limit and he needed to move his car once he got home and to let him know that he will not be getting a fine, just move the car as soon as he has the opportunity. I have also called the police for an injured pigeon that our chicken attacked and wasn’t dead and they gave me a number for a wildlife taxi service that would come collect him and take him to a sanctuary. They said if the service is busy, they would send an officer to do it, because I didn’t have a car and the sanctuary was 50km away. Even in Romania, the police are basically walking information centers and most are very nice people (although we have a corruption issue and they are undermanned and underfunded). Once at a celebration of the city my friends and me were sitting in a public park drinking beer in a circle (it had rained and everything was damp) and we were dumb kids and wanted to start a bonfire and hadn’t notice the police behind us. We just heard laughing and one say to the other - no leave them, I wanna see how long it take them to realize it’s not gonna burn - the park was in front of the town hall. 😂
@gregandlisareact And it is precisely these US police officers who would not pass 2-3 years education in Europe, they would either learn that it is not about them, but about the population, the community, or fail, and forced to leave. "We have a level of criminality the Europeans don't have" obviously implying murder, shootings etc. My answer to that is that right there is a reason to have better trained police, and not 15 week cowboys who spend the important time of that period, learning to shoot.
I'm 32 year old Polish woman. I was grocery shopping few days ago. I don't have a car, so I was coming back on foot with 5 heavy bags. 2 police men were on a patrol (on foot), going same way as me. They took all the groceries from me and carried it to my apartment. I know that a lot of cops are not great and are often a**holes but in my 32 years on this earth, I've met 3 bad cops.. and I was growing up in a bad part of the city. I feel safe when police is around.
I know someone who is partially deaf in one ear because of police, and I still feel safe around them. Not because Im not aware police brutality still exist in my country (Spain) but because I also know we have ways of limiting how much of a bully they want to be. Is not perfect at all, but no one should see the police forces as something to be afraid of and is the goverment work to ensure it. 30 weeks of training is ridiculous, no wonder they are seem so lost.
@carmenaranjita5321 It changed after Ukrain and Russia war happened. Ukrainians (not all but a huge % of them) are not so peaceful people. They are also ungrateful and entitled af. I was walking at night for my whole life and I was never bothered and that changed after a war. I was threatened, pushed and screamed at. Poland is not as save as it was before.
When my husband and I went to Venice, we arrived at 10am in the city and we were incredibly hungry. We sat on the steps of a church discussing where we might get a good lunch, not in a tourist trap. Four police officers walked by and I took the chance, being certain that they knew where to get really good food. They actually escorted us to a restaurant in a winding alleyway (a bit suspect at first) and showed us the loveliest restaurant. They introduced us to the owner, made sure he’d reserve a table for us for lunchtime and bought us Apérol Sprizz. Then they left. We dined like kings and paid including half a Liter of wine €26/p. We’ve been there every time we’ve visited over the years. We are European, but I was always very uncomfortable in the vicinity of the police, like a child that has done something wrong. This changed my relationship. Most of them really just try to do a good job and assist you in any way they can. The occasional bad apple who wants to play strongman exists everywhere.
One thing that must be said is that in the us literally every idiot involved in wathever could carry anything from a gun to an assault rifle. In Europe civilians with guns, let alone assault weapon, are extremely rare. (32 years in Italy, I personally know just one person who has a functioning gun)
I was once mistakenly accused of stealing in a Tesco in the UK. I'm a black male for context. The police came, talked to me, apologised for the mistake and drove me home. It's easy to scream ftp but in Europe we genuinely rely and trust in them. Seeing police presence is generally a good thing. The force here isn't perfect by any means but the basics are done right.
Really, I am white, Scottish and LIVE in Scotland.. in February of this year 2025 on my grandsons birthday, I was with my daughter and my 2 grandsons.. I had bought both boys toys from another shop.. we did a grocery shop in Asda, the boys had the toys on show all the way, from the security guards at the entrance, all through the shop.. when we were leaving, a woman ran up to us.. shouting "hey you, wait, wait", I didn't realise she meant us!! My daughter said "what", I turned around to see her and there were 3 other store workers with her.. she started to say something about receipts.. but stopped and said "it's ok, its ok", walking away.. obviously this commotion had gathered a crowd.. I called after her, asking what she said..she just blanked me.. to say I was livid was an understatement..I was shaking with anger.. my daughter was so embarrassed, she just wanted to go..I kept saying does she think we stole these toys?? And we are stupid enough to walk through the shop with the boys playing with them.. needles to say, next time we went in.. I wasn't taking any prisoners.. I told her exactly what had happened, she denied it, she stared down at a tv screen.. 🤯🤬 I asked to speak to her manager, this was when she looked up, I told the manager what happened and THEY apologised.. I said I wanted her to get better training in communication with customers as the way she was towards us was terrible.. I can assure ANYONE reading this, had we been black, immigrants or asylum seekers she would NEVER have said a word to us.. NEVER even if she had actually saw us shoplifting..
@Cat-xn6xk What a crock. Your naive assumption that you would have been treated preferentially if you were an ethnic minority or an immigrant says it all.
Respect is earned not freely given. To have respect is to set a good example that people would want to follow. You’ll lead by example. People in turn follow those that are inspiring. When a parent uses violence, they have already lost because instead of problem solving through communication they think hitting and hurting their child will automatically fix things. Fear isn’t respect.
In Finland, every shot fired with a police weapon is investigated. As recently as last week, two warning shots were fired on one occasion. The circumstances surrounding that are then investigated by another police district. Public trust in the police in Finland is around 80%.
In Germany we call the Police "Freund und Helfer" what translates into "Friend and Helper". You can approach them and talk with them. They don't act arrogant. They are friendly and helpful.
Actually, that specific marketing slogan has been out of use for a long time. While it is from the Weimarer Republic, it has been heavily used by Göbbels. So the police actually kinda distances itself from that particular saying. It survived in common speech, though.
Lets not pretend we don’t have problems in German police. May I remind you of the Nazi-Police-Chats. Foreigners often don’t get the ‚Friend and helper‘ treatment especially in Hamburg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt (the Death of Oury Jalloh was never fully investigated) and Thuringia. Police regularly get in trouble for using excessive amount of violence,(usually by Batons and other ‚minimally Deadly‘ weapons, rather than guns. Compared to the USA it’s Disneyland, but it’s not all sunshine and rainbows.
I am Dutch, and when I had my first epileptic seizure police came to help the ambulance people. I am a big guy, and it took 3 hours to get 1 handcuff on, I still have the scars. Not that I am that strong, its just how the body works during seizures. For me it was like I had a nightmare. But the police kept calm, patient. They asked my wife if I was on drgs, she said no, and they didn taser me. That could have killed me, a taser. In the US it would have gone very different maybe. Few weeks ago I went outside after a seizure, and police found me a kilometer from my house. They asked if they could bring me home, but I wanted to walk. One officer walked with me. I am thankfull. I got renewed respect for police. Its easy to judge, but its a horrible job.
Why on Earth would cops put handcuffs on a person having and epileptic seizure? Here in America, they'll put you in cuffs just to perform an "investigation" during which they won't ask any actual questions, rather, they'll make accusations against you hoping to rile you up so they can make an arrest.
@cliffthatcher4574The way I read the OP's message I assume he is talking about protective restraints and not police handcuffs ( I might be wrong, he was there, I wasn't! ). My thought s: An epileptic seizure can lead to violent uncontrolled movements that could hurt the patient and the people trying to help. Restraints might be helpful!
@alexandergutfeldt1144 Handcuffs, yes. I have a scar around my right wrist, and I have a double lined scar on my left hand, where they couldn't get it on.
@ Because the medics have to do the check-up, which isnt possible when someone is swinging his arms around. How would they restreign me, doctor ? tie-wraps, hug me, voodoo, drag my arms with 3 people ? You obviously don't know what seizures are.
And you have 0 rights.. they can arrest you because they want too... at least in the US if they do that we can sue. In EU you can't do anything. Covid showed the world of different. In the US no one could stop you from moving about in EU you went to jail if you left your home.
Last time i was stopped by the police (breathalyzer test, as they often do on Friday evening and on public holidays; i blew a zero), the police officer even apologized for holding me up. No, mate, no need to apologize, you are just doing your job, protecting the public from drunk drivers.
Yeah, can I get your consent, Mr. Criminal, to write you a ticket? No, get out of here. Thanks, mister, have a nice day, maybe next time it will work out.
@greenmushroom6891 That's an interesting cartoon setting you're dreaming up, right there. You know, you can be polite and assertive as well, with a little schooling and thought.
In Norway Police officer training is a three-year bachelor's degree, where the first and third year take place at the college and the second year is on-the-ground training in police districts.
You know what they say -'Heaven is where the police are British; the cooks are French; the mechanics are German; the lovers are Italians and they are all organised by the Swiss.' ...
Of course it's also said that ' hell is where the cooks are British; the mechanics are French; the lovers are Swiss; the police are german and it's all organised by the Italians.'
@RAYRAAMSALU La mejor gastronomía, la simpatía de la policía y de la sociedad, la amabilidad del clima, la diversión y la buena gente está en España siempre😊
its weird you gasp at the 2 to 3 years of training for Europe, but no gasp at how short american police training is ?? (just my opinion) and its not twice as long, american 30 weeks, thats not even a year...
it depends on the hours per day of training (Block courses), on the job supervision and further training, on the job assignments and tests passed @ 80% mark. Over 2 yrs after the 6 month live in block course. That's basic for my country. The pass mark of 80% is important, as our Government hates paying out for idiots mistakes and lawsuits. They don't want to employ idiots, so they have a high pass mark. IT is unforgiving. 2 attempts at an exam.... no go (if it is less than 80%)..... hand your gear in and leave. Weapons.... batons (long and short).... and full training with them. They are impressive when you know the moves. and firearms as required. Not carried or worn full time. But available if required.
Here's my story, from Finland. I was walking into the local market. At the front door there was an extremely drunk man, rambling and swearing. Three police were standing around him, rather calmly, occasionally saying something to the man. Their van was parked a few feet away, the rear door open. It was obvious the officers wanted him to get in, drunkie wasn't having it. I went shopping for about 15 minutes, I left the store just as three officers were helping the man climb into the rear of the van. At the time, I was very impressed with these officers . . . because I knew that in the Divided States, the interaction would have gone like this: "Get in the van, NOW." *Incoherent drunk babbling. "In the van, now now NOW! Show us your hands!" *Incoherent babbling, some audible curse words involving police. *Beat beat stomp beat tase beat STOMP, hogtie, toss into van, "rough ride" drunkie back to the shop, make sure to hit every pothole and corner hard . . ." Ooooops did we forget to belt drunkie in? Well, he shouldn't have RESISTED arrest!" People actually LIKE police here. They are not AFRAID of them. They will talk to them, ask them for directions or help. Approach a cop in DSA for ANY reason . . . hand goes to pew pew, "Back off! What do you WANT?" See the difference`?
German here. Not really a drinker. But there may be a time when I get drunk. I surely have no bigger problem with German police, just because of the fact that I´m drunk. For sure if I do sth. against the law .. I will have to take the response - drunk or not. I was checked by police a couple of times - never had any problmes, they all were professional and polite.
When we talk about the police profession, there is no bigger difference than between Finland and the USA. The Finnish police academy takes 4 years, and in the USA, if you are lucky, it takes 26 weeks. The Finnish police academy uses the Cops TV show as an example of how NOT to do police work. The US police department's IA (internal affairs) is filled with police union activists whose main function is to defend the officers and justify all actions that police do. The Gwinnett County police department near Atlanta is a good example of that kind of accountability.
Don't believe everything you see on TV. It is 100% community related. If you live in a city with dumb people everywhere your going to get those guys that are just burnt out dealing with overgrown children. In small town USA the local cops are decent hard working people that get along with most of the community. Tv only highlights what gets views not the everyday boring reality.
@tripnip1253; Yeah, your comment about believing everything you see on TV should be written as follows: "Don't believe everything or anything that comes from the police union". Every city or town has not-so-smart citizens and also not-so-smart police officers, as a police officer you do your work right and professional regardless if your "subject" is stypid or idiot or asshole. Your community comment is 100% bullshit, it is not community related. It is a police department management issue, and how much the chief of police allows the police union to sabotage accountability. Small rural area police departments are the worst, especially if they have a big highway as a revenue collection source. Pick any town or county near the Florida border in Georgia, and you know what policing for profit means. PS. USA police unions are the worst communist labor unions in North America, and my dad was one of these losers, whose primary position was police union rep and secondary position was working at the Internal Affairs unit.
A few years ago there was a survey in the police force in the U.K. to ask if officers wanted to carry guns. The vast majority did not want it. Their rationale is that carrying the gun itself was an additional responsibility. Moreover, they fear that by having a gun they would become reliant upon it, rather than trying to de-escalate a situation.
Yep...A 2017 Police Federation survey indicated a significant minority (34%) of officers in England and Wales supported routine arming, a majority (66%) were against it. That says a lot.
@gabrielesolletico6542 trust me Europe doesn't follow the UK in any regard. You have to remember it is no longer part of European Union . And even when it was, I can assure you it had zero leverage over the way other countries practiced and enforced their laws. That entire concept is wild.
@austrianobserver9300 some counties in the USA require less than eight hours…. Let that sink in… While many countries require several years and a bachelor’s degree in policing (usually including things like psychology and law).
@jennyh4025; The real problem of the USA police starts from the police academy. There is no selection from a psychological point of view. The majority of the candidates are " I wanted to be a police officer since I was 4 years old." In Europe, these candidates would be rejected from the police academy as high-risk candidates. Many police academy has more open seats than applicants, so they have lowered their standards a lot if we compare them to Europe. I'm so happy that I moved back to civilization from the USA a few years ago. I still have lots of friends there, but the idiot in the Oval Office has destroyed the USA and transformed it into a banana republic. To me USA is on the same line as Russia. Cannot be trusted and cannot purchase anything that is made in the USA as long as Trump is the "great leader". I'm a Ronald Reagan type "Republican" and I would change Trump any day with Liz Cheney. She is true hero.
I've only had one encounter with the Police in the UK that I remember. I was walking home from a college course in the dark and someone apparently noticed me walking slightly unevenly, so they thought I might be drunk and called the police. I got picked up by a cop car and taken directly home. An overall chill experience. That comment about how the US has "a criminal element that Europe doesn't", it got a couple of amusing comments about how Europe has the same criminal element but that we "don't give them badges and guns."
