The second interaction (7.30 in) is scarily close to where I live, less than a hundred yards, He is a kid I knew pretty well as he was a school friend of my eldest daughter up until 8 or 9 years ago.
For most the police is good. But, I’ve seen things, harmless and not so harmless. I was in a bumper bashing, which I caused and the copper put me in the back of his car. I was a nervous wreck and it turns out I was tired because I suffer of severe sleep apnea and didn’t know at the time and I cause a tiny bumper tapping. There I’m in the back of a police car! To this day I believe that if more people didn’t turn up I had a very good chance of being taken away and given the option between the cop shop and a “sexual favour”. The negligence charges were dropped against me. I believe because I complained, it was decided to just drop charges and that this copper had previous complaints.
You seemed a little surprised that we British use 999 as our emergency number, but it seems that it was a logical choice, 9 being the last number on our modern phone it is easier to dial treble nine than 911 where the dealer has to change the position of the finger doing the dialling, and on the old rotary dial phones once you’re dialling digit was in the hole you didn’t have to remove it, just dial 9 and allow the dial to take your finger back to the stop and repeat twice and hey-presto the emergency call operator answers, so much easier if you can’t see the dial or keypad due smoke or blindness than fumbling to do 9-1-1.
I worked closely with the police on several occasions. Always a pleasure. UK Police that is. Yeah I wouldn't want to work with US police. They are a different animal altogether. Fast into the job, fast out. And they have to deal with every random traffic stop potentially turning into a shootout. So they're always on edge.
The way US cops talk to people like utter shit always bothered me, 'protect and serve' my arse. My US cousin was arrested in texas walking home drunk because 'if you come to my town and walk around drunk I'll bust your fucking ass.' It seems the appropriate action was to drive drunk.
Yes tbf they're on edge cos of gun threats, I've seen videos of US cops handling tricky situations pretty well too, you can't generalise. I wouldn't fancy doing their job in any country, such a lack of respect for the Police nowadays.
The US is a different beast mate. So many weapons and the public are not shy using them against the police. It’s not like that here. Quite understandable why coppers there are on the edge every single day. But yea some of them are shockers and do stuff you can’t excuse.
As a British person, I have seen a lot of people over the years kick off at police officers on nights outside clubs or bars, and that's really how they do act even without camera's. It's the way the UK Police are trained to deal with people to de-esculate a situation.
I've seen my friends legs kicked out from under him after the cop admitted he didn't fit the description, you're looking at a staged event, police aren't nice, they're a shower of bastards.
Add to that that the chance that anyone draws a gun on them is much lower than in the USA - and most of the police are also not routinely armed with guns - most problems cannot be solved by just shooting the perceived offender or potty mouth.
Ex police officer here, these are all standard interactions. You can't penalise someone for being rude to you. There is no offence for being rude to police. Police in the UK say that their main weapon/tool is communication.
@HelpMeLearnLife they won't. Doesn't meet the criteria. Breach of Peace has mostly been replaced by public order offences, and provided it's only really directed at the officer, police are expected to have a greater resilience to offence than the public.
I'm actually giggling at the idea of arresting someone for being rude. Trying to face the custody sergeant, like "BOP sarge". They'd be like get the fuck out of my custody suite and grow a pair 😂
hey you are so right, I worked in violent care homes and we were legally able to physically and medically restrain the people under our care, but most of the time we talked them down. We were trained, and I believe it's a skill that only some people can learn.
The police in the UK are trained to de escalate the situation if they can. They do not have weapons generally. I have seen them deal with a fight and once the police had intervened and stopped the fight, the police officers had the participants shaking hands before leaving the scene.
It’s known as ‘policing by consent’. Policing by consent is a fundamental principle that underpins modern democratic societies. It is a concept rooted in the belief that the authority of the police derives from the consent and cooperation of the public they serve, as opposed to the power of the state. It underpins the principles of all the police forces in the UK
@@MrSatnavatrondid you really just use WhatsApp groups as a source? Not something like idk, the rather open and easy to obtain IOP data. Cause yeah, there are racist cops, they also tend to get caught.
@@MrSatnavatron No. There are 160,000 police officers in the UK (2021 numbers), which is about 12000 less than in 2009, so it's almost impossible for there to be 5000 more now than in 2010.
Brit 🇬🇧 here. I was arrested about this time last year. Let's not go into exactly why, but I'll say this. The police were excellent with me. Polite, professional and fair. I answered no questions on the advice of my solicitor and they released me and even gave me a ride home in a squad car. Much respect.
That was alot of words to say your a fucking grass 😂 everyone knows if you get locked up you are there for hours more than likely the next day unless you grass and they let you out at like 5-6am before the busses are even running so you have a couple hour wait in the cold, if they gave you a lift home you 100% grassed and got them a conviction 😂😂
The police guy that arrested me for the first time was like we're the people that will interview and he was like say no comment and gave me a lift back home after I said no comment for everything but if the police man didn't say that id be arrested for sure was my first time
@@rachelBradyninot always no. I've seen people get their head "accidentally" smashed into the roof of the car by cops as they're being arrested... Cops are humans. And while they have a difficult job (they have to deal with the public when they're in very stressful situations, as well with the lowest of society), some of them are just on a power trip, and signed up for the job so they can legally rough people up.
I’ve seen the police in the UK arresting someone at my place of work, and believe me, they’re incredibly polite and professional. They will never use force unless absolutely necessary.
11:30 nope, the police aren't being nice just for the camera. They really do take a lot of verbal shit from suspects before acting on it. It's a de-escalation tactic.
The reason that you would not get away with talking to a cop like hat in the USA is that cops there are egomaniacs who are offended of anyone questions their authority.
Exactly. In the USA I see videos where the cops turn up and immediately tell a grown man whose having a domestic dispute “turn around and get in the ground” because someone in an emotional moment doesn’t immediately calm down in 2 seconds. UK police they will be understanding and talk and reason with someone and understand everybody has bad moments. In USA the second you talk disagreeable with them they’ll start putting hands on you and don’t give a damn if you end up dead from being crushed by being pinned to the ground or if they agitate the situation and end up killing someone. It’s so dumb. I swear even in the USA when I was there I had cops stare me down, I legitimately felt scared because the way the cop stared me down so hatefully it was ego like “if you don’t look away I will make some trouble for you”.
So true.. A lady get arrested to said to police 🚔 honey 🍯 🤣 He said.. I'm not your honey.. Hands behind your back. She get arrested and the dept get sued
Tbh there are plenty of u.k cops that's are ego maniacs as well. An autistic teen recently got arrested for being homophobic saying the cop looked like her lesbian Nan? (She did look like your stereotype dyke 😂 and the girls Nan was married to another woman)
I think the fact that guns can be carried by anyone is a major factor there I can’t imagine the constant on edge feeling of being a police officer in the USA - it’s almost like a constant nonstop life of CPTSD. I feel like hyper vigilance would be the natural state of being.