My brother and his friends got a night in the cells back in the 60 . They were touring North Yorkshire on bikes camping and couldn't find any where to stop , sadly they didn't get the breakfast
Besides limited training of police officers your main problem in the US is guns to civilians. In most European countries shooting incidents are very very rare, for the simple fact that 99,9% of civilians have no guns. The access to guns is a lot more regulated than in the US. It is a lot more safer when all rely on law enforcement to protect the society and no one is allowed to make his own justice.
Even the people I know that actually have guns or could have guns don't have them in their houses most of the times, meaning they obviously don't carry them around either. I would also be paranoid af if I couldn't know who around me has a death automatic machine :D
@danawrites5960 After getting used to be like that is hard for you to understand how peaceful it is knowing that no one is allowed to have them and no one does.
I think a big problem is that many police officers in the US are former soldiers- which are trained to kill and not ask questions, the exact opposite of what a police officer is supposed to do
All male cops in Finland have completed mandatory military service, just like all the male clients they meet. Most Finns have serious firearms, because of Russia. The difference is education. It takes three years to educate a Finnish police officer.
I don't think that's it - there are a fair amount of ex-forces - or indeed serving reservists - in the British police. They're still not a paramilitary.
Ironically, military veterans are trained way better on how to be an occupying force without pissing off the population more than absolutely necessary. I've seen a video of US police rolling in on an armoured vehicle with one of the cops casually pointing a gun into the crowd of protesters. Another cop intervened and pushed his barrel towards the sky. That other cop had served in Iraq.
@maireweber Right. De-escalation worked great on the local population in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria etc... So much so, that the local population often started "fireworks" to celebrate soldiers passing by ;) Considering all the money going into the US military and the lacking organization of the police in the US, I do believe that the soldiers get better training though...
I, born 1979 in Germany, grew up with the knowledge that "the police are your friend and helper." And I see this abroad as well, whether in Great Britain, Italy, Spain, France, or elsewhere.
In Austria I grew up also with the „friend and helper“ picture… most of police officers are really nice - even when you did something wrong e.g. driving too fast. Both sides are polite, you pay the fee for your fault and then you go. And all the time you can ask for help. On my henn night my girls and I went to a police station… don’t ask why. Maybe our friend Wodka guided us there that day 🙈🙈… we sang a song there („Skandal im Sperrbezirk“… I blush even thinking about that 😂), they laughed hardly and then we left them… so yes, the police is very nice here in Vienna.
But you also have to be careful in Spain. They can be very brutal and even beat up innocent people. They are much better trained in combat techniques than German police officers, and they act completely fearless. There, the police are viewed by the population not as friends and helpers, but as intimidators. This military, strict demeanor dates back to the Franco era. Of course, they always behave in a friendly manner toward tourists. Thats different. They also have special, militarized units. They don't mess around. I lived there for five years and saw a lot. Bin übrigens auch aus Deutschland
@inotoni6148 The guardia civil is not the police, they're completely different. As a Basque I can assure you If you haven't done anything bad they won't do anything to you. I have never been afraid of the police, ever. The first thing a child learns is to go to the police If they get lost or they have some kind of trouble and they have no problem giving you directions. I have had a police car escorting me part of the way while walking home at night because the policemen saw a creepy looking man following me and my friend. I have had a police car drive me to the closest village when they saw my bike broke in the middle of the road. I have had policemen enter the bar I was working at and wait on the door until I finished closing because there were three suspicious foreigners walking around the place. I'm not saying they're all perfect and nice, there're a**holes everywhere in every profession, but let's not demonize them unfairly because of politics. I have seen the basque police shoot rubber balls at rioters who were attacking the police, burning and breaking things? Yes. Was it deserved? Yes. Innocent people got hurt? Sometimes. Was it on purpose? No. I know not to willfully destroy either private or public property and I know not to join the people who do so. That's how I don't risk getting injured by the police. The police are not a monolith, there're many different kinds of police in Spain and each of them have great people and idiots working for them as any other job. I think as a Basque I know more about police intimidation than most what with the GAL and Guardia Civil and ETA and I have had my mother's car investigated by the police in Galicia because it had plates from Bilbao and a PP politician was going on holiday there. We're in the 21st century the GAL doesn't exist, ETA is no more and the police has changed completely. They won't go detaining you and torturing you on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist group because they heard you speaking basque anymore, even If we have the same leftists who promoted that in government.
Depends where and when. Here in the UK, i would say the police are much better than they used to be, and i have had nothing but good experiences with West Yorkshire police on the few occasions i have needed them, but as a teenager growing up in Liverpool in the 80's, the picture was far different. Saying that, we do still have police who arrest people for sh*tposting on the internet, so...
German here, and retired police officer from Berlin. Here the striking differences to the American system 1. Depending on the federal state, except the federal police, each state is responsible for the training 2. Police is a national matter (federal states) 3rd training period is 2.5 - 3 YEARS 3. Higher educational qualifications are already required for the application 4. much harder selection criteria 5. The use of the firearm is last but not the first alternative in Germany. The upgrade and the martial appearance of the police in the USA only appears to be security 7. As long as fundamental changes in the American system are not carried out, the spiral turns faster and faster, among other things.
I know I didn't live in Berlin while you served for the city but I feel like I should thank you for your selfless service. An honorable career choice...especially in Germany. ~Lisa
@gregandlisareact ; I'm not wondering why European citizens trust their police officers and USA citizens don't. It comes with longer training, much higher standards for officer candidates, and accountability. In the USA, if you have a valid driving licence and sugar is melting in your mouth, you produce warm shi....... You are good for the police profession.
Most departments in the U.S. require a college degree. Smaller rural departments maybe not. The federal and state minimum requirements does not keep departments from requiring higher standards. West German Polizei would put hands on you a lot quicker than american cops. Medium and up departments have in general have very good training for new officers. It is not just the academy. Its the academy and then training at the department, then you have a training officer that you mirror as he teaches you to do the job. That takes months then he evaluates you and then you have another training officer and after his training if you pass they can put you in your own car let you take calls and he or she will follow the rookie for security, advice and observation of how he does his the job. The training is thorough and on going. Mine was well over a year just for a patrolman. You want to do more then thats more training. Heck the Florida Highway Patrols academy is one year. Mine for Tampa Police Academy was 6 months. All this is from the 80's there is no way requirements have been lowered since then. Could have only gone higher.
@comhydro6391, you must be one of those "wannabe police officers since I was 4 years old." Medium and up departments don't have very good or even "good" training, if it lasts only a year. The academy and training department are filled with police union activists, and new officers learn very quickly how police work is done and how reports need to be written, regardless of what actually happened. Yes, German police would shake your hand much quicker than they shoot an unarmed citizen in the back, and your fellow officer testifying that he was reaching his waistband or any other typical way to cover up the murder you "heroes" do. Just to reference your "hard" training (6 months), if we compare it to Finnish police training, your whole training is less than just psychological training in the Finnish police academy. On main reason police training needs to take 3 years is to evaluate and remove police candidates who are not mentally fit for the police profession. Before you start your police union Bullshit, I live my childhood in house that was driven by FOP and FOP did everything to prevent my dad going in to prison.
Here in Denmark, if a police officer has used lethal force, it is national breaking news, and usually an investigation is also made into holding the officer accountable if it was misused. And when excessive force is misused in Denmark, it means losing their job, and potentially years in prison, depending on the severity
In the UK, police are now being used as political puppets, where you can be arrested for saying or writing something the government deems hateful. This is Starmer "1884" Britain.
There's a video of an American man being spoken to by British police (a crime has been committed and they want to speak with him), take a look for it, you will see the difference between US and UK policing, be warned, it might make you quite annoyed with one of the parties involved.
@MorgaineRiddlePrince Arrogant I would say, knowing British law better than someone with years of training and who's job it is to make sure the laws are not broken.
I was in US sometime ago and had parked by some shops. Another car was pulled over and the policemen came out, with guns shouting to driver to stay in car. Unfortunately it was a Japanese family and the father got out to apologise and bow to the police for his minor infraction. There was nearly an escalation but one policeman realised what was happening. All the spectators were holding their breaths.
I live in Spain. A couple months ago, I was stopped by two policemen in the subway. Apparently, someone at the metro station was showing people a police badge, probably trying to scam some tourists. They said there was a small detail about me that didn't match the suspect's description but they asked me if they could take a look inside my backpack to make sure. I said sure, and they did. Boy... I was so impressed by how polite and profesional they were. Super respectful. They even apologized 4-5 times for wasting my time while searching the bag! The nice police approach works.
Every police officer in Germany is a civil servant, meaning they represent the state. Therefore, all their actions are subject to the German Constitution, which states in Article 1(1) of the Basic Law, "Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authorities." and Article 1(3) of the Basic Law, "Basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary as directly applicable law."
And there will always be an investigation. So no "qualified immunity" for German and probably most European police forces. A German police officer will be held accountable for each shot fired with his weapon. In addition, German police are not trained "shoot to kill" but rather to injure an armed and threatening criminal. Shooting at someone fleeing a crime scene would never be considered appropriate use of force. BTW: There are 18 police forces in Germany, 2 federal ones (Bundespolizei and Bundeskriminalamt) and 16 state police forces with their own regulations. In the USA, however, there seem to be over 18,000 police forces 🙉 - make that make sense.
Keep in mind that in Europe, firearms are extremely uncommon. This is giving police much more leeway to go for deescalation. In 2024, German police fired 54 shots total. 54 bullets. Each single shot is investigated whether or not it was justified. In the US, this much ammo can be wasted on a single firefight.
mentar1048, Not correct. There are countries like Finland and the Baltic countries that have lots of guns for hunting and for the Russians. Police still can handle the situation without shooting unarmed citizens in the back. If you are a criminal and you want to hurt somebody, and you don't have access to firearms, you just pick the next powerful weapon. If the USA police had the same training as Finnish police officers and the same accountability program, about 85% of existing police officers would be fired, and a large number of police officers would be called "felons." after their sentences. Look what happened to Markku Aarnio, the chief of Helsinki's narcotics police. He got 20 -30 years in prison, and his face was on the front page for months. That is accountability
@austrianobserver9300: What's "not correct"? Even though there are places where firearms are more available compared to the default, in general I absolutely stand by what I wrote. Also, it's a difference whether to have rifles locked away at home compared to running around with handguns. Police in the Baltics and Finland don't have to worry about being shot at like they are in the US. That being said, both US (non-)training and habitus towards the population are flat-out deplorable. The easy availability of firearms does not excuse or even justify their behaviour.
@mentar1048, USA has 800.000 LEOs in active duty, and last year, about 30 police officers were killed (excluding traffic and non-crime fatalities), including friendly fire, and same time, USA police killed 1250 citizens, including 350 who they accidentally killed by mistake. The police profession is not top 50 most dangerous professions list. USA police are only 400 times more dangerous to their citizens than Finnish police. Look how U.S police uses its firearms and compare it to any European police. Wonder why there is less shooting between police and citizens. Let's get a case from the Kentucky and London police departments. About 8 months ago, the London police department did a raid on the wrong house because the local judge's lawnmower was stolen, and the end result was killed homeowner. Who should be more worried about being shot, citizens or police? How many wrong house raids have Finnish police conducted, and how many homeowners were accidentally killed? The answer is zero.
Finland has 2nd most guns per capita and rarely have shootouts. So having a alot of guns is no excuse for gun violence. Deescalation is a cultural thing. High education of the entire population is needed not just the police.
In Europe cops don't fear being shot during a traffic stop. Last time a cop was shot in action in Denmark was 2016. So maybe the amount of guns is a big part of the problem in USA. I think the level of stress hardens them.
They basically train only physically so any higher education is not really necessary (apparently?) then they get out in the streets with a gun and access to anything they could wish from the military + the whole country also carry guns so a simple robbery can turn into a gun shot scene easily. No wonder they are all so hysterical in the videos we see online.
I think that a major missed point here is that the American civil society is militarised - you have civilians playing dress up like special forces, wearing body armour, carrying AR15's and acting tough. You have guns all over the place and any nutcase can get one. No wonder your Police shoot first and investigate after - it's a self-inflicted situation that you show no inclination to solve or control. School shootings? Meh, no biggy. Most of Europe makes it very hard to own a gun, show any inclination to bad temper, booze, aggression, domestic violence etc and you are never going to get a permit. Our Police know that the chances of coming up against a nutcase with a gun is almost nil in a whole career, they can approach within reason and open with "Hello mate, are you ok? Would you like to tell me what's going on?", this usually ends up with a non-violent outcome. It's a culture thing Americans think that anyone that doesn't have a gun is a "pussy", Europeans believe that only frightened people need guns. The day we need guns, our Government will dish them out in large numbers and we'll use them for something worthwhile. (I served 23yrs by the way, carrying a gun most of the time and I have no desire to own one.)
I just talked to a norwegian cop a week ago that came to my house because of a fire incident - she was so nice, warm and calmed me down when i began to cry (the whole thing was so shocking to me, so i became very emotional). She just made my feel very trusting in telling her everything that happened that led to the incident, and did NOT treat me like i did something wrong👌🏾
se il danneggiamento è solo nella tua proprietà, sei già stata punita abbastanza poi dipende dalle regole e dalle indagini, in genere può esserci una multa, ma è già andata bene che non hai perso l'agibilità della casa ^_*
I watched a video last year in on You Tube where American cop reacted to British police surrounding a guy waving a machete clearly having a mental ‘episode’, he couldn’t believe how they didn’t shoot him just used body shields to surround him and subdue him and he was taken away to get help not in a body bag!
Being mentally ill in usa apparently is like having a timer on your head. One day if you have an episode out of your house and police come you will probably die. Bonkers.
12:44 - Europe consist of not just states but totally different countries with unique languages, different laws and their own constitutions. How much more dynamic one can get than that?
In Spain we have a specific type of "police" body that also trains and study I think about 2 years or so. We have a running joke,since is not mandatory to have more than highschool level education to go there, that they are stupid. I mean is cruel and clasist af, but imagine if they only trained for 30 weeks. They wouldn't be allowed to carry guns at all lmao
@gabrielesolletico6542 In Canada how much training police get depends on what branch of the service they want to join and where they're joining. Standards can vary province to province depending on the needs of specific communities. For example a town with less than 1000 people may not need their officers to have a university degree but urban communites would.
In much of Europe they have a police 'service', there to aid the public. In the US, there is a police 'force', there to act as a particularly ill-disciplined occupying army.
for me the biggest contrast is that in the us prisons are private and a lot of people in the system making money in bringing people to jail. the more the better.
Hi, I’m in London uk. Just recently I watched a video (in America) a severely autistic young man was having a meltdown. He had a knife. The police arrived. The young man was behind a fence. His mother was trying to calm him. She was screaming at the police , telling them, he’s autistic.The police shot him several times. They made absolutely no effort to try and de escalate the situation. It broke my heart. That would never have happened here.
The one (and only) time I've ever been pulled over for speeding in the UK, the officer was incredibly non-intimidating. He asked me to get out of my car and come and sit with him in his police car, whilst he explained, very calmly like a disappointed father, exactly what I had done wrong and what would happen next (a fine and 3 points on my license back in those days). By the end of the talk I felt embarrassed and angry with myself, but never once did I feel belittled, humiliated or intimidated by the officer that had pulled me over. I can honestly say I've never had cause to be pulled over since that day.
I used to work as police staff and a large part of my job involved organising programmes for foreign police officers coming to Scotland to learn about how we did various things (and I got a week at the German police staff college to do the same). The first thing that new trainee Scottish officers learn is all about diversity and how to approach and speak to the public, before they ever learn about law and how to maintain it. The emphasis is very much on de-escalation of situations and building up a rapport with the public. The London Met is seen by other forces as often overly confrontational, but the viral video of a US man 'schooling' UK cops shows their patience and politeness in dealing with an absolute eejit making a fool of himself trying to use USA law against them. Several senior police officers from the USA have come to the UK and Scotland in particular to learn about de-escalation and there are a few videos out there about it. I was once talking to a colleague, a senior police officer who had just come back from giving talks in the USA on various aspects of policing what is thoughts were on USA police officers. His exact words were "racist, undertrained and trigger-happy". Incidentally, he said that the easiest time he ever had with USA Immigration was when he put Quantico as his address in the country where he was giving a lecture on counter-terrorism!
I’m from Scotland and I have epilepsy, once I was about to miss my neurology outpatient appointment so I flagged down a police car explained the situation and asked if they could take me and they did with no issue at all. I also got into a fight in my early with two guys after coming out of a night club, I won and the guys had some injuries, the police did ‘arrest’ me but all they in reality did was lock me up in a holding cell for 10 mins to have a think to myself and let me leave. I’ve also seen police being screamed and swore at and the police just calmly de-escalated the situation and both parties ultimately calmed down and went on their way.
I live in France and I go to demonstrations. It's complicated for the police because they're dealing with a population accustomed to protesting. On the other hand, if a civilian is injured or killed, it's a disaster for the police. It's the people who make the laws, not politicians or the police. A big difference. Checks are carried out randomly and with the respect due to those who pay them. This doesn't prevent the police from respecting the law because it's mutual.
The Netherlands is a bit different in terms of policing demonstrations. Regular police tend to be helpful and even-keeled. You can see that a lot of them deeply believe in their role in community protection. But the riot police that manage demonstrations are cut from a different cloth. Many of them get very wound up quite quickly and will swing at people with their batons with any perceived provocation. Only a few weeks ago there was a young woman who was set apon by a police dog while she was laying on the ground. Took a fist-sized chunk of flesh out of her calf. Brutal.
In the UK (I can't speak for other countries in Europe) if a member of the Armed Response Unit draws a weapon is immediately put on probation until an in depth report has been conducted and confirmed that the officer was correct or otherwise incorrect to do so, if incorrect they have to leave the ARU and maybe the police altogether, it doesn't matter whether a shot was fired or not, if they are found to have acted properly they will have to go through prolonged retraining before being allowed back into the ARU.
Education is great, it's wise to never stop learning. But I'm sure as you know, the USA has some extremely violent people. Two days ago two PA state troopers were shot just a few miles away from my home in rural Pennsylvania, thankfully they survived. Today a police officer was killed in Georgia in a gunfight. Over the 4th of July, just the city of Chicago saw over 100 people shot and many killed. Your 3 years of education mean nothing over here. I've seen videos of UK police at the protests over the summer, half of them weigh under 150lbs, and the other half are scrawny women under 130lbs. Their 8 months of de-escalation training and loud words vs a car with 4 guys that have dracos and no desire to spend the next 30 years in jail.
As an American in Europe, the lack of training on mental health issues is one of the biggest ones to me. Only just NOW are they starting to give very SHORT courses to police on how to deal with an Autistic person. But this is barely scratching the surface. Autism requires more than that really, and then there are other issues. Depression, Psychosis, Dementia! And I will also say American cops are trained to FEAR everyone, and expect us all to have guns and be ready to shoot on a whim, so can you imagine how an encounter with someone with mental health issues goes?
Die deutsche Polizei ist nicht perfekt aber ich bin froh das es sie gibt. Die haben einen der schwersten und undankbarsten Jobs. The German police aren't perfect, but I'm glad they exist. They have one of the hardest and most thankless jobs.
The only criminal element I can think of that is in the US, that like every lunatic, moron, and idiot is able to get a weapon. While in germany you need to have a good reason to be able to get legal a weapon. And the law got even more strict. While there were guns, which you didn't need a license for back then, you do need a license now to carry it with you.
Not everything is fabulous in France either. Generally, you have nothing to fear from the police, quite the opposite. But the more street violence increases, the more tension rises, and law enforcement officers are under increasing stress. This inevitably increases incidents and abuses. I wouldn't want to be a police officer in France...
Spain is the same. Sadly, hatred always come when the economy goes bad and people start to belive that certain demographics are always up to something so police are more aware of them and therefore they are more aware of the police and it always end up in violence eventually
Many years ago I went to a training at a Californian Company I was working with in Germany. Driving from LAX to Torrance I got lost. I saw a police car standing on a parking lot. A police officer was leaning at the car looking as he just jumped out of a Hollywood movie with his Ray Ban. I asked him "Sir, could you please tell me the way to Torrance". No answer. After a while I remembered that they are called Officers. So I asked "Officer, could you please tell me the way to Torrance". Then he at least answered my question. Poor guy!
I used to live in Utrecht (big centrally located city in the Netherlands) and there was a guy that had a mental breakdown and was speeding through narrow streets with his car where a lot of the bars are located. Whilst they did have to shatter his window when he got himself stuck, they did not use any excessive force to get him out of the car because they knew he wasn't in his right mind. He only had some minor cuts from the glass being shattered but that's it. He got psychological help and only a fine to help pay for the damage. No actual time, because he would not have done that if he was mentally well
22:22 Also the idea of this special kind of police immunity, the name of which I have forgotten, is completely alien to Europeans. Being immune for any damages caused while you were on duty is beyond absurd.
@gregandlisareact Heard of a family who had their entire house dismantled by police who wrongly believed an escapee was hiding inside. The house was uninhabitable afterwards but the family didn't get a penny because of qualified immunity.
The reason why European officers can be more restrained is because we do not have the liberal weapons laws in Europe. In the US, every person they stop, can potentially carry a gun.... This is not common in European countries.
No. You can also be restrained when there are more weapons. The Czech Republic has the almost similar gum law than the US. But their police are also more restrained. What benefits does it give an American police officer when he makes a citizen who is probably carrying a gun more angry and feel intimidated ? That would almost guarantee that the situation escalates ?!? Which is the whole point, because this will land more people in prison, where they are forced to work for free. Which is the whole goal.
@AGerm332 I happen to live in the Czech Republic. And there is a difference to US laws regarding guns. Mainly that they are mostly seen in a more utilitarian light. And so, while any random citizen is about equally likely to own a gun (which kinda surprised me when I learned it), they are still less likely to have one on them, and even less likely to use it against a police officer (especially for something as minor as a traffic stop). Here, every cop killed is national news.
If you find yourself stopped by a European Policeman, just take it easy, answer the questions. Don't be too submissive, just be friendly. Police here are not evaluated by numbers of arrests or fines. They are people too, they don't want to write reports, if it can be avoided. Never ever suggest a bribe, it is a certain way to the hotel with stiff curtains. I know it can be done in some East European countries, but in the west, never.
@Gert-DKhe probably means if you're we're arrested or if you we're in a traffic stop etc, because you're black He meant Race profiling, which seems a common thing in USA But as far i know, in most European countries (at least EU states) race profiling is a rare thing almost non existent
As an Australian tourist America is the only place I have been stopped by out walking and ID demanded. Was a bit tense as it was something I was not used to carrying. Needless to say I have never now nor will ever return.
Well, to be asked for an ID is a shock to you? Never come to Italy, then. Here every CITIZENS must have their ID with them all the times, and they can be detained at the police station for "clarify their position" if caught without our Identity Card (a document you don't even have). You were a tourist in the US, I suppose you were carrying your passport with you, weren't you? What was so absurd for the policeman to ask you for your ID?
I'm from Czech Republic and when police officer actually uses a firearm it is on main news of the day. In last year, only 2 people were shot by police officers and both cases were closely revised to confirm that it was actually necessary.
My first and only meeting with US police, I can tell about from first hand. 1971, I was 19 years old and between studies, I became a crew member on a big ocean liner, the New Amsterdam, from Rotterdam to New York. I still have the 'monsterboek' from the 'waterschout'. Off to New York! So we arrived at pier 40 late at night and my friends and I - all youngsters of the same age - decided to just walk into town. Yes, we were real rookies from hillbilly villages. It was a long way, passing warehouses, burnt down blocks, fences, miles of metal fences, but hey we had a few in the mess before, so the moral was high. And there was not a soul around on the street. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, three police cars stopped, a bunch of heavy guys, most of 'm big and black, stormed us, smashed everybody into the fence, handcuffing us before even asking a question. After they realized we were calling for mom in a strange language and checking our monster books, they let us go. But not without giving the advise never to walk the streets of New York harbour, singing gang songs, again.
That's so sad :( My first encounter with officers alone in Spain was as a teen, they took me home cause it was 3am and I was just walking around with no phone or wallet or keys cause I had a discussion with my mum. They put me in the car, called for another car while looking around nerviously and drove me home and waited until I got inside. I saw on the news that a rapist was in the area and he was arrested exactly where I was at the time I was there, so he was totally following me and they saved me. No one should fear the police, usa citizens deserve better.
Man... My country (the Netherlands) has a lot of education and such for police. Still they get politicized by extreme 'activists'. Thats why the Netherlands did a poll. 2000 people where ask if they find the police are racist or xenofobic. 90% said NO, 3% YES and 7% unsure. I think we are doing okay. To my knowledge the Brits a the only police in Europe without guns in their standard equipment.
That's interesting about the guns. I guess I thought most European countries had officers with no guns. Thank you for the comment. See you on the next video! ~Greg
Irish Garda Police have no Guns for general policing. This builds trust with the public and confident for the public to interact them. This is a soft, but extremely powerful force, giving the criminals the option not to carry gun themselves. An option they usually take.. Murder is not an option taken by pro criminals in Ireland. Very few shoots in Ireland.
In the UK no officers carry guns apart from specialist armed response units. Every town and city has a number of these units that can be called in for the most serious violent incidents. To be a member of the UK armed police response unit you must have served at least 7 years as an officer and had a years training. Everytime an armed police officer shoots a lethal round (whether hitting anyone or not) it is automatically referred to the independent police complaints commission and an officer may be sanctioned if they deem it unnecessary. There was a relatively recent incident with a serving met police officer Wayne Couzens (Who cover most of London's 612 square miles) where during covid a young lady was arrested for being out and about during a time of not being allowed out. He took her in his car and did some rather horrific stuff before killing her. Thankfully he was caught due to cctv and number plate recognition around london. He got a whole life term without possibility of parole. One of a handful of prisoners currently that will never be released. The Judge said this was in part because he was a serving police officer and had grossly abused his position.
Unarmed cops are useless! I would never bother to call a cop in the UK, what could they do? I like our Australian system. Cops are armed and civilians are NOT.
Compared to just about every other country, they are extremely heavy handed and bulling, unnecessarily brutal, over responsive in their numbers to a given situation, under qualified in deescalation skills.
I remember a case a while back in the netherlands, that an officer was held at gin point by a mental unstable individual on a rooftop. That was aiming with a laserpoint attachment. The police officer talked the individual of the roof. It didnt even ocur to the police officer to reach for his gun. Now that is impressive.
Als er in Amerika wapen door burger worden gebruikt, en dat is legaal...Dan zou je verwachten dat de politie een goede opleiding krijgen van tenminste 3 a 4 jaar om o.a met wapens te trainen en te leren omgaan met verwarde mensen.....
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go figure why I went to the USA at the age of 40, realised it wasn't like the advertising...very aggressive with everything, no employment rights, 2 weeks rather than 6 weeks vacation and don;t mention the police to me...whenever I asked about it I was told "If you don;t like it then f off back home"...so ...I came home,,never looked back
If the Dutch police used a gun it’s national news.
Same here in Denmark.
Same here in Austria. Even most car chases get reported on national news, since they happen relatively infrequently.
I have big respect for people working in emergency services (police, fire, ambulance, etc). Those are the people running *towards* the dangerous situations to save lives and protect the public.
A huge difference; the probability that police encounters an armed suspect is 1000x less in europe
If UK police show up with a gun, it's national news. They don't even have to fire one. I honestly don't remember the last time one was fired.
EDIT:
The most recent incident where armed police in the UK discharged their weapons occurred on April 1, 2025, at Milton Keynes railway station. David Joyce, a 38-year-old man, was shot and killed by a Thames Valley Police officer after he advanced towards officers wielding a 12cm steak knife. Investigations revealed that Joyce had made a hoax 999 call reporting an armed man at the station, a call traced back to his own mobile phone. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is currently investigating the incident, and all involved officers are being treated as witnesses.
Prior to this, on December 24, 2024, a 39-year-old man was fatally shot by West Mercia Police in Redditch. Officers had been engaged in several hours of negotiation with the man, who was armed with a knife, before he was shot at approximately 7:40 PM. The IOPC is also investigating this incident.
According to Home Office statistics, in the year ending March 31, 2024, there were two incidents in England and Wales where police firearms were intentionally discharged at individuals. This represents a significant decrease from the ten incidents reported in the previous year. These figures underscore the rarity of such occurrences, considering there were over 17,500 firearms operations conducted during that period.