@@JustAverageLarry If you swear at them they can arrest you for that but they cant for just a bit of banter. That wasnt always the case back in the early 80s they would have taken you in for "questioning" where you got the shite kicked out of you.
Taken without Consent (TWOC) is very different from stolen. It applies in situations where someone wants to use the vehicle, but not keep it. For example, a teenager who has permission to drive mom's car to school but not to go joyriding with friends after dark has committed TWOC. It's is a much less serious offense than theft.
Initially the presumption is that it's a TWOC, so that's what the Interceptor crew are told, and usually what the initial arrest is for. If appropriate the charge is upgraded to theft once the perp is in the police station, and arrested for the additional offence.
@@stevenscott2718 That makes a lot of sense. Never heard of it before - l'm in Aotearoa New Zealand, though. Be interesting to know if we have such a distinction here. Hope we do.
Twoc is what many petty thefts are assumed as well, eg leaving the petrol station without paying is presumed you forgot and you’ll be contacted by police to go and pay within a week or two before they come to put you in cuffs
I’ve always had good interactions with British police. Once my car was tracked down because someone called the police on me for kidnapping. When the police found me and my friends at their house I explained my friend was suicidal and we found him walking alone on the streets. I only had 2 seats, so my other friend got in the boot so he could have the seat and get a ride home. Illegal yes but it was a desperate situation. They understood, gave me a verbal warning and got my suicidal friend some help with his drug addiction.
Decent? Like the ones who arrested the autistic teen? The ones who detained a woman for having a russian flag out of 20 other flags promoting world peace? The ones who arrested a man for throwing bacon at a mosque and died in prison? what about the ones who beat anti-lockdown protests? the ones who refuse to stop grooming gangs and violent crime?
My mum worked as a cleaner at a police station for a couple of years. They didn't look down on her for being "just a cleaner" they treated her like one of them. Since she left, she's bumped into a couple of them when they've be on the street. They always say hi to her and ask how she's doing. I haven't spoken to her for a couple of years, but found out an old colleague of mine (we were both admins for a software company) is now a police officer. She was such a sweet girl and the police are lucky to have her
Thats really sad yous haven't spoken in a few years. 😢 I'm the same with my birth mum, but she's always hated me and my twin, but you seem to hold high commend for her. ❤
@@ScottishDeeSideEye I'm sorry, I'm terrible at typing. It's my ex colleague I haven't spoken to for a while. I'm so sorry to hear about you and your mum. Some parents don't know how lucky they are
I don't understand why folk in the UK give the police a hard time...They don't seem to realise that they are lucky to live in a country where they aren't shot, beaten or jailed inhumanely...They got it easy...and we have the best police service in the world in my opinion...Don't give them a hard time...they do a tough job...and we need them
Sarah Everard, look her up. Then look up what the police did to the women who held a silent, peaceful protest. The protest that was social distance. Sarah Everard!
Whilst we the Met definitely has its issues with discrimination and was an absolute shit show in the 90's , most other UK police forces are pretty ok .But this what you get when you don't provide your officers with lethal force ... they HAVE to think, engage, they WANT to desecalate...the minute you give our guys guns same thing happens as what happe with you guys...just look up " Jean Charles de Mendez...," or the recent killing of two young American bully pups in the street infront of tens of desperate onlookers....we know what happens if u put not just the power to detain, but the opportunity to provide " justice" to ppl on the front lines. They start to think it's personal and begin to react accordingly. when to a criminal it's just the job.
They're not acting like this for the cameras. They're trained to deescalate and most of them are very good at it. That's the main difference I notice between UK and US police. US police seem to think they're owed respect and don't have to do anything to earn it. They often create difficult situations that could easily have been avoided.
My experience living in England is that the police are very human, they're individuals with personality. I think that's important as there's a dark psychology to uniforms. They aren't acting this way for the cameras, it's just how they are as people. They also seem to prefer to see people walking away from misdemeanors, lesson learned, fair cop gov'ner. Saw them talk down so many angry drunk people in my time working in bars, always ended with laughs and goodwill, the angry drunk soothed and on their way. They're good people, we're lucky to have them looking out for us.
That's an accurate way the police actually talk and act over here, even when there arn't cameras. They always aim to keep things as calm as possible, and not escalate things. They'll often have banter with both victims and with the criminals they've caught. Any time I've had to call them for help, they've always been so kind, understanding and supportive. They try to give young idiots and drunk idiots a chance to make the right choice and go home quietly, but they won't take any crap when people do cross the line. They're fast to arrest anyone who disrespects them by spitting at them or trying to hit them. I've even seen them give drunk people a ride home to make sure they're safe and not passed out in the street or causing trouble. You can always go up to a police officer in the street and ask for directions, or just chat with them if they're not busy.
@@JustAverageLarryI think it very much depends on where you live and your socioeconomic status. They’ve certainly become less violent since cameras have become popular. There are so many videos on RUclips of so called first amendment auditors and sovereign citizens in the US where the public swear at the police and call them everything under the sun. I’d like to see you call a police officer a fecking anything and not have them react in the UK.
The police in the UK are a breed apart from everywhere in the world I've lived. The biggest difference is I think the way they are more able to interact with people without the need for guns and that they very much rely on the good will of the people which is a key hallmark of the policy of "policing by consent" rather needing to have a show of force whilst not being scared of going "hands on" when required.
As an American in Wales.. I still get ancy when I see a cop after 16 yrs here, but I've never had an inkling of hostility from them. They're always approachable and not usually quick to anger. Though.. If you're a wanker, they'll not hold back. They're epic at de-escalation and the US could learn a thing or two.. though also in the UK they dont have much of a possibility of getting shot for sneezing too far to the left at a traffic stop. They don't have to live in a constant state of paranoia like the US cops do..
😅 the only american i've ever met was in wales, it's not the place you expect to find you guys. As an englishman i will say the welsh police can be racist, locals can get away with having overweight vans speeding on narrow lanes every day but holiday makers from england will get a ticket for going 2mph above the limit. Having said that i'm sure you don't have an issue, you rank higher than us in the view of the welsh 😅
I had the police in my home last night. I had weed lying around. Joints rolled but they didnt care. Only wanted a statement about another issue. I guess, if you speak to them with respect, they show you the same back. ❤
@JustAverageLarry 100%, if you're gonna shout your mouth at them, they ain't gonna take it lying down. They'll bust you for any slight detail, so if your compliant and respectful, they genuinely show you the same back. I'm not saying all police are like that, but most are.
I e had a cop knock at my door, and it stunk of weed, told me he could arrest me for it, told him it was all smoked, and then he continued with the original inquiry. A good night
I've spoken with a few copper's in the pub etc and they have all told me the same thing-it's called the "10 second rule". Based on your attitude in the first 10 seconds of talking to you will determine how they are going to treat you.
De-escalation is a lot like body cameras: the police really benefit once they realise that it's in everyone's interest. The police *also* benefit from body cameras, because it makes sure that they can't be falsely accused of something like excessive force or have frivolous complaints made against them, and it helps weed out the bad apples so that honest police are more trusted. And similarly when police embrace de-escalation suddenly they realise that they're policing a calmer society, that the public trusts them more, and in particular that when they have to dive into difficult situations it's much less dangerous for them.