Pretty mad to think that only 2 bullets were discharged from 17,500 armed callouts!!
Per Capita Rate (UK): With a population of about 67 million, this results in roughly 0.03 firearm discharges per million people per year.
Per Capita Rate: Given the US population of approximately 330 million, this translates to about 3.03 firearm discharges per million people per year
Yup, 100x more Police Officer bullets flying in the US than UK per capita
Ieder geval beter dat de Nederlandse politie hun verstand gebruiken dan die Amerikanen daar wordt je zonder pardon dood geschoten ...
6 months of ultra aggressive training then given a gun and qualified immunity. What could possibly go wrong? 🤦
US police only get 6 WEEKS of training. All other large countries you have to have a degree with years of training.
Well if you have seen the documentary series Police Academy 1-7, then you know 🤔
@verttikoo2052 They trained the fake police in the movie much more then a real Police Academy in the US 😅
In Norway, it takes three years of bachelor's degree education to become a police officer and five years of master's degree education to become a police investigator.
@abstuli and then they say - Oh, no, arresting this criminal is contrary to my inner feeling, I will not do it, let's feel sorry for him and let him go.
I got fined for speeding in Poland. Female officer in charge did not treat me like a perpetrator, she lectured me on my responsibility as a driver towards pedestrians and other road users I've put in danger with my behaviour. I felt like naughty child being scolded by teacher - and just as ashamed. I apologized, and she responded: "Do not apologize to me. Think about how would you apologize to parents of a child you could have hit."
Oooffff.
That's how you "police" the public.
Ouch! That would make me drive 10 under the speed limit for at least a couple months.
From what I have seen during my life, hardly anyone in Poland shoots at police officers to greet them. I don't know why people overlook a rather important detail about the US, pretty much anyone can carry a gun. The age-standardized death rate from firearms per 100,000 people in Poland is 0.25 in the US is 13.50.
@helloScuffed reason more you need to be prepared better...in europe you can barely be a nail tech in that short time...definetly not a law officer
Did you stop speeding?
@lolcakesbollar But, the thing is, I'm not from the US, I'm Polish.
This is why us Europeans always find it so hilarious that Americans think they live in a free country while really they live in a country more akin to North Korea and Russia
I had a very interesting talk with a young guy from USA years ago in my island, about Vietnam and iran (and the whole Middle East, actually). He didn't know what his country actually did there :V
And this is why us Americans laugh at you Europeans who think you're living in a free society, yet you voluntarily allow your governments to take away all your rights. Once your rights are taken away you don't get them back, they just keep taking more and more.
Isn't it European countries now trying to censor speech and arresting people for saying things on the internet? That doesn't sound free to me.
Look at what happened in the Central American countries when they imposed strict weapons laws, the gangs, cartels, and corrupt politicians took over and the people had no way to defend themselves. Look at England, they keep making stricter and stricter laws against knives. You can't carry one in public unless you have a "good reason", it can't be longer than 3 inches. How's that working out, are the bad guys paying attention to those laws? Criminals don't care about laws, all they do is prevent good honest people from defending themselves and their families.
In Russia police training lasts 12 months, it used to be 6 months, but when it switched from the Militsya to the Polytsia the training was expanded.
@danawrites5960 Iran? USA haven't been there since the Shah times, pal...
Says the person with the governments cancelling political parties and sending people to prison for disagreeing with them on twitter.
I am a Spanish policeman. What I can tell you is this: only those policemembers who accept to use taser weapon against themselves at least once are authorized to use it against dangerous armed people. This policy is intended for policemembers to know the real level of pain they cause in the few times they use it
Wow, really? I didn't know that…
If I'm not completely mistaken, it's the same here in Finland, even for the guards who carry them, though many of them opt to using OC gas as it is a lot less violent choice.
No respondo preguntas, caballero.
@SuperSecret-j6k that can depend, If a person has breathing issues then the gas could be more lethal than the taser. but if you get someone with heart problems would be the opposite
Even Guardia Civil are Nice in Spain.. well last time I was there is 30 years ago. Things change. But as a drunk youth back then.. Was no problem really, as long as
as I did what they said. My best friend has a Spanish dad.. Trust me.. they are not the most patient people.. But they are fair.. :)
I'm a German: My son had for two years an american person of colour as english teacher. One time he was asked if he would like it to be in Germany. He told the following story:
'One evening I took a ride on my bike. A police car overtook me, flashed and pulled over to the side of the road. After the car had stopped a police officer got out of the car and went to me. And I just thought 'Oh, wonderful, now I'm going to be completely bullied. Hope I will not lie with the face on the ground and a knee on my neck'. The officer came and said to me: 'Sir, it's late in the evening and soon it will be dark. For your safety and the safety of the other road users: Please turn your light on. Thank You and good bye Sir!'
So: What do you think how I feel in Germany?'
Thank you for sharing.
Bloody hell, an American cop with sense.
@listerofsmegv987pevinaek5No? A normal GERMAN cop
@hape3862 Oh i think i've seen that dudes video as well. He's former military personel who decided to stay in germany if i'm not mistaken. It's been years since that video came out.
My experience with officers in Spain as an spanish guy is that perhaps you can find them too cocky not so respectful ans polite as I think they should be, but for sure, you'll have plenty of chances of not getting fisical if you follow instructions. It is rare that you encounter a too angry officer there and more rare that is one gets fisical against you. In any case, if the officer gets fisical against you, there must be a good reason otherwise he'll have to face accountability and believe me, there you can get an officer easily removed the badge for ever and also get them in jail if they're go too far too violently. If there's a death in hands of officers or during being under police custody, it will be investigated independently and they're gonna face charges for sure, there're will be a trial and they will loose their badges for ever and spend some years in prison. There's no such a thing as qualified inmunity. Another shocking think. If a officer pulls out their pistol they have, always, to undertake paperwork in order to demonstrate that there were no other available option. There, in Spain, you will no see images suitable to a Far Wild West movie.
in europe you also don't have this "heroism" mindset at the police. you aren't john wayne because you carry a gun
That’s true that’s why us firefighters also die at a higher rate.
That's not heroism, that's more of a fascist mindset: "I am the one in power here, everyone has to obey me"
well, there are some, but they get shaken out fast...
to be fair in USA most police deal with adult children that make up their own laws and intentionally escalating basic situation
This is 100% true. On Wednesday, I was walking home from my doctors appointment at around 10 and I was feeling extremely dizzy, nauseous, and dehydrated (I found out later that day that I have a stomach ulcer). I was a block away from my house here in Germany (I’m an American), and I had to stop walking to catch my breath and stop the world from spinning. I didn’t realize there was a cop next to me until I looked up. The compassion and empathy these two officers had shocked the hell out of me because I have never seen an officer be on the same level as me and treat me like a person. Of course they did the routine of asking me my name and where I’m from. But they never left me alone and made me feel safe, even though I was in a lot of pain and severely dehydrated.
American police (at least from my experience living in NYC and California) have this god like complex where they make you deal scared, intimidated, and cautious about asking for help in non-violent situations. I broke down and cried after I came home from the hospital that evening because it was the first time I’ve ever experienced kindness from law enforcement.
Sadly in the USA a cop would likely insist on giving you a field sobriety test and if you refuse or failed he would arrest you and take you to jail. Where you’d spend the night or weekend until you could see a judge. You basically have to be vomiting blood or have a seizure in front of them for them to take you to a doctor.
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You lived in the 2 of the worst states where the police are treated like trash and they don't even allow the police to do there job. Police act the way they do because every person has the potential to kill you.
One of the reasons I'll never visit the USA is the behaviour of the American police. I would panic whenever confronted with this macho business ! Like the Germans we - overhere in The Netherlands - have "normal" people as police officers who behave normal and for all ... don't need guns to stay in charge ...
I have worked as a tv journalist for 15 years with German television.
I constantly had to deal with the police, for interviews, information, permissions, and so on.
They are the most compassionate, upright, and trustworthy people I have encountered - and you meet a lot of people as a journalist.
Many have choosen this profession out of a desire to help and protect others.
Years later, when I worked as a tutoring teacher, one of my students, a bright pretty girl, wanted to join the police after graduation.
I did my best to dissuade her from doing so, because it's a tough and dangerous profession, and many well-meaning individuals end up burned out and disillusioned.
I didn't succeed, and she went through a series of very rigorous tests, where not many prevail, and was accepted into their training program.
I just hope she survives.
I spent a year living in the USA a few years back. One evening, after dark, I was visiting some friends who had a shop in a small mall. I had parked with their persmission in the business car park at the back of the shops. They'd left the back door of their shop open and I got out of my car and walked past a police cruiser that was stopped there, on my way to the door.
The police officers jumped out of their car as I walked past, and screamed at me to stop, turn around, put my hands where they could see them, and one shone his flashlight in my face, so I couldn't see them. They continued, very aggressively, to shout questions at me. "Where did you come from?" "What do you think you're doing here?" Eventually they let me go, telling me never to walk past a police car in the dark again.
Or what? I thought.
It's only later that it occurred to me that I probably had at least one weapon pointed at me, judging by what I've seen of USA police on videos since, when they're using that tone of voice. Many of those videos ended with tazering or shooting. Injury or death. WTF America?
Lmaoo as someone from Spain, the "or what?" I would have thought the same. We sassy the police sometimes if they are being rude. Is completely normal to answer them with the same tone if they are not polite. Imagine not being able to walk pass a f car?? truly, wtf
why do they park where people may walk past them in the dark? IF they parked under a light at least you could avoid them.....
Did they yell and scream like on the movies? Only in America........
Overseas the Police don't normally yell and scream
American cops are really good at escalating a situation. It must be in their training.
I dunno why they said that but also to be fair it was night and you were walking behind a mall, potentially suspicious situation and you could've been armed. Hence the "wtf are you doing dude"
@danawrites5960idk why tf they said that if they even did but you cannot lie walking behind a mall at night when its dark has suspicious potential which is why he was stopped
A current example of the lack of openness in US policing: the arrest of Luigi Mangione
- He was detained and all of his belonging were spread out in front of the camera, no weapon found
- Police turn off their camera for 11 minutes
- Suddenly there's a gun found inside the bag. Not while the cameras were turned off, but after they're turned back on again.
Doesn't matter if he's actually guilty or not, there's no way this doesn't smell like planted evidence to any reasonable jury
fatally flawed evidence and should be disputed by his legal team. IT will not be admitted as evidence, so Police will have to prove their case another way.
Australian here. I too 20:10 the naivety to ask an American cop for directions in Seattle. I am white, and elderly. I thought he was going to kill me, he was so outraged! Fortunately his female partner intervened. That was 2008. We had been in the USA for 8 weeks, road tripping around the Pacific northwest. It was the second in what was going to be a series of 8 week trips. In 2004 we drove NY and Vermont, as well as Quebec and Ontario. We intended to see the 4 corners states in 2012. We have NEVER been back, and never will be. Americans have no understanding of true freedoms!
Yep, Gestapo Trained.
I have similar experiences in the US. Not in Canada. However, I once asked a French cop for directions (as Dutch tourist) and it wasn't appreciated to say the least (I speak French well).
@Nettlebed7You will always find _occasional_ bad eggs, wherever you are, unfortunately.
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On the other hand back in 1984 my now wife and I were driving through France and had to change the windscreen wipers at a petrol station. I wasn't familiar with the French type but two motorbike policemen saw my problem, came over and changed the wipers for us. Very kind and polite young men - we were impressed and still talk about it now and again, 40 years later.
By the way, I am English and my wife German and we were driving in a German car.
@Nettlebed7French cops are a different breed. They too are pretty assertive and aggressive, and literally get away with murder.
When I was living in Paris, I befriended an Interpol special ops officer from Germany, who was on a rotation schedule through different European countries.
He had worked with Scotland Yard, the Hungarian police etc.
He said the French police are the worst when it comes to human rights abuse.
The other day, he was on night patrol with two French cops, and one of them drew a gun and shot a teenager in the leg, completely unprovoked. It was then all covered up.
The German officer was pretty shocked.
There was a event years back when 4 newly from the academy swedish police officers went on a vacation in New York. As they were taking the subway, a fight broke out and they intervened. They subdued the aggressor and spoke calmly to the victim. Of course the aggressor scread "cant breathe" at the start and struggled to get free (remember, thses guys were tourists so they just had to pin him to floor and couldnt cuff him) but they spoke calmly to him, even asked to see if he was injured and soon he stopped resisting they let up on the pressure so he could lie more comfortably.
I dont think I have seen a single comment on that footage that is negative to those police, but all praise them for treating even the aggressor with respect as well as caring for the victim.
To my Swedish eyes, they used a bit more force than I felt comfortable seeing. To US eyes, they did everything perfectly.
By the by, they were on their way to watch Les Misérables on Broadway.
I have a good example here. There's a Danish documentry about a guy who failed to become a policeman in Denmark, several reasons and one of them imo makes it very clear, that he is not too bright. Well, he failed in Denmark, but went to US and got straight in to the police acadamy.
And I am not even surprised.
What about the 4 cops gitting away with killing a 18 year old guy police in Denmark get away with doing wrong all the time
@bugwild1544 You have no idea how bad it is in the US, no clue wse.You're not getting stopped and shot for a tail light in Europe, you are not getting jailed for jaywalking, and on and on and on it goes. You have NO idea.
These are daily occurrences across the US, again, you have no idea wse.
" WhAT aBOuT" this one thing you can cherry pick, i can provide you with thousands and thousands of recordings of US police misconducts from the last two years alone. False arrest, excess use of force, fatal negligence, shooting of innocent, traffick killings, theft and things much worse i can't write here without yt deleting it, and the list just goes on and on.
@bugwild1544 You're not getting stopped and shot for a tail light in Europe, you are not getting jailed for jaywalking, and on and on and on it goes. You have NO idea.
These are daily occurrences across the US, again, you have no idea wse.
" WhAT aBOuT" this one thing you can cherry pick, i can provide you with thousands and thousands of recordings of US police misconducts from the last two years alone. False arrest, excess use of force, murder, killing of innocents, traffick killings, theft, blueline gangs and the list just goes on and on.
@bugwild1544 You're not getting stopped and shot for a tail light in Europe, you are not getting jailed for jaywalking, and on and on and on it goes. You have NO idea.
These are daily occurrences across the US, again, you have no idea wse.