As a cop, you basically have a degree in psychology but you dont remember going to school for it. It is like a built in lie detector, u learn the ticks of what lies look like And no they aint acting like that bc of the camera, we de-escalate not escalate like Amercians
Also there's community panels that review stop and searches to check excessive or not. + some constabularies support drug testing & see red when dangerous bits are added
Not all Americans act that way, hell, not even all American cops act that way. But of course, it is not newsworthy when they de-escalate a situation and no one gets hurt or killed, so it never makes the press. Blood, guts and discrimination make for far better ratings on the nightly news. *shrug* Too many cops in way too many places lack the training or discipline to actually enforce law the way is was intended to be. Neutral as opposed to biased in favor of whatever group is in political favor this week. Many more do not wish to and with the current state of Federal justice in the US, it will only get worse since the Supreme Court of the US just proved without a doubt that they are just as political as any other group. Who cares about justice when money talks, after all. I will say that the cops in these videos are very good. Well trained, well motivated and determined to keep the peace as well as keeping people safe.
@@dwrdwlsn5 Yes I'm sure you do have good cops but if you upset them look out. Far too many deaths by your Police and they're virtually untouchable, only since cameras have come along has there been a chance of prosecution. They seem generally poorly trained and I suppose having an armed population they're inclined to shoot first and ask questions afterwards. British Police aren't perfect but generally taught to de-escalate a situation and generally if you're respectful to them their ok, that's been my experience anyway. From 2020 to 2022 they shot and killed 3 people and our worst year was 6 people. Allowing for the difference in population that would be about 35 in USA.
@@scots_knight4706 I was an EMT. I knew good, bad and indifferent in the many police forces I dealt with. I knew cops who strayed across the line and got punished for it. Contrary to popular belief, FEW of them are untouchable. Politics gets involved far too often and justice in the US went the way of the dodo when the Supreme Court decided that politics (even the SANE versions of it here, few as those are now) was more important than law and order. As for police shootings? That is very true and sad. That said? The US is not and has not been part of the UK since 1776. In all likelihood, it never will be. It is far larger with far more population, many of whom now have been taught by MANY sources from an early age that guns are the solution to any problem they face. I personally do not agree with that, even with a father who grew up in Texas. I have been around guns all my life. I know what they are and what they are not. They are not toys and they are not magic wands to wave and make thing better. I wish more people understood that simple truth but they do not. They see guns as status symbols or toys. Not tools with a dreadful responsibility behind them. Not unless things go very wrong and they manage to survive somehow, anyway. I have also been places across the US and Canada where guns were needed. Not for people, but for wildlife. Go on, try to de-escalate that Grizzly Bear Mama who thinks you got too close to her cubs. She won't care what you say and she can run faster than you can. As populations expand into more and more wildlife territory, we get more and more idiots who think that they can talk a bear/mountain lion/pack of coyotes down. Then we get more closed casket funerals. Such HAS happened, but is so rare as to be statistical. I do not see a solution here and certainly not one that everyone will accept. That too makes me sad. I like guns. I like the history of them, the making of them and the skill it takes to hit targets at extreme ranges. I do not even vaguely entertain the idea of solving all of my problems with a gun because 'I' know it won't work. It will only make my problems worse. I wish more people realized that.
have to say this is how I see police behave around me - not for cameras - in the main are quite restrained. Am happy with what I observe. Nice to see your reactions :)
FYI in the UK the emergency number has always been 999, because on the old dial phones, it was the number that was farthest away from metal restraint to stop you over dialing, and breaking the dial. But it was also next to it, so you could always find it in the dark. Also, because there are some many American cop show on British TV, kids remember 911, so that will also work in the UK.
Not quite: the last number on a rotary dial was the zero. To dial 999 in the dark you put two fingers into the dial next to the stop, and then removed the finger next to the stop. We were taught that in Wolf Cubs (the older name for cub scouts) back in the sixties.
Here in Aotearoa New Zealand our dials were numbered the opposite way so, our emergency number is 111 for the same reasons. I always understood it was always the number that took the longest to dial so that you had a few seconds more to gather your thoughts and for the panic to subside. And, l believe you can also get through on 911 because of the proliferation of American cop TV here too.
The one to remember is 112, as it’s the GSM standard and works in most countries worldwide. It started out as the first pan-European standard, so in addition to everywhere in Europe (including the UK and Russia and anywhere in-between), it also works in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Greenland and Iceland… And many more. If you’re going travelling and have to remember one number, 112 is the number to remember.
Yes in the UK the emergency phone number is 999. Quote Wikipedia: "First introduced in the London area on 30 June 1937, the UK's 999 number is the world's oldest emergency call telephone service".
I always find it amusing that they chose 999 and not 111. Imagine wanting to phone in an emergency and waiting for the dial to go back each time. 9... 9... "F*ck's sake!"
Twofold answer. By the time a central emergency number was created the lower numbers were already in use, so it had to be a number that could not possibly be in use. Second reason is the technology of the day. 111 could have been mistaken for a slow dialed 3 with the old technology or mistakenly dialed. Apparently also, whether this is true or not I don’t know, the old phone lines could brush against each other in the wind and cause a 111 pulse down the line, allegedly this was an issue in Europe where the number is 112.
You have to understand that all these lads when they started had 2 years basic training and gained a qualification before they set foot on the streets. And then they were only out with an experienced copper where they learned how to de-escalate situations. Training is now 3 years and they gain a degree in Policing and the law. Compare that to the few months in the USA where having an ego is the only qualification, they are then given a badge, a gun and immunity and you get what we see every day on YT. UK is Policed by consent and they are Constables who hold the King's Warrant so their attitude to people is very different to the 'enforcement' attitude in the USA.
"Kids at that time of night?" It's Bonfire Night, which is 5th November. Sunset would be around 4.30pm, so it's pitch black by 5pm. Not unusual to see kids out on the streets in residential areas until 9pm. Plus the fact that it's Bonfire Night means that more kids might be out going to a fireworks party somewhere. Plus, kids outside the USA are generally given much more freedom to go out on their own at a much younger age. I've seen news articles about American parents being prosecuted for "child endangerment" for letting their kids go out in the city on their own at ages which are perfectly normal here in Europe.
The thing is we are brought up playing knock door run, man hunt, tick, stuck in the mud, we love chasing and getting chased which is why our cops actually love a good chase, and yes you can talk to them like in this video without a camera and they are like this, its called banter and we brits love it.
I sometimes feel sorry for the police as they are the people who have to do the death knock. I once heard a radio psa saying don't drink and drive. That this police office had to go tell the family of a man who had been hit by a drunk driver and killed. He had to tell them christmas morning that this had happened. It must be horrible that family will forever be changed with one knock.
Actually, the UK police are like that whether there are cameras or not. They are trained to defuse situations. They don’t have guns. In the US the police seem to escalate situations. I’m not sure why? Is it because they carry guns? And there are so many guns in the US?? IDK.
If you watch clips from the Police Activity channel cops in the US seem really happy to use lethal force at every given opportunity, rather than try to de-escalate the situation as British Police Officers are trained to do...glad I live in the UK, rather than the US where it is possible to end up dead due to a misunderstanding.
In the first clip the interceptors were actually armed as they are often also the local armed response units, you could see their sidearms (some form of 9mm probably a glock 19) But even our armed response units are not at all trigger happy. It's far too much paperwork for one thing! On average UK police discharge firearms in anger in the low single digits per year It's extremely rare. Unless the criminal is pointing a firearm at them or someone else it's hugely unlikely for them to fire... And I've seen video of somone charge armed police with a knife.... No shots fired other than from the taser that bought them crashing to the ground at the cops feet
I think it's more than just guns in the USA. Communities in Europe are more tightly knit, the urban environments are accessible without a car needed.. and people walk a lot locally and meet each other, know the neighbours more where in the USA in many cases there's just suburbs with no village centre. That isolates people and harder to develop a day to day interaction with other people if you always have to drive your car..not conducive to developing a sense of belonging to a community of which your local.police are a part and familiar to you in many cases.. But gun entitlement and any mentally unstable or very aggressive person being able to almost buy one in the local shop would certainly change my approach to any member of the public if I was a cop.. is the next person I stop going to be the one to shoot me.. Also Americans seem to have a strong sense of the individual American dream... Which doesn't foster a sense of community. The police there come from the same background ..
15:58 in case you didn't get the reference, "Guy Fawkes tried and sentenced" was for events that occurred in the year 1605, commemorated by an annual fireworks display, not for any recent offence.
17:46 if this was in winter there very well may be kids out, remember the UK is at the same latitude as parts of Canada, the Gulf Stream keeps it warmer, but just look east to the inland of the continent and you see the temperature plunge
I remember me, and my pals, along with my sister, hotboxing in her living room, her ex boyfriend came round and started trying to assault her, we called the police, the officer walks in, asks if we are smoking, we say yes, and he was cool with it, he just said "That's not what I've been called for" and proceeded to take our statements, and then arrested my sisters ex and everything was cool
I’m an officer in the UK, in a force that is the most hated force in the entire country due to situations that happened lately. Believe me, we face so much hate everyday we just have to be nice, if I wasn’t nice, my face would spread through social media and if it made a big fuss i’d get fired.
@@JustAverageLarry u no parry I am a reformed criminal I no there not always nice but I do rate the police even no I had many slaps I deserved or didn't ha there a force that we need
Brother! I'm from the UK It's cool listening to your view on British Police Programs and there approach. I always watch the American equivalents and am always amazed at how abrupt and rude the Cops are over there. Seems like they wanna book people for anything. I don't think I could take it 😂. I would flip. Anyway bro keep doing what your doing man it's pretty cool.
My favorite moment from Police Interceptors is when they were doing an armed raid on someones house. They ended up breaching through the guy's bedroom window while he was sleeping in the room. The guy woke up, saw a squad of armed police climbing through his window and his responce was to just say in a slightly annoyed tone "There's a door back there you know".
The reason you'll see more folk get detained and released after a chat is that we don't have a massive prison lobby trying to get cops and courts to railroad folk in to keep cell occupancy (and dollars) high, unlike USA.
The bonfire night guy with the trade licence plate - it’s November so dark by 6/7pm and bonfire night is when lots of children walk to events / to see friends etc so yeah there could be a lot of kids walking in the dark that night in particular just like Halloween in USA 😊
Police are really friendly and polite here, when I was younger I got pulled over for driving 60 in a 30 (mph) as well as running a red and was frank with them, didnt lie or anything and they just said drive safely and went on their way. no issues.
3:15 That’s a hilarious moment. Suspect climbs the fence alone and quickly, 1st cop follows suit and with the help of the 2nd cop climbs over a little slower, then finally the 2nd cop just opens the gate instead of climbing over 😂
I grew up in Nottingham. The remark on kids hanging about in a residential like that is common. Especially at that time. They're all in school in the day and so you expect them to be out and about at later hours near home with the neighbors kids. Not to mean they're all up to no good, some are, but it's just what it's like. I'm from Strelly and hung out around Bullwell where the last guy got done speeding. Areas like that are normally populated with kids just looking for stuff to do. Out of the way areas are more popular since no one interrupts, but on quieter streets you're usually out front your house or your mates.
4:10 In England you have to get your Provisional Driving License first, where to drive you need to have someone with the full license who's had it for 3 years and are over the age of 21. After you pass your theory and practical driving tests you can get your full license which is just a normal license, it'll allow you to drive specific vehicles (cars, cars with a trailer etc). To drive other things you need to do other tests like truck driving, CBT (compulsory basic training for bikes). If you got your license before a certain year (a couple decades ago I think) you would be able to drive anything except for big lorries I think is how it was.
Same in Ireland. And like the UK, our Gardaí, police, are unarmed. However, in Northern Ireland, because of the legacy of the Troubles, the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) are armed.
While over in America.... On the same night at least 10 officers opened fire on fleeing suspect that made them run 5 inches! While 100 other officers beat suspects that ran "because they deserved it!" Give a man a hammer everything becomes a nail. Give a officer a gun everything becomes a moving target for practice!
I’ve seen loads of arrests, living in a high-crime area of London for years. The cops are generally cool and talk to you like a normal person. What I see in these videos is accurate as far as my experience, seeing Met police interactions with people of all colours.
I live in Brixton at the top of a council block where we get a lot of homeless sleeping in the stairwell or drug deals there. One time I came outside to take my bins down and there was a bunch of people getting arrested in the stairwell, got a “give us a second love and we’ll get out the way for you” and then they did. Super chill.
Police here in the uk are actually alright, most of them like to make it easier for you and themselves by trying to de escalate the situation by being conversational and calm. So no its not really because of the camera, most of them take the insults and threats that people shout at them with no repercussions.
It’s probably all in the training. It would be good for there to be an exchange programme for American and UK police to follow each other around for a period of time to see the differences.
there is a video of american cops watching a clip of a english cop defuse, disarm and arrest a guy swinging crazily with a knife. EVERY SINGLE american copper said 'yeah that guy is getting shot'
Unfortunately in my area of the uk the cops are pretty corrupt, one time my neighbour assaulted my dad and had him pinned to the ground but because they phoned the police first my dad was the one arrested instead. They brought my neighbour in an hour later and during that time he had gotten someone to beat him up so he would have bruises. The cops even lied for my neighbours in court and had a cop who wasn’t even at the scene to be a witness,my neighbours were seen as too unreliable so the charges against my dad were dropped. This isn’t the first time my neighbour has exhibited antisocial behaviour as he often stalked me and my mum but because he’s apparently an informant the police let him get away with murder.
At the start when the 2nd officer decides "you know what, I'll just open the gate with the handle and walk through" - CLASSIC (and no, the first officer did not open it for them, they were already off).