" WhAT aBOuT" this one thing you can cherry pick, i can provide you with thousands and thousands of recordings of US police misconducts from the last two years alone. False arrest, excess use of force, fatal negligence, killing of innocents, traffick killings, theft, blueline gangs and the list just goes on and on.
11:27 I live in Sweden. And the police do really care about u. One day I was so stressed. And when I went to a grocery store, one of the workers thought I looked suspicious. So they called the police. But the police asked me, as the first question; how are you? are you okay? do you need help? I'm like; nooo. I'm ok....But they looked at me and said; You look stressed. can we help you with something? Seconds later one started crying. They helped me and calmed me down. They drove me home after they realized I wasn't too "down". I was just having a bad day.
In Spain, I went out as a teen, not to a party or anything just to walk cause I was an angry emo teen. No phone, no wallet, no house keys and visibly underage. A police car stopped near me and asked me a few questions since it was already 3am, and they told me to get inside so they could take me home. They were worried af, looking around and everything and I didn't understood why. They left me at home and waited until I was inside and some more, probably in case I went out again. I saw on the news a f rapist was in the area that night, and he was arrested NEAR WHERE I WAS. That's why they were looking everywhere, HE WAS FOLLOWING ME. They totally saved my life T__T I can't say police is perfect but since that day I feel super safe with them always.
@danawrites5960 Scary! They did really saved u!
Norwegian here. Police are not armed and it has always worked. Now the alt-right want them armed, scary asf. Sweden btw..out of control these days with gangs....but police in Sweden are good cop's I think 🤔
I am Italian and I say that the elephant in the room is the amount of firearms around, in the USA and in Europe. In Europe, a madman, a drunkard, a drug addict will not have a firearm. In the USA, anybody can have a firearm, and we all saw videos of people who just shoot at the police and flee. That makes the work of an American policeman completely different from the work of a European policeman. In Europe, police know they have to use firearms only when dealing with bank robbers, mafia or other similar highly organized and highly violent organizations. In the USA, not only the number of persons killed by the Police is much higher than in Europe, but also the number of policemen killed by criminals is much higher, because literally anybody can have a pistol in the glove compartment.
The morale of this story is that America should restrict much more the possession of firearms, and then police could behave like in Europe. But that's impossible due to deep cultural differences.
Go tell that to the family of the Carabiniere stabbed to death in Rome by an American boy, not a mafioso or a robber, two student tourists, who together with his accomplice, also a young American, who during the stabbing blocked the other Carabiniere and colleague of the murdered, disappeared after the murder, well the two (Policemen) Carabinieri who went out for the usual check round, did not have their service weapons with them, leaving these in the office, and for this he paid for this with his life leaving his wife and children. dear.
@stevebardella_farm-nature7bis What's your point, in English?
@uffa00001 visto che sei Italiano ... Ma l'Europa non è solo Germania e UK, i contesti sono completamente diversi, qui in Italia oltre all'immigrazione clandestina incontrollata, che ha peggiorato ovviamente lo stato di sicurezza, nonostante le autorità si sforzino di dirci che non ci sono problemi, abbiamo a che fare con delinquenti, spacciatori o rapinatori, oltre alle potenti organizzazioni criminali, mafia, nranghheta, camorra e mafia pugliese, si sono infiltrate anche mafie straniere, albanesi, rumene o zingare, cinesi nigeriane, magrebine, senegalesi, tutte collegate e organizzate sul territorio, che ovviamente non si limitano a creare stati di pericolo nelle zone o danni al patrimonio della comunità, operano su tutto il territorio con grande cautela, e cercando di essere sempre un passo avanti alle Forze dell'Ordine, e qui abbiamo tre Forze dell'Ordine, e non bastano mai perché una buona parte è lì per fare protezione ai protettori che ci governano, Polizia di Stato, Carabinieri e Guardia di Finanza.
Is pretty obvious. It makes me really sad because in USA apparently they have made a few surveys on the subject and most people do want more regulations on guns, is the goverment and the guns associations who block it.
@danawrites5960 On avoiding the easy circulation of weapons, I largely agree, but it is not the definitive solution for two fundamental reasons: if as happens here in Italy, those who want to access short firearms for sporting use, find enormous difficulties and regulations, even more so those who request a permit for a weapon for personal or professional defense purposes, then everything is amplified in the difficulties and rules, sometimes absurd, less difficulty is found for the request for long weapons for hunting, in any case in the three cases mentioned, everyone more or less finds difficulty in this practice, obviously only honest people who respect the rules, this obviously does not apply to those who now have little to lose, ILLEGAL subjects or CRIMINALS, for them finding an illegal weapon is like booking a hotel room, you just need to know the right Market. Having said that, what do we have? We have that the majority of citizens who cannot have simple access to equip themselves with a weapon, (RIGHT) but even if they wanted it or for obvious necessity, they give it up for various and obvious reasons, legislative difficulties or for fear of the consequences dictated by absurd judicial regulations, while instead those who have a free hand, not the honest citizen (AND DEFENSE) who intends to protect himself at home but above all protect his Family, therefore the freedom, obviously illegal, together with the fate of the unfortunate honest people, criminals have it, together with a gun, furthermore there is a second problem that is growing out of all proportion, today you no longer need a gun, a revolver or a rifle to kill someone like you with such superficiality and coldness, today people kill each other at home, or on the street, and almost daily, many Women and young people kill each other for stupid reasons, a knife in your hands is enough and not a military dagger created to offend like the one used by the two American assassins in Rome to kill the Carabiniere, but simple knives like those used in the kitchen.
As a former police officer in Edinburgh, Scotland (70s - 90s) I served a year as a cadet before completing 8 weeks at the police college. I then did a 2 year probationary period ending with a further 6 weeks at the college. The college training focused on understanding the law, gathering evidence, conflict management and communication skills. Throughout my probation I was partnered with an experienced officer and continually assessed. After about 5 years I volunteered for firearms training. Despite qualifying, I never once carried a gun in public. I was issued with a wooden baton that I often didn’t bother carrying, a notebook and a whistle. I hae never carried things like handcuffs, cable ties, CS gas or the like. Body armour and stab vests were simply unheard of. Yes, I met a few idiots in my time and made arrests, but my primary role was ‘crime prevention’ as a visible police presence. To be honest though, I was more a tourist information guide than a crimefighter. The US has a police ‘force’ tasked with enforcing the law on the public. By comparison, Europe and the UK provide a police ‘service’ tasked with assisting the public.
Very well said. As a European, thank you!
Might be linked to your country being the mess it is and the rather recent human traffic scandal
@reedy_9619Stupid comment. What are you talking about here. What scandal are you referring to in Scotland?
@reedy_9619😮
As some might know, Belgium has been on high alert for many years because of a terrorism issue a while back so there is increased police presence around airports, train stations and several other locations of interest (like the diamond district in the city I live in).
I moved here 5 years ago from Romania (where we have several types of police: community police, police police, traffic police, gendarmerie - most of which don’t carry guns) and it was literally the first time in my life I saw a rifle in real life just as I got off the plane. It was incredibly terrifying and made me instantly uneasy.
But they are there in case something were to happen, however, what they do all day is give directions and generally people use them like an information center. Very nice and polite people and super helpful.
When I became a resident, one of the requirements is that a police officer from the neighborhood does a home visit to check that the address provided to immigration is correct and lived in and to introduce themselves. You basically just let them in, serve them a cup of coffee and they look around the home to make sure you have stuff there. The only complaint I got was that I didn’t have my name on the mailbox outside and that I should get my own mailbox (instead of the slit in the door that is shared with my landlords so that my mail is private. It felt like my dad giving me a lecture.
Another encounter was when an officer rang the doorbell at 10pm and asked if my landlord was at home and to tell him he parked on the electric charging spot beyond the time limit and he needed to move his car once he got home and to let him know that he will not be getting a fine, just move the car as soon as he has the opportunity.
I have also called the police for an injured pigeon that our chicken attacked and wasn’t dead and they gave me a number for a wildlife taxi service that would come collect him and take him to a sanctuary. They said if the service is busy, they would send an officer to do it, because I didn’t have a car and the sanctuary was 50km away.
Even in Romania, the police are basically walking information centers and most are very nice people (although we have a corruption issue and they are undermanned and underfunded).
Once at a celebration of the city my friends and me were sitting in a public park drinking beer in a circle (it had rained and everything was damp) and we were dumb kids and wanted to start a bonfire and hadn’t notice the police behind us. We just heard laughing and one say to the other - no leave them, I wanna see how long it take them to realize it’s not gonna burn - the park was in front of the town hall. 😂
American Police - "Respect my authority!" the rest of the world - "How can I help you, sir/mam."
Exactly...the law shouldn't be enforced...it should be maintained...big difference....
Some do have an authoritarian complex...Unfortunately :( ~Lisa
So true! Thank you for the comment. See you on the next video! ~Greg
@gregandlisareact And it is precisely these US police officers who would not pass 2-3 years education in Europe, they would either learn that it is not about them, but about the population, the community, or fail, and forced to leave.
"We have a level of criminality the Europeans don't have" obviously implying murder, shootings etc. My answer to that is that right there is a reason to have better trained police, and not 15 week cowboys who spend the important time of that period, learning to shoot.
Great video. Greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
I'm 32 year old Polish woman. I was grocery shopping few days ago. I don't have a car, so I was coming back on foot with 5 heavy bags. 2 police men were on a patrol (on foot), going same way as me. They took all the groceries from me and carried it to my apartment. I know that a lot of cops are not great and are often a**holes but in my 32 years on this earth, I've met 3 bad cops.. and I was growing up in a bad part of the city. I feel safe when police is around.
Polnish woman are mostly hot and pretty. I would had also asked if I could carry your bags 😅
I know someone who is partially deaf in one ear because of police, and I still feel safe around them. Not because Im not aware police brutality still exist in my country (Spain) but because I also know we have ways of limiting how much of a bully they want to be. Is not perfect at all, but no one should see the police forces as something to be afraid of and is the goverment work to ensure it. 30 weeks of training is ridiculous, no wonder they are seem so lost.
Well, Poland is very safe in general I would say
At least I felt that way when I went there. And I'm from Spain
@carmenaranjita5321 It changed after Ukrain and Russia war happened. Ukrainians (not all but a huge % of them) are not so peaceful people. They are also ungrateful and entitled af. I was walking at night for my whole life and I was never bothered and that changed after a war. I was threatened, pushed and screamed at. Poland is not as save as it was before.
When my husband and I went to Venice, we arrived at 10am in the city and we were incredibly hungry. We sat on the steps of a church discussing where we might get a good lunch, not in a tourist trap. Four police officers walked by and I took the chance, being certain that they knew where to get really good food. They actually escorted us to a restaurant in a winding alleyway (a bit suspect at first) and showed us the loveliest restaurant. They introduced us to the owner, made sure he’d reserve a table for us for lunchtime and bought us Apérol Sprizz. Then they left. We dined like kings and paid including half a Liter of wine €26/p. We’ve been there every time we’ve visited over the years. We are European, but I was always very uncomfortable in the vicinity of the police, like a child that has done something wrong. This changed my relationship. Most of them really just try to do a good job and assist you in any way they can. The occasional bad apple who wants to play strongman exists everywhere.
One thing that must be said is that in the us literally every idiot involved in wathever could carry anything from a gun to an assault rifle. In Europe civilians with guns, let alone assault weapon, are extremely rare. (32 years in Italy, I personally know just one person who has a functioning gun)
I was once mistakenly accused of stealing in a Tesco in the UK. I'm a black male for context. The police came, talked to me, apologised for the mistake and drove me home. It's easy to scream ftp but in Europe we genuinely rely and trust in them. Seeing police presence is generally a good thing. The force here isn't perfect by any means but the basics are done right.
Really, I am white, Scottish and LIVE in Scotland.. in February of this year 2025 on my grandsons birthday, I was with my daughter and my 2 grandsons.. I had bought both boys toys from another shop.. we did a grocery shop in Asda, the boys had the toys on show all the way, from the security guards at the entrance, all through the shop.. when we were leaving, a woman ran up to us.. shouting "hey you, wait, wait", I didn't realise she meant us!! My daughter said "what", I turned around to see her and there were 3 other store workers with her.. she started to say something about receipts.. but stopped and said "it's ok, its ok", walking away.. obviously this commotion had gathered a crowd.. I called after her, asking what she said..she just blanked me.. to say I was livid was an understatement..I was shaking with anger.. my daughter was so embarrassed, she just wanted to go..I kept saying does she think we stole these toys?? And we are stupid enough to walk through the shop with the boys playing with them.. needles to say, next time we went in.. I wasn't taking any prisoners.. I told her exactly what had happened, she denied it, she stared down at a tv screen.. 🤯🤬 I asked to speak to her manager, this was when she looked up, I told the manager what happened and THEY apologised.. I said I wanted her to get better training in communication with customers as the way she was towards us was terrible.. I can assure ANYONE reading this, had we been black, immigrants or asylum seekers she would NEVER have said a word to us.. NEVER even if she had actually saw us shoplifting..
@Cat-xn6xk What a crock. Your naive assumption that you would have been treated preferentially if you were an ethnic minority or an immigrant says it all.
@Cat-xn6xkWhy can you 'assure' them of that? The comment you replied to was literally about a bIack person stopped for suspected shoplifting...
I've met too many nice officers when committing crimes lmao
@Cat-xn6xkthank you for your service Karen
In Norway to be a police officer is an education similar to a bachelor's degree.
Oh Wow! People have recommended a funny Norwegian police video. I'm excited to watch it soon! ~Lisa
Yeah same here in Greece
This is like parenting... A good parent is not the one who uses violence, is the one who creates authority through respect.
Respect is earned not freely given. To have respect is to set a good example that people would want to follow. You’ll lead by example. People in turn follow those that are inspiring. When a parent uses violence, they have already lost because instead of problem solving through communication they think hitting and hurting their child will automatically fix things. Fear isn’t respect.
In Finland, every shot fired with a police weapon is investigated. As recently as last week, two warning shots were fired on one occasion. The circumstances surrounding that are then investigated by another police district. Public trust in the police in Finland is around 80%.
In Germany we call the Police "Freund und Helfer" what translates into "Friend and Helper". You can approach them and talk with them. They don't act arrogant. They are friendly and helpful.
Actually, that specific marketing slogan has been out of use for a long time. While it is from the Weimarer Republic, it has been heavily used by Göbbels. So the police actually kinda distances itself from that particular saying. It survived in common speech, though.