Nope, nothing to do with cameras, the police are always like that. Back when I was young we didn’t dare talk to officers like the youngsters do now! They’ve had all the power taken away from them. I’m some cases it is a good thing, but when you see them being disrespected like they are, well that’s the bad part. Love your reactions and thanks for show casing our wonderful police. ❤
Thank you for that. My 5 year old grandson loved it. He saw the flying scotsman with my husband. He's train mad and wants to build trains when he's able to!
It may be unclear, but often, when the Police are happy they have the correct name andaddress for someone, they'll give them their ticket/offense notice and release them - they're not "let go", but have to pay their fine or attend court and, if they don't, things escalate from there. Sometimes they will give a caution, which is basically telling the person they've been caught and don't do it again.
I liked that he helped his colleague climb the fence then he helped himself to open the fence door. Script is well thought out. 999 in the UK also 112 like Europe also works.
11:41 I just thought I would let you know @JustAverageLarry in case you were unaware that even when the police are not being filmed by a film crew, that the police have cameras as part of their clothing & equipment so that they are filmed (including sound) during incidents for the safety of all parties involved in an incident & can be used in court as evidence. So while not filmed by a tv/movie camera crew, they are still being filmed. I have a mate that is a police officer & he loves his job. He is well versed in banter & has a knack at calming people down.
This is the first video of yours I’ve seen and already your personality is brilliant and you sound way cooler saying police interceptors than we do. I live an hour away from Mansfield and watch these often with my pooch and I’m definitely going to watch more of your videos x
@catalinacurio haha, that would have resulted in me getting shit kicked by my parents. Nah, back then we got searched but we wasn't Into that life so they always let us go. After all we was just running, as teens do lol, I'm 44 now and totally grown up
Honestly, I've got a friend who is schizophrenic and end up meeting Police fairly often because of him.. they're ALWAYS (well 99%) this nice and there's never a camera recording them. They are mostly amazing people with the patience of saints..
Brit here 🇬🇧🙋🏼♀️ I raised my now adult children to always be respectful to the Police, Paramedics etc. I've been driving 40 years and my interactions with the Police have always been polite & courteous on both sides. LE in the US really frightens me
Don’t be frightened.. I’ve done the same as you while living here and never had an issue.. and I’m black.. the media and social media only shows the worst parts but there’s plenty of good ones here. The majority really.
@@JustAverageLarry Many thanks for your reply. I guess social media does tend to show all the controversial videos. May I just say you're extremely handsome ☺️ x
Yeah years ago I was hitching across the USA and got to the West coast late at night and just crashed behind some bushes at a university.. Were woken earlier in the morning by police arresting who we saw in daylight were quite a few others who had slept there too. Me and my friend were really worried as we had little cash if there was fine etc. the cop asked for our IDs and we handed over our passports as we watched others being bundled into a van. Are you Irish? he asked and when we answered yes, he started chuckling and said Boy our sergeant's going to love this and shouted to his buddy They're Irish, I'll take them with me to the station. Well we found our greeted like long lost family by the Irish American sargeant, taken for breakfast and chatting for hours about Ireland with him and others at the station. Not the first time being Irish was a benefit! @@JustAverageLarry
Repeat offenders in UK are usually known to police and are treat with techniques to try and help that individual reform and explain their background in life as to why they behave the way they do. It doesn't always work but ad least people aren't getting shot to death for minor reasons.
Yeah, this is genuinely how the majority of British Police act, they don’t want to fight you or scream at you…. They just talk but they don’t fuck around when they mean business.
The way police interact with people in the UK is fantastic. Some of the funniest things I've seen are watching the police de-escalate things verbally or drop their suspects in it in the most amusing ways possible. Anyway, great reaction vid, you seem a great guy and I'll be sure to check out more of your stuff.
As a probation officer I had an offender with 27 driving offences. He'd been disqualified after the 1st offence but by the time he became my case, he'd served a prison sentence. He'd taken the police on a car chase the last time. The police had praised him on how well he was driving at such high speeds. He'd been a bike racer & competed as a teen & kid & ignored the fact that streets in London are not race tracks. He'd has a joke with officers before being arrested. Praised the officers after for being polite towards him. I have seen our police act far more aggressively than needed & they tend to perform more searches on women & kids than necessary but still much better than US police.
Ready for the next one? Check it out!
American reacts to UK Police vs US Police
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The second interaction (7.30 in) is scarily close to where I live, less than a hundred yards, He is a kid I knew pretty well as he was a school friend of my eldest daughter up until 8 or 9 years ago.
For most the police is good. But, I’ve seen things, harmless and not so harmless. I was in a bumper bashing, which I caused and the copper put me in the back of his car. I was a nervous wreck and it turns out I was tired because I suffer of severe sleep apnea and didn’t know at the time and I cause a tiny bumper tapping. There I’m in the back of a police car! To this day I believe that if more people didn’t turn up I had a very good chance of being taken away and given the option between the cop shop and a “sexual favour”. The negligence charges were dropped against me. I believe because I complained, it was decided to just drop charges and that this copper had previous complaints.
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You seemed a little surprised that we British use 999 as our emergency number, but it seems that it was a logical choice, 9 being the last number on our modern phone it is easier to dial treble nine than 911 where the dealer has to change the position of the finger doing the dialling, and on the old rotary dial phones once you’re dialling digit was in the hole you didn’t have to remove it, just dial 9 and allow the dial to take your finger back to the stop and repeat twice and hey-presto the emergency call operator answers, so much easier if you can’t see the dial or keypad due smoke or blindness than fumbling to do 9-1-1.
Nice background. Makes me think of Blockbusters for some reason...
As a Brit, the US police terrify me. Here in the UK the police don't want to escalate things and are well versed in banter to diffuse situations.
I worked closely with the police on several occasions. Always a pleasure.
UK Police that is.
Yeah I wouldn't want to work with US police. They are a different animal altogether. Fast into the job, fast out. And they have to deal with every random traffic stop potentially turning into a shootout. So they're always on edge.
The way US cops talk to people like utter shit always bothered me, 'protect and serve' my arse. My US cousin was arrested in texas walking home drunk because 'if you come to my town and walk around drunk I'll bust your fucking ass.' It seems the appropriate action was to drive drunk.
Always nice when the tv propaganda cameras are filming
Yes tbf they're on edge cos of gun threats, I've seen videos of US cops handling tricky situations pretty well too, you can't generalise. I wouldn't fancy doing their job in any country, such a lack of respect for the Police nowadays.
The US is a different beast mate. So many weapons and the public are not shy using them against the police. It’s not like that here. Quite understandable why coppers there are on the edge every single day. But yea some of them are shockers and do stuff you can’t excuse.
As a British person, I have seen a lot of people over the years kick off at police officers on nights outside clubs or bars, and that's really how they do act even without camera's. It's the way the UK Police are trained to deal with people to de-esculate a situation.