Lets not pretend we don’t have problems in German police.
May I remind you of the Nazi-Police-Chats.
Foreigners often don’t get the ‚Friend and helper‘ treatment especially in Hamburg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt (the Death of Oury Jalloh was never fully investigated) and Thuringia.
Police regularly get in trouble for using excessive amount of violence,(usually by Batons and other ‚minimally Deadly‘ weapons, rather than guns.
Compared to the USA it’s Disneyland, but it’s not all sunshine and rainbows.
In The Netherlands: "De Politie is je beste kameraad". Translated: "The Police is your best friend". Although some (criminal) people think different!
@Guillaume2606 or: 'that police cap fits us all'.
While the saying is old fashioned, many still consider it a good saying. It was in children's books at least until the 80s and 90s often.
I am Dutch, and when I had my first epileptic seizure police came to help the ambulance people. I am a big guy, and it took 3 hours to get 1 handcuff on, I still have the scars. Not that I am that strong, its just how the body works during seizures. For me it was like I had a nightmare. But the police kept calm, patient.
They asked my wife if I was on drgs, she said no, and they didn taser me. That could have killed me, a taser. In the US it would have gone very different maybe.
Few weeks ago I went outside after a seizure, and police found me a kilometer from my house. They asked if they could bring me home, but I wanted to walk. One officer walked with me. I am thankfull.
I got renewed respect for police. Its easy to judge, but its a horrible job.
Why on Earth would cops put handcuffs on a person having and epileptic seizure? Here in America, they'll put you in cuffs just to perform an "investigation" during which they won't ask any actual questions, rather, they'll make accusations against you hoping to rile you up so they can make an arrest.
@cliffthatcher4574The way I read the OP's message I assume he is talking about protective restraints and not police handcuffs ( I might be wrong, he was there, I wasn't! ).
My thought s: An epileptic seizure can lead to violent uncontrolled movements that could hurt the patient and the people trying to help. Restraints might be helpful!
@cliffthatcher4574 Because I was fighting to be left alone. If you never had a seizure, don't talk.
1,90 mtr 110 kg, Its not easy handeling that.
@alexandergutfeldt1144 Handcuffs, yes. I have a scar around my right wrist, and I have a double lined scar on my left hand, where they couldn't get it on.
@ Because the medics have to do the check-up, which isnt possible when someone is swinging his arms around.
How would they restreign me, doctor ? tie-wraps, hug me, voodoo, drag my arms with 3 people ? You obviously don't know what seizures are.
Europe - policing by consent. USA - an occupation force. Americans call police officers "Sir", in Europe police officers call me "Sir".
They never outgrew their roots of hunting down runaway slaves, truly an occupying force.
And you have 0 rights.. they can arrest you because they want too... at least in the US if they do that we can sue. In EU you can't do anything. Covid showed the world of different. In the US no one could stop you from moving about in EU you went to jail if you left your home.
Last time i was stopped by the police (breathalyzer test, as they often do on Friday evening and on public holidays; i blew a zero), the police officer even apologized for holding me up. No, mate, no need to apologize, you are just doing your job, protecting the public from drunk drivers.
Yeah, can I get your consent, Mr. Criminal, to write you a ticket? No, get out of here. Thanks, mister, have a nice day, maybe next time it will work out.
@greenmushroom6891 That's an interesting cartoon setting you're dreaming up, right there. You know, you can be polite and assertive as well, with a little schooling and thought.
i live in Poland. i cant imagine a gun pointed at me when im sitting in a car.
ammenochè tu non sia scappato da un posto di blocco ^_* ma se no è difficile a mia opinione
In Norway Police officer training is a three-year bachelor's degree, where the first and third year take place at the college and the second year is on-the-ground training in police districts.
It's amazing. Thanks for stopping by. ~Greg
You know what they say -'Heaven is where the police are British; the cooks are French; the mechanics are German; the lovers are Italians and they are all organised by the Swiss.' ...
Of course it's also said that ' hell is where the cooks are British; the mechanics are French; the lovers are Swiss; the police are german and it's all organised by the Italians.'
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I love being European ❤.
All the best 🍀
Pero ninguno se divierte como los españoles. 😂
@lauteilatu5325Totalmente cierto. Y además somos los que más equilibrada tienen la vida, el perfecto equilibrio entre trabajar y tener tiempo libre
@RAYRAAMSALU La mejor gastronomía, la simpatía de la policía y de la sociedad, la amabilidad del clima, la diversión y la buena gente está en España siempre😊
its weird you gasp at the 2 to 3 years of training for Europe, but no gasp at how short american police training is ?? (just my opinion) and its not twice as long, american 30 weeks, thats not even a year...
it depends on the hours per day of training (Block courses), on the job supervision and further training, on the job assignments and tests passed @ 80% mark. Over 2 yrs after the 6 month live in block course. That's basic for my country.
The pass mark of 80% is important, as our Government hates paying out for idiots mistakes and lawsuits. They don't want to employ idiots, so they have a high pass mark. IT is unforgiving. 2 attempts at an exam.... no go (if it is less than 80%)..... hand your gear in and leave.
Weapons.... batons (long and short).... and full training with them. They are impressive when you know the moves.
and firearms as required. Not carried or worn full time. But available if required.
Seriously, that was incredibly disturbing and a gasp at the wrong part. Wow, just wow,
Here's my story, from Finland. I was walking into the local market. At the front door there was an extremely drunk man, rambling and swearing. Three police were standing around him, rather calmly, occasionally saying something to the man. Their van was parked a few feet away, the rear door open. It was obvious the officers wanted him to get in, drunkie wasn't having it.
I went shopping for about 15 minutes, I left the store just as three officers were helping the man climb into the rear of the van. At the time, I was very impressed with these officers . . . because I knew that in the Divided States, the interaction would have gone like this:
"Get in the van, NOW."
*Incoherent drunk babbling.
"In the van, now now NOW! Show us your hands!"
*Incoherent babbling, some audible curse words involving police.
*Beat beat stomp beat tase beat STOMP, hogtie, toss into van, "rough ride" drunkie back to the shop, make sure to hit every pothole and corner hard . . ." Ooooops did we forget to belt drunkie in? Well, he shouldn't have RESISTED arrest!"
People actually LIKE police here. They are not AFRAID of them. They will talk to them, ask them for directions or help. Approach a cop in DSA for ANY reason . . . hand goes to pew pew, "Back off! What do you WANT?"
See the difference`?
German here. Not really a drinker. But there may be a time when I get drunk. I surely have no bigger problem with German police, just because of the fact that I´m drunk.
For sure if I do sth. against the law .. I will have to take the response - drunk or not. I was checked by police a couple of times - never had any problmes, they all were professional and polite.
now ask a kid on a legal scooter legally riding on public roads if he likes police
When we talk about the police profession, there is no bigger difference than between Finland and the USA. The Finnish police academy takes 4 years, and in the USA, if you are lucky, it takes 26 weeks. The Finnish police academy uses the Cops TV show as an example of how NOT to do police work. The US police department's IA (internal affairs) is filled with police union activists whose main function is to defend the officers and justify all actions that police do. The Gwinnett County police department near Atlanta is a good example of that kind of accountability.
Don't believe everything you see on TV. It is 100% community related. If you live in a city with dumb people everywhere your going to get those guys that are just burnt out dealing with overgrown children. In small town USA the local cops are decent hard working people that get along with most of the community. Tv only highlights what gets views not the everyday boring reality.
@tripnip1253; Yeah, your comment about believing everything you see on TV should be written as follows: "Don't believe everything or anything that comes from the police union". Every city or town has not-so-smart citizens and also not-so-smart police officers, as a police officer you do your work right and professional regardless if your "subject" is stypid or idiot or asshole. Your community comment is 100% bullshit, it is not community related. It is a police department management issue, and how much the chief of police allows the police union to sabotage accountability. Small rural area police departments are the worst, especially if they have a big highway as a revenue collection source. Pick any town or county near the Florida border in Georgia, and you know what policing for profit means.
PS. USA police unions are the worst communist labor unions in North America, and my dad was one of these losers, whose primary position was police union rep and secondary position was working at the Internal Affairs unit.
I was drunk in Norway, the police drove me home and the next day they came to my house and asked if I was okay.
9:36 "In United States TV watch you!"
A few years ago there was a survey in the police force in the U.K. to ask if officers wanted to carry guns. The vast majority did not want it. Their rationale is that carrying the gun itself was an additional responsibility. Moreover, they fear that by having a gun they would become reliant upon it, rather than trying to de-escalate a situation.
Yep...A 2017 Police Federation survey indicated a significant minority (34%) of officers in England and Wales supported routine arming, a majority (66%) were against it. That says a lot.
Well that's strictly an UK thing, and many Americans thinks that all of European police force don't have guns because of you.
@gabrielesolletico6542 Don’t blame the UK, blame the Americans who don’t research it for themselves. 🤷🏾♀️
@gabrielesolletico6542 trust me Europe doesn't follow the UK in any regard. You have to remember it is no longer part of European Union . And even when it was, I can assure you it had zero leverage over the way other countries practiced and enforced their laws. That entire concept is wild.
Main reason is probably that they don't need it as much
In USA, standard barber program is 9 to 12 months. Cops, 12 weeks. Is this a fair comparison 🤷🏼♂️ But 12 weeks... that's insane.
Oh wow! That is outrageous. Thanks for sharing. See you on the next video! ~Greg
Louisiana requires only 320 hours of training.
@austrianobserver9300 some counties in the USA require less than eight hours…. Let that sink in…
While many countries require several years and a bachelor’s degree in policing (usually including things like psychology and law).
@jennyh4025; The real problem of the USA police starts from the police academy. There is no selection from a psychological point of view. The majority of the candidates are " I wanted to be a police officer since I was 4 years old." In Europe, these candidates would be rejected from the police academy as high-risk candidates. Many police academy has more open seats than applicants, so they have lowered their standards a lot if we compare them to Europe.
I'm so happy that I moved back to civilization from the USA a few years ago. I still have lots of friends there, but the idiot in the Oval Office has destroyed the USA and transformed it into a banana republic. To me USA is on the same line as Russia. Cannot be trusted and cannot purchase anything that is made in the USA as long as Trump is the "great leader". I'm a Ronald Reagan type "Republican" and I would change Trump any day with Liz Cheney. She is true hero.
@ in my opinion Reagan was the beginning of the end of the Republican Party, but I agree with the rest.
I've only had one encounter with the Police in the UK that I remember. I was walking home from a college course in the dark and someone apparently noticed me walking slightly unevenly, so they thought I might be drunk and called the police. I got picked up by a cop car and taken directly home. An overall chill experience.
That comment about how the US has "a criminal element that Europe doesn't", it got a couple of amusing comments about how Europe has the same criminal element but that we "don't give them badges and guns."
My brother and his friends got a night in the cells back in the 60 . They were touring North Yorkshire on bikes camping and couldn't find any where to stop , sadly they didn't get the breakfast
The police have a duty of care if they see someone who seems incapacitated and cannot leave them so offer to take u home
Besides limited training of police officers your main problem in the US is guns to civilians. In most European countries shooting incidents are very very rare, for the simple fact that 99,9% of civilians have no guns. The access to guns is a lot more regulated than in the US. It is a lot more safer when all rely on law enforcement to protect the society and no one is allowed to make his own justice.
Even the people I know that actually have guns or could have guns don't have them in their houses most of the times, meaning they obviously don't carry them around either. I would also be paranoid af if I couldn't know who around me has a death automatic machine :D
@danawrites5960 After getting used to be like that is hard for you to understand how peaceful it is knowing that no one is allowed to have them and no one does.
@danawrites5960Fully automatic weapons are illegal/heavily regulated.
18:34 - I don't even want to visit USA. :D
I think a big problem is that many police officers in the US are former soldiers- which are trained to kill and not ask questions, the exact opposite of what a police officer is supposed to do
All male cops in Finland have completed mandatory military service, just like all the male clients they meet. Most Finns have serious firearms, because of Russia. The difference is education. It takes three years to educate a Finnish police officer.
I don't think that's it - there are a fair amount of ex-forces - or indeed serving reservists - in the British police. They're still not a paramilitary.
Ironically, military veterans are trained way better on how to be an occupying force without pissing off the population more than absolutely necessary. I've seen a video of US police rolling in on an armoured vehicle with one of the cops casually pointing a gun into the crowd of protesters. Another cop intervened and pushed his barrel towards the sky. That other cop had served in Iraq.
@maireweber Right. De-escalation worked great on the local population in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria etc... So much so, that the local population often started "fireworks" to celebrate soldiers passing by ;)
Considering all the money going into the US military and the lacking organization of the police in the US, I do believe that the soldiers get better training though...
Eehhhh I wouldnt say so bud.
I, born 1979 in Germany, grew up with the knowledge that "the police are your friend and helper."
And I see this abroad as well, whether in Great Britain, Italy, Spain, France, or elsewhere.
In Austria I grew up also with the „friend and helper“ picture… most of police officers are really nice - even when you did something wrong e.g. driving too fast. Both sides are polite, you pay the fee for your fault and then you go. And all the time you can ask for help. On my henn night my girls and I went to a police station… don’t ask why. Maybe our friend Wodka guided us there that day 🙈🙈… we sang a song there („Skandal im Sperrbezirk“… I blush even thinking about that 😂), they laughed hardly and then we left them… so yes, the police is very nice here in Vienna.
But you also have to be careful in Spain. They can be very brutal and even beat up innocent people. They are much better trained in combat techniques than German police officers, and they act completely fearless. There, the police are viewed by the population not as friends and helpers, but as intimidators. This military, strict demeanor dates back to the Franco era. Of course, they always behave in a friendly manner toward tourists. Thats different. They also have special, militarized units. They don't mess around. I lived there for five years and saw a lot. Bin übrigens auch aus Deutschland
@inotoni6148 The guardia civil is not the police, they're completely different.
As a Basque I can assure you If you haven't done anything bad they won't do anything to you.
I have never been afraid of the police, ever.
The first thing a child learns is to go to the police If they get lost or they have some kind of trouble and they have no problem giving you directions.
I have had a police car escorting me part of the way while walking home at night because the policemen saw a creepy looking man following me and my friend.
I have had a police car drive me to the closest village when they saw my bike broke in the middle of the road.
I have had policemen enter the bar I was working at and wait on the door until I finished closing because there were three suspicious foreigners walking around the place.
I'm not saying they're all perfect and nice, there're a**holes everywhere in every profession, but let's not demonize them unfairly because of politics.
I have seen the basque police shoot rubber balls at rioters who were attacking the police, burning and breaking things? Yes. Was it deserved? Yes.
Innocent people got hurt? Sometimes.
Was it on purpose? No.
I know not to willfully destroy either private or public property and I know not to join the people who do so.
That's how I don't risk getting injured by the police.
The police are not a monolith, there're many different kinds of police in Spain and each of them have great people and idiots working for them as any other job.
I think as a Basque I know more about police intimidation than most what with the GAL and Guardia Civil and ETA and I have had my mother's car investigated by the police in Galicia because it had plates from Bilbao and a PP politician was going on holiday there.
We're in the 21st century the GAL doesn't exist, ETA is no more and the police has changed completely.
They won't go detaining you and torturing you on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist group because they heard you speaking basque anymore, even If we have the same leftists who promoted that in government.
@inotoni6148 yes the Spanish police has some weird elements 😂
Depends where and when. Here in the UK, i would say the police are much better than they used to be, and i have had nothing but good experiences with West Yorkshire police on the few occasions i have needed them, but as a teenager growing up in Liverpool in the 80's, the picture was far different.
Saying that, we do still have police who arrest people for sh*tposting on the internet, so...
German here, and retired police officer from Berlin. Here the striking differences to the American system 1. Depending on the federal state, except the federal police, each state is responsible for the training 2. Police is a national matter (federal states) 3rd training period is 2.5 - 3 YEARS 3. Higher educational qualifications are already required for the application 4. much harder selection criteria 5. The use of the firearm is last but not the first alternative in Germany. The upgrade and the martial appearance of the police in the USA only appears to be security 7. As long as fundamental changes in the American system are not carried out, the spiral turns faster and faster, among other things.
I know I didn't live in Berlin while you served for the city but I feel like I should thank you for your selfless service. An honorable career choice...especially in Germany. ~Lisa
@gregandlisareact ; I'm not wondering why European citizens trust their police officers and USA citizens don't. It comes with longer training, much higher standards for officer candidates, and accountability. In the USA, if you have a valid driving licence and sugar is melting in your mouth, you produce warm shi....... You are good for the police profession.
Most departments in the U.S. require a college degree. Smaller rural departments maybe not.
The federal and state minimum requirements does not keep departments from requiring higher standards.
West German Polizei would put hands on you a lot quicker than american cops.
Medium and up departments have in general have very good training for new officers. It is not just the academy. Its the academy and then training at the department, then you have a training officer that you mirror as he teaches you to do the job. That takes months then he evaluates you and then you have another training officer and after his training if you pass they can put you in your own car let you take calls and he or she will follow the rookie for security, advice and observation of how he does his the job.
The training is thorough and on going. Mine was well over a year just for a patrolman. You want to do more then thats more training. Heck the Florida Highway Patrols academy is one year. Mine for Tampa Police Academy was 6 months. All this is from the 80's there is no way requirements have been lowered since then. Could have only gone higher.
@comhydro6391, you must be one of those "wannabe police officers since I was 4 years old." Medium and up departments don't have very good or even "good" training, if it lasts only a year. The academy and training department are filled with police union activists, and new officers learn very quickly how police work is done and how reports need to be written, regardless of what actually happened.
Yes, German police would shake your hand much quicker than they shoot an unarmed citizen in the back, and your fellow officer testifying that he was reaching his waistband or any other typical way to cover up the murder you "heroes" do.
Just to reference your "hard" training (6 months), if we compare it to Finnish police training, your whole training is less than just psychological training in the Finnish police academy. On main reason police training needs to take 3 years is to evaluate and remove police candidates who are not mentally fit for the police profession. Before you start your police union Bullshit, I live my childhood in house that was driven by FOP and FOP did everything to prevent my dad going in to prison.
Here in Denmark, if a police officer has used lethal force, it is national breaking news, and usually an investigation is also made into holding the officer accountable if it was misused. And when excessive force is misused in Denmark, it means losing their job, and potentially years in prison, depending on the severity
In the UK, police are now being used as political puppets, where you can be arrested for saying or writing something the government deems hateful. This is Starmer "1884" Britain.
I'm always astounded by the fact that in the US a traffic stop can end with someone being shot dead.
Unfortunately, it can often be the police officer...
There's a video of an American man being spoken to by British police (a crime has been committed and they want to speak with him), take a look for it, you will see the difference between US and UK policing, be warned, it might make you quite annoyed with one of the parties involved.
I'll look for it. Thank you :) ~Lisa
Thanks for the recommendation. We'll check it out. Thanks for sharing. See you on the next video! ~Greg
Saw it. GOD the guy was annoying.
@MorgaineRiddlePrince Arrogant I would say, knowing British law better than someone with years of training and who's job it is to make sure the laws are not broken.
@gregandlisareactsearch, am I free to go
Qualified immunity. This could never be a thing in Europe.
There's a lot of misconceptions around that. It only covers official acts - and variations on that are a thing in Europe, just under different names.
I was in US sometime ago and had parked by some shops. Another car was pulled over and the policemen came out, with guns shouting to driver to stay in car. Unfortunately it was a Japanese family and the father got out to apologise and bow to the police for his minor infraction. There was nearly an escalation but one policeman realised what was happening. All the spectators were holding their breaths.
I live in Spain. A couple months ago, I was stopped by two policemen in the subway. Apparently, someone at the metro station was showing people a police badge, probably trying to scam some tourists.
They said there was a small detail about me that didn't match the suspect's description but they asked me if they could take a look inside my backpack to make sure. I said sure, and they did.
Boy... I was so impressed by how polite and profesional they were. Super respectful. They even apologized 4-5 times for wasting my time while searching the bag! The nice police approach works.
Every police officer in Germany is a civil servant, meaning they represent the state. Therefore, all their actions are subject to the German Constitution, which states in Article 1(1) of the Basic Law, "Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authorities." and Article 1(3) of the Basic Law, "Basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary as directly applicable law."
aaaaahhh yes, Article 1. Love it! ~Lisa
Thats the same with us, your western brothers.
And Jasper means the Netherlands, while both France and Belgium also technically reside to your left 😉
And there will always be an investigation. So no "qualified immunity" for German and probably most European police forces. A German police officer will be held accountable for each shot fired with his weapon. In addition, German police are not trained "shoot to kill" but rather to injure an armed and threatening criminal. Shooting at someone fleeing a crime scene would never be considered appropriate use of force.
BTW: There are 18 police forces in Germany, 2 federal ones (Bundespolizei and Bundeskriminalamt) and 16 state police forces with their own regulations. In the USA, however, there seem to be over 18,000 police forces 🙉 - make that make sense.
@Snaakie83 haha, true!
Keep in mind that in Europe, firearms are extremely uncommon. This is giving police much more leeway to go for deescalation. In 2024, German police fired 54 shots total. 54 bullets. Each single shot is investigated whether or not it was justified. In the US, this much ammo can be wasted on a single firefight.
That blows my mind. Many Americans don't know anything different. It feels like it's normal and just the way it is. So sad! ~Lisa
mentar1048, Not correct. There are countries like Finland and the Baltic countries that have lots of guns for hunting and for the Russians. Police still can handle the situation without shooting unarmed citizens in the back. If you are a criminal and you want to hurt somebody, and you don't have access to firearms, you just pick the next powerful weapon. If the USA police had the same training as Finnish police officers and the same accountability program, about 85% of existing police officers would be fired, and a large number of police officers would be called "felons." after their sentences. Look what happened to Markku Aarnio, the chief of Helsinki's narcotics police. He got 20 -30 years in prison, and his face was on the front page for months. That is accountability
@austrianobserver9300: What's "not correct"? Even though there are places where firearms are more available compared to the default, in general I absolutely stand by what I wrote. Also, it's a difference whether to have rifles locked away at home compared to running around with handguns. Police in the Baltics and Finland don't have to worry about being shot at like they are in the US. That being said, both US (non-)training and habitus towards the population are flat-out deplorable. The easy availability of firearms does not excuse or even justify their behaviour.
@mentar1048, USA has 800.000 LEOs in active duty, and last year, about 30 police officers were killed (excluding traffic and non-crime fatalities), including friendly fire, and same time, USA police killed 1250 citizens, including 350 who they accidentally killed by mistake. The police profession is not top 50 most dangerous professions list. USA police are only 400 times more dangerous to their citizens than Finnish police. Look how U.S police uses its firearms and compare it to any European police. Wonder why there is less shooting between police and citizens. Let's get a case from the Kentucky and London police departments. About 8 months ago, the London police department did a raid on the wrong house because the local judge's lawnmower was stolen, and the end result was killed homeowner. Who should be more worried about being shot, citizens or police? How many wrong house raids have Finnish police conducted, and how many homeowners were accidentally killed? The answer is zero.
Finland has 2nd most guns per capita and rarely have shootouts. So having a alot of guns is no excuse for gun violence. Deescalation is a cultural thing. High education of the entire population is needed not just the police.
In Europe cops don't fear being shot during a traffic stop. Last time a cop was shot in action in Denmark was 2016.
So maybe the amount of guns is a big part of the problem in USA. I think the level of stress hardens them.
And of course the lack of education, and the lack of fitness. Many US cops are just extremely fat.
Doesn't help they're being trained by Israeli.
@markussmedhus9717And your hate dont help much😂
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My dislike for fascist police abusing their power is inconsequential. That is for Americans to change, should they feel so inclined.
They basically train only physically so any higher education is not really necessary (apparently?) then they get out in the streets with a gun and access to anything they could wish from the military + the whole country also carry guns so a simple robbery can turn into a gun shot scene easily. No wonder they are all so hysterical in the videos we see online.
I think that a major missed point here is that the American civil society is militarised - you have civilians playing dress up like special forces, wearing body armour, carrying AR15's and acting tough. You have guns all over the place and any nutcase can get one. No wonder your Police shoot first and investigate after - it's a self-inflicted situation that you show no inclination to solve or control. School shootings? Meh, no biggy. Most of Europe makes it very hard to own a gun, show any inclination to bad temper, booze, aggression, domestic violence etc and you are never going to get a permit. Our Police know that the chances of coming up against a nutcase with a gun is almost nil in a whole career, they can approach within reason and open with "Hello mate, are you ok? Would you like to tell me what's going on?", this usually ends up with a non-violent outcome. It's a culture thing Americans think that anyone that doesn't have a gun is a "pussy", Europeans believe that only frightened people need guns. The day we need guns, our Government will dish them out in large numbers and we'll use them for something worthwhile. (I served 23yrs by the way, carrying a gun most of the time and I have no desire to own one.)
I just talked to a norwegian cop a week ago that came to my house because of a fire incident - she was so nice, warm and calmed me down when i began to cry (the whole thing was so shocking to me, so i became very emotional). She just made my feel very trusting in telling her everything that happened that led to the incident, and did NOT treat me like i did something wrong👌🏾
se il danneggiamento è solo nella tua proprietà, sei già stata punita abbastanza poi dipende dalle regole e dalle indagini, in genere può esserci una multa, ma è già andata bene che non hai perso l'agibilità della casa ^_*
I wouldn't move to the USA for all the riches under the sun nor would i visit again - ever.
I watched a video last year in on You Tube where American cop reacted to British police surrounding a guy waving a machete clearly having a mental ‘episode’, he couldn’t believe how they didn’t shoot him just used body shields to surround him and subdue him and he was taken away to get help not in a body bag!
I remember that video. The did everything without any guns in sight....
Being mentally ill in usa apparently is like having a timer on your head. One day if you have an episode out of your house and police come you will probably die. Bonkers.
hanno i mezzi devo dire
12:44 - Europe consist of not just states but totally different countries with unique languages, different laws and their own constitutions. How much more dynamic one can get than that?
Here, The Police-educations are at our Universities. They have a University-exam.
14:09 here in europe as well... there are also countrys outside the EU every country has quite different laws
I'm Canadian and it takes 2 or 3 years to train an officer in our police service too. Some positions even require a degree.
In Spain we have a specific type of "police" body that also trains and study I think about 2 years or so. We have a running joke,since is not mandatory to have more than highschool level education to go there, that they are stupid. I mean is cruel and clasist af, but imagine if they only trained for 30 weeks. They wouldn't be allowed to carry guns at all lmao
Only some? In Italy, you HAVE to have a Jurisprudence University degree, 5 years (so 3 + 2) just to the grade of Captain (Vicecommissario di Polizia).
@gabrielesolletico6542 In Canada how much training police get depends on what branch of the service they want to join and where they're joining. Standards can vary province to province depending on the needs of specific communities. For example a town with less than 1000 people may not need their officers to have a university degree but urban communites would.
In much of Europe they have a police 'service', there to aid the public. In the US, there is a police 'force', there to act as a particularly ill-disciplined occupying army.
An excellent distinction! Greetings from Denmark.
But still have "Protect and Serve" emblazoned on all their vehicles.
for me the biggest contrast is that in the us prisons are private and a lot of people in the system making money in bringing people to jail. the more the better.
It made me think of a line from a old song (74) "Anyone who has something to hide calls for more police." 😆
Hi, I’m in London uk. Just recently I watched a video (in America) a severely autistic young man was having a meltdown. He had a knife. The police arrived. The young man was behind a fence. His mother was trying to calm him. She was screaming at the police , telling them, he’s autistic.The police shot him several times. They made absolutely no effort to try and de escalate the situation. It broke my heart. That would never have happened here.
In Sweden, police officers first spend 2 years in college. Then 6 months As paid trainees in the police authority's training.
In Ireland also , 2 years BA degree in Applied Policing,.
The one (and only) time I've ever been pulled over for speeding in the UK, the officer was incredibly non-intimidating. He asked me to get out of my car and come and sit with him in his police car, whilst he explained, very calmly like a disappointed father, exactly what I had done wrong and what would happen next (a fine and 3 points on my license back in those days). By the end of the talk I felt embarrassed and angry with myself, but never once did I feel belittled, humiliated or intimidated by the officer that had pulled me over. I can honestly say I've never had cause to be pulled over since that day.