I've seen my friends legs kicked out from under him after the cop admitted he didn't fit the description, you're looking at a staged event, police aren't nice, they're a shower of bastards.
Add to that that the chance that anyone draws a gun on them is much lower than in the USA - and most of the police are also not routinely armed with guns - most problems cannot be solved by just shooting the perceived offender or potty mouth.
Spoken like a true delusion copper
@@colinfletcher7629😅😂 spoken like a nonce
100% my experience also.
Ex police officer here, these are all standard interactions. You can't penalise someone for being rude to you. There is no offence for being rude to police. Police in the UK say that their main weapon/tool is communication.
They might not be a law to arrest for being rude but they will arrest you for "breach of the peace" instead.
@HelpMeLearnLife they won't. Doesn't meet the criteria. Breach of Peace has mostly been replaced by public order offences, and provided it's only really directed at the officer, police are expected to have a greater resilience to offence than the public.
I'm actually giggling at the idea of arresting someone for being rude. Trying to face the custody sergeant, like "BOP sarge". They'd be like get the fuck out of my custody suite and grow a pair 😂
hey you are so right, I worked in violent care homes and we were legally able to physically and medically restrain the people under our care, but most of the time we talked them down. We were trained, and I believe it's a skill that only some people can learn.
I mean, if we are still talking about UK police, there are some cities where you can be arrested and charged for swearing lol
The police in the UK are trained to de escalate the situation if they can. They do not have weapons generally. I have seen them deal with a fight and once the police had intervened and stopped the fight, the police officers had the participants shaking hands before leaving the scene.
They do well
It reminds me a lot of our police. Our system.
De escalate and avoid trouble. Calm down. Serve and protect.
Hi from Norway 🇧🇻
Crim, dog, dog handler over the fence, cop just opened the gate 😂😂😂😂
This is what happens when you base policing upon a watch, rather than a militia.
Turn the camera off and they would be just the same .
It’s known as ‘policing by consent’.
Policing by consent is a fundamental principle that underpins modern democratic societies. It is a concept rooted in the belief that the authority of the police derives from the consent and cooperation of the public they serve, as opposed to the power of the state.
It underpins the principles of all the police forces in the UK
what about the fact they employ racists systemically
Yeah, they don’t really 🤦♀️
@@rankinlas might want to google the reports on recent WhatsApp groups
@@MrSatnavatron Sure 👍
@@MrSatnavatrondid you really just use WhatsApp groups as a source? Not something like idk, the rather open and easy to obtain IOP data. Cause yeah, there are racist cops, they also tend to get caught.
No shouting and screaming, lasers or guns. Proud of our Police.
we have at maximum 5000 more police than we did in 2010 , overworked
@@MrSatnavatron No. There are 160,000 police officers in the UK (2021 numbers), which is about 12000 less than in 2009, so it's almost impossible for there to be 5000 more now than in 2010.
ah fair , just going off what they said the other day on the morning run @@xxwookey
There is, just no where near as much.
@@xxwookeyand when you account for population increase, that clearly isn't enough!
Brit 🇬🇧 here. I was arrested about this time last year. Let's not go into exactly why, but I'll say this. The police were excellent with me. Polite, professional and fair. I answered no questions on the advice of my solicitor and they released me and even gave me a ride home in a squad car.
Much respect.
What did you do? Rape or something with kids ewwwc
Criminal 💩
That was alot of words to say your a fucking grass 😂 everyone knows if you get locked up you are there for hours more than likely the next day unless you grass and they let you out at like 5-6am before the busses are even running so you have a couple hour wait in the cold, if they gave you a lift home you 100% grassed and got them a conviction 😂😂
The police guy that arrested me for the first time was like we're the people that will interview and he was like say no comment and gave me a lift back home after I said no comment for everything but if the police man didn't say that id be arrested for sure was my first time
@@JJShields-le8uk No comment = guilty. If you're genuinely innocent, you'd do your utmost to prove it.
One of these police men is my brother, and I could not be more proud.
He's a traffic sergeant, and one of the finest men I know.
He must be a top lad
Belive it or not the police aren’t only talking like that because of the camera. Our police are actually really cool anyway cameras or not
The police in New Zealand are okay too.
Well that’s refreshing to note!
Not always like this they smack you up ha ha
@@danieljones7501yea when u deserve it
@@rachelBradyninot always no. I've seen people get their head "accidentally" smashed into the roof of the car by cops as they're being arrested...
Cops are humans. And while they have a difficult job (they have to deal with the public when they're in very stressful situations, as well with the lowest of society), some of them are just on a power trip, and signed up for the job so they can legally rough people up.
I’ve seen the police in the UK arresting someone at my place of work, and believe me, they’re incredibly polite and professional. They will never use force unless absolutely necessary.
I could show you hundreds of videos that blow your observations out of the water.
@DazzleMonroe And I can guarantee that everyone in those videos being handled is acting a cunt.
@@DazzleMonroeohh you are one of those people that just watch RUclips shorts and make an assumption based on that 😂
@@Steve-O-wg4go No, the opposite. I'm a video archivist and researcher. BTW, earth aint flat either
Dalian Atkinson is dead because he "stumbled" towards a police officer. They battered him to death
11:30 nope, the police aren't being nice just for the camera. They really do take a lot of verbal shit from suspects before acting on it. It's a de-escalation tactic.
The reason that you would not get away with talking to a cop like hat in the USA is that cops there are egomaniacs who are offended of anyone questions their authority.
Exactly.
In the USA I see videos where the cops turn up and immediately tell a grown man whose having a domestic dispute “turn around and get in the ground” because someone in an emotional moment doesn’t immediately calm down in 2 seconds.
UK police they will be understanding and talk and reason with someone and understand everybody has bad moments.
In USA the second you talk disagreeable with them they’ll start putting hands on you and don’t give a damn if you end up dead from being crushed by being pinned to the ground or if they agitate the situation and end up killing someone.
It’s so dumb.
I swear even in the USA when I was there I had cops stare me down, I legitimately felt scared because the way the cop stared me down so hatefully it was ego like “if you don’t look away I will make some trouble for you”.
So true..
A lady get arrested to said to police 🚔 honey 🍯 🤣
He said.. I'm not your honey..
Hands behind your back.
She get arrested and the dept get sued
Tbh there are plenty of u.k cops that's are ego maniacs as well. An autistic teen recently got arrested for being homophobic saying the cop looked like her lesbian Nan? (She did look like your stereotype dyke 😂 and the girls Nan was married to another woman)
I think the fact that guns can be carried by anyone is a major factor there
I can’t imagine the constant on edge feeling of being a police officer in the USA - it’s almost like a constant nonstop life of CPTSD.
I feel like hyper vigilance would be the natural state of being.
You're so wrong. I live in northern Europe, and I can guarantee you - cameras or not - this cuckolding would never have happened here.
This is what professional policing looks like. Good job lads.
in the UK all police officers are given abuse almost constantly , they simple could not arrest everyone for these insults lmao
In America those words are like assault 😂😂😭
@@JustAverageLarry 😂😂😂😂
@@JustAverageLarry If you swear at them they can arrest you for that but they cant for just a bit of banter. That wasnt always the case back in the early 80s they would have taken you in for "questioning" where you got the shite kicked out of you.
@@captvimes true progress then it seems!
@@captvimes indeed!😂👍
Taken without Consent (TWOC) is very different from stolen. It applies in situations where someone wants to use the vehicle, but not keep it. For example, a teenager who has permission to drive mom's car to school but not to go joyriding with friends after dark has committed TWOC. It's is a much less serious offense than theft.
Initially the presumption is that it's a TWOC, so that's what the Interceptor crew are told, and usually what the initial arrest is for. If appropriate the charge is upgraded to theft once the perp is in the police station, and arrested for the additional offence.
Interesting distinction. Thanks for the clarification.
@@nikiTricoteuse It also applies for stuff like leaving the spare keys with someone with no intent to allow them use.
@@stevenscott2718 That makes a lot of sense. Never heard of it before - l'm in Aotearoa New Zealand, though. Be interesting to know if we have such a distinction here. Hope we do.
Twoc is what many petty thefts are assumed as well, eg leaving the petrol station without paying is presumed you forgot and you’ll be contacted by police to go and pay within a week or two before they come to put you in cuffs
I’ve always had good interactions with British police.
Once my car was tracked down because someone called the police on me for kidnapping.
When the police found me and my friends at their house I explained my friend was suicidal and we found him walking alone on the streets. I only had 2 seats, so my other friend got in the boot so he could have the seat and get a ride home.
Illegal yes but it was a desperate situation. They understood, gave me a verbal warning and got my suicidal friend some help with his drug addiction.
People are so rude and disrespectful to the police in the UK. They don’t know how lucky they are to have decent police.
Decent? Like the ones who arrested the autistic teen? The ones who detained a woman for having a russian flag out of 20 other flags promoting world peace? The ones who arrested a man for throwing bacon at a mosque and died in prison? what about the ones who beat anti-lockdown protests? the ones who refuse to stop grooming gangs and violent crime?
Exactly. They don’t realise how lucky we are tbh. It’s the youth mainly. I was taught to respect police.
We’d feel more lucky if they weren’t so pathetic and ineffective
We don't have decent police, they're traitors.
@@hambonejamboree7750
NOT their fault! The blame lies firmly with the bleeding heart liberals 🤬
My mum worked as a cleaner at a police station for a couple of years. They didn't look down on her for being "just a cleaner" they treated her like one of them. Since she left, she's bumped into a couple of them when they've be on the street. They always say hi to her and ask how she's doing. I haven't spoken to her for a couple of years, but found out an old colleague of mine (we were both admins for a software company) is now a police officer. She was such a sweet girl and the police are lucky to have her
Happy to hear that story!
Thats really sad yous haven't spoken in a few years. 😢 I'm the same with my birth mum, but she's always hated me and my twin, but you seem to hold high commend for her. ❤
@@ScottishDeeSideEye I'm sorry, I'm terrible at typing. It's my ex colleague I haven't spoken to for a while. I'm so sorry to hear about you and your mum. Some parents don't know how lucky they are
@@carolinesconcertvids860 Oh wow. I read that soooo wrong. I do apologise. I'm glad your mum is doing well. Bless her. ❤️❤️
@@ScottishDeeSideEye no need to apologize :) she turns 70 this year and luckily is doing well
I don't understand why folk in the UK give the police a hard time...They don't seem to realise that they are lucky to live in a country where they aren't shot, beaten or jailed inhumanely...They got it easy...and we have the best police service in the world in my opinion...Don't give them a hard time...they do a tough job...and we need them
Erm, quite a few victims of discrimination by the Met might disagree with you.
That's what u think lol
Sarah Everard, look her up. Then look up what the police did to the women who held a silent, peaceful protest. The protest that was social distance. Sarah Everard!
Whilst we the Met definitely has its issues with discrimination and was an absolute shit show in the 90's , most other UK police forces are pretty ok .But this what you get when you don't provide your officers with lethal force ... they HAVE to think, engage, they WANT to desecalate...the minute you give our guys guns same thing happens as what happe with you guys...just look up " Jean Charles de Mendez...," or the recent killing of two young American bully pups in the street infront of tens of desperate onlookers....we know what happens if u put not just the power to detain, but the opportunity to provide " justice" to ppl on the front lines. They start to think it's personal and begin to react accordingly. when to a criminal it's just the job.
Nett hier, aber waren sie schonmal in Baden-Württemberg?
They're not acting like this for the cameras. They're trained to deescalate and most of them are very good at it. That's the main difference I notice between UK and US police. US police seem to think they're owed respect and don't have to do anything to earn it. They often create difficult situations that could easily have been avoided.
Very true (saying this as a Brit)
My experience living in England is that the police are very human, they're individuals with personality. I think that's important as there's a dark psychology to uniforms.
They aren't acting this way for the cameras, it's just how they are as people. They also seem to prefer to see people walking away from misdemeanors, lesson learned, fair cop gov'ner.
Saw them talk down so many angry drunk people in my time working in bars, always ended with laughs and goodwill, the angry drunk soothed and on their way. They're good people, we're lucky to have them looking out for us.
That's an accurate way the police actually talk and act over here, even when there arn't cameras. They always aim to keep things as calm as possible, and not escalate things. They'll often have banter with both victims and with the criminals they've caught. Any time I've had to call them for help, they've always been so kind, understanding and supportive.
They try to give young idiots and drunk idiots a chance to make the right choice and go home quietly, but they won't take any crap when people do cross the line. They're fast to arrest anyone who disrespects them by spitting at them or trying to hit them. I've even seen them give drunk people a ride home to make sure they're safe and not passed out in the street or causing trouble.
You can always go up to a police officer in the street and ask for directions, or just chat with them if they're not busy.
Must be nice!
@@JustAverageLarryI think it very much depends on where you live and your socioeconomic status. They’ve certainly become less violent since cameras have become popular.
There are so many videos on RUclips of so called first amendment auditors and sovereign citizens in the US where the public swear at the police and call them everything under the sun. I’d like to see you call a police officer a fecking anything and not have them react in the UK.
The police in the UK are a breed apart from everywhere in the world I've lived. The biggest difference is I think the way they are more able to interact with people without the need for guns and that they very much rely on the good will of the people which is a key hallmark of the policy of "policing by consent" rather needing to have a show of force whilst not being scared of going "hands on" when required.
I am inclined to agree with you
As an American in Wales.. I still get ancy when I see a cop after 16 yrs here, but I've never had an inkling of hostility from them. They're always approachable and not usually quick to anger. Though.. If you're a wanker, they'll not hold back. They're epic at de-escalation and the US could learn a thing or two.. though also in the UK they dont have much of a possibility of getting shot for sneezing too far to the left at a traffic stop. They don't have to live in a constant state of paranoia like the US cops do..
Interesting to hear it from someone who has seen it from both sides.
😅 the only american i've ever met was in wales, it's not the place you expect to find you guys.