I used to work as police staff and a large part of my job involved organising programmes for foreign police officers coming to Scotland to learn about how we did various things (and I got a week at the German police staff college to do the same). The first thing that new trainee Scottish officers learn is all about diversity and how to approach and speak to the public, before they ever learn about law and how to maintain it. The emphasis is very much on de-escalation of situations and building up a rapport with the public. The London Met is seen by other forces as often overly confrontational, but the viral video of a US man 'schooling' UK cops shows their patience and politeness in dealing with an absolute eejit making a fool of himself trying to use USA law against them.
Several senior police officers from the USA have come to the UK and Scotland in particular to learn about de-escalation and there are a few videos out there about it.
I was once talking to a colleague, a senior police officer who had just come back from giving talks in the USA on various aspects of policing what is thoughts were on USA police officers. His exact words were "racist, undertrained and trigger-happy". Incidentally, he said that the easiest time he ever had with USA Immigration was when he put Quantico as his address in the country where he was giving a lecture on counter-terrorism!
agreed , that is Professional Policing and that is how it should be done everywhere.
I’m from Scotland and I have epilepsy, once I was about to miss my neurology outpatient appointment so I flagged down a police car explained the situation and asked if they could take me and they did with no issue at all.
I also got into a fight in my early with two guys after coming out of a night club, I won and the guys had some injuries, the police did ‘arrest’ me but all they in reality did was lock me up in a holding cell for 10 mins to have a think to myself and let me leave.
I’ve also seen police being screamed and swore at and the police just calmly de-escalated the situation and both parties ultimately calmed down and went on their way.
I live in France and I go to demonstrations. It's complicated for the police because they're dealing with a population accustomed to protesting. On the other hand, if a civilian is injured or killed, it's a disaster for the police. It's the people who make the laws, not politicians or the police. A big difference. Checks are carried out randomly and with the respect due to those who pay them. This doesn't prevent the police from respecting the law because it's mutual.
The Netherlands is a bit different in terms of policing demonstrations. Regular police tend to be helpful and even-keeled. You can see that a lot of them deeply believe in their role in community protection.
But the riot police that manage demonstrations are cut from a different cloth. Many of them get very wound up quite quickly and will swing at people with their batons with any perceived provocation. Only a few weeks ago there was a young woman who was set apon by a police dog while she was laying on the ground. Took a fist-sized chunk of flesh out of her calf. Brutal.
In the UK (I can't speak for other countries in Europe) if a member of the Armed Response Unit draws a weapon is immediately put on probation until an in depth report has been conducted and confirmed that the officer was correct or otherwise incorrect to do so, if incorrect they have to leave the ARU and maybe the police altogether, it doesn't matter whether a shot was fired or not, if they are found to have acted properly they will have to go through prolonged retraining before being allowed back into the ARU.
That is incredible. I can't even imagine that in the US. Thank you for the comment. See you on the next video! ~Greg
same here in Ireland.
Yes dear Americans. 2-3 years is called EDUCATION.
crudele, ma giusto
Education is great, it's wise to never stop learning. But I'm sure as you know, the USA has some extremely violent people. Two days ago two PA state troopers were shot just a few miles away from my home in rural Pennsylvania, thankfully they survived. Today a police officer was killed in Georgia in a gunfight. Over the 4th of July, just the city of Chicago saw over 100 people shot and many killed.
Your 3 years of education mean nothing over here. I've seen videos of UK police at the protests over the summer, half of them weigh under 150lbs, and the other half are scrawny women under 130lbs. Their 8 months of de-escalation training and loud words vs a car with 4 guys that have dracos and no desire to spend the next 30 years in jail.
As an American in Europe, the lack of training on mental health issues is one of the biggest ones to me. Only just NOW are they starting to give very SHORT courses to police on how to deal with an Autistic person. But this is barely scratching the surface. Autism requires more than that really, and then there are other issues. Depression, Psychosis, Dementia! And I will also say American cops are trained to FEAR everyone, and expect us all to have guns and be ready to shoot on a whim, so can you imagine how an encounter with someone with mental health issues goes?
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Die deutsche Polizei ist nicht perfekt aber ich bin froh das es sie gibt. Die haben einen der schwersten und undankbarsten Jobs.
The German police aren't perfect, but I'm glad they exist. They have one of the hardest and most thankless jobs.
Thank you for your comment. See you on the next video! ~Greg
The only criminal element I can think of that is in the US, that like every lunatic, moron, and idiot is able to get a weapon. While in germany you need to have a good reason to be able to get legal a weapon. And the law got even more strict. While there were guns, which you didn't need a license for back then, you do need a license now to carry it with you.
Not everything is fabulous in France either. Generally, you have nothing to fear from the police, quite the opposite.
But the more street violence increases, the more tension rises, and law enforcement officers are under increasing stress. This inevitably increases incidents and abuses.
I wouldn't want to be a police officer in France...
Spain is the same. Sadly, hatred always come when the economy goes bad and people start to belive that certain demographics are always up to something so police are more aware of them and therefore they are more aware of the police and it always end up in violence eventually
Same thing in Italy.
Many years ago I went to a training at a Californian Company I was working with in Germany. Driving from LAX to Torrance I got lost. I saw a police car standing on a parking lot. A police officer was leaning at the car looking as he just jumped out of a Hollywood movie with his Ray Ban. I asked him "Sir, could you please tell me the way to Torrance". No answer. After a while I remembered that they are called Officers. So I asked "Officer, could you please tell me the way to Torrance". Then he at least answered my question. Poor guy!
I used to live in Utrecht (big centrally located city in the Netherlands) and there was a guy that had a mental breakdown and was speeding through narrow streets with his car where a lot of the bars are located. Whilst they did have to shatter his window when he got himself stuck, they did not use any excessive force to get him out of the car because they knew he wasn't in his right mind. He only had some minor cuts from the glass being shattered but that's it. He got psychological help and only a fine to help pay for the damage. No actual time, because he would not have done that if he was mentally well
4:22 It's shocking that a fellow citizen who has the power to arrest you or shoot you (a cop) had to go to school as long as an art college graduate?
22:22 Also the idea of this special kind of police immunity, the name of which I have forgotten, is completely alien to Europeans.
Being immune for any damages caused while you were on duty is beyond absurd.
Qualified immunity.
@squidcaps4308 Yeah, I think that's the one.
Absolutely ridiculous concept...
@BlackWater_49 agreed
Agreed...it's absurd! ~Lisa
@gregandlisareact Heard of a family who had their entire house dismantled by police who wrongly believed an escapee was hiding inside.
The house was uninhabitable afterwards but the family didn't get a penny because of qualified immunity.
The reason why European officers can be more restrained is because we do not have the liberal weapons laws in Europe. In the US, every person they stop, can potentially carry a gun.... This is not common in European countries.
And it doesn't help that due to manpower issues, they don't even have a second officer as a backup
No. You can also be restrained when there are more weapons.
The Czech Republic has the almost similar gum law than the US. But their police are also more restrained.
What benefits does it give an American police officer when he makes a citizen who is probably carrying a gun more angry and feel intimidated ?
That would almost guarantee that the situation escalates ?!?
Which is the whole point, because this will land more people in prison, where they are forced to work for free. Which is the whole goal.
@AGerm332 I happen to live in the Czech Republic. And there is a difference to US laws regarding guns. Mainly that they are mostly seen in a more utilitarian light. And so, while any random citizen is about equally likely to own a gun (which kinda surprised me when I learned it), they are still less likely to have one on them, and even less likely to use it against a police officer (especially for something as minor as a traffic stop). Here, every cop killed is national news.
@AGerm332The Czech Republic is smaller than the U.S though too and doesn't have/has a different version of the inner city as we do.
Does anyone know how many eu police officers die per year in the line of duty?
If you find yourself stopped by a European Policeman, just take it easy, answer the questions. Don't be too submissive, just be friendly. Police here are not evaluated by numbers of arrests or fines. They are people too, they don't want to write reports, if it can be avoided.
Never ever suggest a bribe, it is a certain way to the hotel with stiff curtains. I know it can be done in some East European countries, but in the west, never.
Hotel with stiff curtains haha...I like that. Thank you for the comment and advise. See you on the next video! ~Greg
Sir may I ask you ,,, since living in Europe have you been racing profile ???❤❤❤❤
@theocharisstylianou1822 Sry, but I do not understand your question.
@Gert-DK They're probably asking if you've been racially profiled in Europe by police.
@Gert-DKhe probably means if you're we're arrested or if you we're in a traffic stop etc, because you're black
He meant Race profiling, which seems a common thing in USA
But as far i know, in most European countries (at least EU states) race profiling is a rare thing almost non existent
As an Australian tourist America is the only place I have been stopped by out walking and ID demanded. Was a bit tense as it was something I was not used to carrying. Needless to say I have never now nor will ever return.
UGH! So typical in the US. I don't blame you for not wanting to go back! ~Lisa
Me too. My "crime" was to ask a cop where I could catch a cab! NEVER AGAIN USA!
Well, to be asked for an ID is a shock to you? Never come to Italy, then. Here every CITIZENS must have their ID with them all the times, and they can be detained at the police station for "clarify their position" if caught without our Identity Card (a document you don't even have). You were a tourist in the US, I suppose you were carrying your passport with you, weren't you? What was so absurd for the policeman to ask you for your ID?
@gabrielesolletico6542 have been to Italy several times and never once carried ID, never had any issues with Italian Police officers at all.
@gabrielesolletico6542 many countries do not have an ID system, why would they expect a tourist to have an ID carried on him?
It all boils down to the fact that in Europe, we don't sell guns in grocery stores. Our police officers should rarely use firearms.
@5:50 3 years is 5 times as long as 30 weeks, not twice.
😂 Americans don't know that stuff! 😂
I'm from Czech Republic and when police officer actually uses a firearm it is on main news of the day. In last year, only 2 people were shot by police officers and both cases were closely revised to confirm that it was actually necessary.
In France, when a robber strike a policeman, we investigate the policeman.
My first and only meeting with US police, I can tell about from first hand.
1971, I was 19 years old and between studies, I became a crew member on a big ocean liner, the New Amsterdam, from Rotterdam to New York. I still have the 'monsterboek' from the 'waterschout'. Off to New York! So we arrived at pier 40 late at night and my friends and I - all youngsters of the same age - decided to just walk into town. Yes, we were real rookies from hillbilly villages. It was a long way, passing warehouses, burnt down blocks, fences, miles of metal fences, but hey we had a few in the mess before, so the moral was high. And there was not a soul around on the street. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, three police cars stopped, a bunch of heavy guys, most of 'm big and black, stormed us, smashed everybody into the fence, handcuffing us before even asking a question. After they realized we were calling for mom in a strange language and checking our monster books, they let us go. But not without giving the advise never to walk the streets of New York harbour, singing gang songs, again.
That's so sad :( My first encounter with officers alone in Spain was as a teen, they took me home cause it was 3am and I was just walking around with no phone or wallet or keys cause I had a discussion with my mum. They put me in the car, called for another car while looking around nerviously and drove me home and waited until I got inside. I saw on the news that a rapist was in the area and he was arrested exactly where I was at the time I was there, so he was totally following me and they saved me. No one should fear the police, usa citizens deserve better.
Man... My country (the Netherlands) has a lot of education and such for police. Still they get politicized by extreme 'activists'. Thats why the Netherlands did a poll. 2000 people where ask if they find the police are racist or xenofobic. 90% said NO, 3% YES and 7% unsure.
I think we are doing okay.
To my knowledge the Brits a the only police in Europe without guns in their standard equipment.
That's interesting about the guns. I guess I thought most European countries had officers with no guns. Thank you for the comment. See you on the next video! ~Greg
Yeah NL and BE police are fine. The french police on the other side ... I think they're what most ressemble the US police in EU
To me - Australian - an un armed cop is a waste of space. Our cops are armed, citizens are not. That's how I like it!
Irish Garda Police have no Guns for general policing. This builds trust with the public and confident for the public to interact them. This is a soft, but extremely powerful force, giving the criminals the option not to carry gun themselves. An option they usually take..
Murder is not an option taken by pro criminals in Ireland. Very few shoots in Ireland.
@Rottnwomanmust feel good calling people doing a public service a “waste of space”, huh? Amazing 👏🏾
In the UK no officers carry guns apart from specialist armed response units. Every town and city has a number of these units that can be called in for the most serious violent incidents. To be a member of the UK armed police response unit you must have served at least 7 years as an officer and had a years training. Everytime an armed police officer shoots a lethal round (whether hitting anyone or not) it is automatically referred to the independent police complaints commission and an officer may be sanctioned if they deem it unnecessary.
There was a relatively recent incident with a serving met police officer Wayne Couzens (Who cover most of London's 612 square miles) where during covid a young lady was arrested for being out and about during a time of not being allowed out. He took her in his car and did some rather horrific stuff before killing her. Thankfully he was caught due to cctv and number plate recognition around london. He got a whole life term without possibility of parole. One of a handful of prisoners currently that will never be released. The Judge said this was in part because he was a serving police officer and had grossly abused his position.
Unarmed cops are useless! I would never bother to call a cop in the UK, what could they do? I like our Australian system. Cops are armed and civilians are NOT.
In Ireland also.
Notice how none of the officers are fat... In Europe that is.
And also non of the non-cops.
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In Romania Police Academy is 4 years. 3 years of training and 1 year speciality.
For someone to enforce/maintain the law, first should be taught the law.
Compared to just about every other country, they are extremely heavy handed and bulling, unnecessarily brutal, over responsive in their numbers to a given situation, under qualified in deescalation skills.
I remember a case a while back in the netherlands, that an officer was held at gin point by a mental unstable individual on a rooftop. That was aiming with a laserpoint attachment. The police officer talked the individual of the roof. It didnt even ocur to the police officer to reach for his gun. Now that is impressive.
Als er in Amerika wapen door burger worden gebruikt, en dat is legaal...Dan zou je verwachten dat de politie een goede opleiding krijgen van tenminste 3 a 4 jaar om o.a met wapens te trainen en te leren omgaan met verwarde mensen.....
"May or may not know Sammy Davies Jnr..." . Sigh, what is the world coming to? One of the most wonderful men ever!
And major thanks and respect to Sinatra for busting things up in Las Vegas and starting the break-down of that awful colour bar.
Fab channel,
Love from Wales.
I know him because my parents know him, ngl. Im a little too young to have seen his performances during his time and nowadays people only know the music that you see online. Even in spanish, my mother tongue, most of my friends don't know the classics. Sammy Davies is amazing :D
As they say, if you can't figure something out, you can become a police officer in the US.