As an englishman i will say the welsh police can be racist, locals can get away with having overweight vans speeding on narrow lanes every day but holiday makers from england will get a ticket for going 2mph above the limit.
Having said that i'm sure you don't have an issue, you rank higher than us in the view of the welsh 😅
@@seldom_bucketgwent police are the worst after the met, gwent police are absolute scum
I love the fact an American uses the word Wanker 😆
I am happy to see you adopting one of our favorite words, wanker, its beautiful lol
Pure comedy officers and dog leap the fence and last guy opens the gate and walks through 😂😂
Work smarter not harder.
The officer that jumped over the fence unbolted the gate for the other one.
Near wet myself at that bit!!! 😂😂
I had the police in my home last night. I had weed lying around. Joints rolled but they didnt care. Only wanted a statement about another issue. I guess, if you speak to them with respect, they show you the same back. ❤
And that’s a fact!
@JustAverageLarry 100%, if you're gonna shout your mouth at them, they ain't gonna take it lying down. They'll bust you for any slight detail, so if your compliant and respectful, they genuinely show you the same back. I'm not saying all police are like that, but most are.
@@ScottishDeeSideEye definitely most are, I would agree. Better to play it cool and calm.
I e had a cop knock at my door, and it stunk of weed, told me he could arrest me for it, told him it was all smoked, and then he continued with the original inquiry. A good night
I've spoken with a few copper's in the pub etc and they have all told me the same thing-it's called the "10 second rule". Based on your attitude in the first 10 seconds of talking to you will determine how they are going to treat you.
De-escalation is a lot like body cameras: the police really benefit once they realise that it's in everyone's interest. The police *also* benefit from body cameras, because it makes sure that they can't be falsely accused of something like excessive force or have frivolous complaints made against them, and it helps weed out the bad apples so that honest police are more trusted.
And similarly when police embrace de-escalation suddenly they realise that they're policing a calmer society, that the public trusts them more, and in particular that when they have to dive into difficult situations it's much less dangerous for them.
As a cop, you basically have a degree in psychology but you dont remember going to school for it. It is like a built in lie detector, u learn the ticks of what lies look like
And no they aint acting like that bc of the camera, we de-escalate not escalate like Amercians
Also there's community panels that review stop and searches to check excessive or not.
+ some constabularies support drug testing & see red when dangerous bits are added
Not all Americans act that way, hell, not even all American cops act that way. But of course, it is not newsworthy when they de-escalate a situation and no one gets hurt or killed, so it never makes the press. Blood, guts and discrimination make for far better ratings on the nightly news.
*shrug*
Too many cops in way too many places lack the training or discipline to actually enforce law the way is was intended to be. Neutral as opposed to biased in favor of whatever group is in political favor this week. Many more do not wish to and with the current state of Federal justice in the US, it will only get worse since the Supreme Court of the US just proved without a doubt that they are just as political as any other group. Who cares about justice when money talks, after all.
I will say that the cops in these videos are very good. Well trained, well motivated and determined to keep the peace as well as keeping people safe.
@@dwrdwlsn5
Yes I'm sure you do have good cops but if you upset them look out.
Far too many deaths by your Police and they're virtually untouchable, only since cameras have come along has there been a chance of prosecution.
They seem generally poorly trained and I suppose having an armed population they're inclined to shoot first and ask questions afterwards.
British Police aren't perfect but generally taught to de-escalate a situation and generally if you're respectful to them their ok, that's been my experience anyway.
From 2020 to 2022 they shot and killed 3 people and our worst year was 6 people.
Allowing for the difference in population that would be about 35 in USA.
@@scots_knight4706 I was an EMT. I knew good, bad and indifferent in the many police forces I dealt with.
I knew cops who strayed across the line and got punished for it. Contrary to popular belief, FEW of them are untouchable. Politics gets involved far too often and justice in the US went the way of the dodo when the Supreme Court decided that politics (even the SANE versions of it here, few as those are now) was more important than law and order.
As for police shootings? That is very true and sad. That said? The US is not and has not been part of the UK since 1776. In all likelihood, it never will be. It is far larger with far more population, many of whom now have been taught by MANY sources from an early age that guns are the solution to any problem they face. I personally do not agree with that, even with a father who grew up in Texas. I have been around guns all my life. I know what they are and what they are not. They are not toys and they are not magic wands to wave and make thing better. I wish more people understood that simple truth but they do not. They see guns as status symbols or toys. Not tools with a dreadful responsibility behind them. Not unless things go very wrong and they manage to survive somehow, anyway.
I have also been places across the US and Canada where guns were needed. Not for people, but for wildlife. Go on, try to de-escalate that Grizzly Bear Mama who thinks you got too close to her cubs. She won't care what you say and she can run faster than you can. As populations expand into more and more wildlife territory, we get more and more idiots who think that they can talk a bear/mountain lion/pack of coyotes down. Then we get more closed casket funerals. Such HAS happened, but is so rare as to be statistical.
I do not see a solution here and certainly not one that everyone will accept. That too makes me sad. I like guns. I like the history of them, the making of them and the skill it takes to hit targets at extreme ranges. I do not even vaguely entertain the idea of solving all of my problems with a gun because 'I' know it won't work. It will only make my problems worse.
I wish more people realized that.
@@dwrdwlsn5 There's literally a law for immunity, u can lie all u want but everyone knows usa has too much corruption, period
have to say this is how I see police behave around me - not for cameras - in the main are quite restrained. Am happy with what I observe. Nice to see your reactions :)
Thank you!
FYI in the UK the emergency number has always been 999, because on the old dial phones, it was the number that was farthest away from metal restraint to stop you over dialing, and breaking the dial. But it was also next to it, so you could always find it in the dark.
Also, because there are some many American cop show on British TV, kids remember 911, so that will also work in the UK.
And with such clear explanations like that, I finally understand why fire engines are red ! Brilliant.
@@chrisbodum3621I thought that was very clear?
Not quite: the last number on a rotary dial was the zero. To dial 999 in the dark you put two fingers into the dial next to the stop, and then removed the finger next to the stop. We were taught that in Wolf Cubs (the older name for cub scouts) back in the sixties.
Here in Aotearoa New Zealand our dials were numbered the opposite way so, our emergency number is 111 for the same reasons. I always understood it was always the number that took the longest to dial so that you had a few seconds more to gather your thoughts and for the panic to subside. And, l believe you can also get through on 911 because of the proliferation of American cop TV here too.
The one to remember is 112, as it’s the GSM standard and works in most countries worldwide.
It started out as the first pan-European standard, so in addition to everywhere in Europe (including the UK and Russia and anywhere in-between), it also works in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Greenland and Iceland… And many more.
If you’re going travelling and have to remember one number, 112 is the number to remember.
Yes in the UK the emergency phone number is 999. Quote Wikipedia: "First introduced in the London area on 30 June 1937, the UK's 999 number is the world's oldest emergency call telephone service".
Yeah, years before 911 was introduced in the US!
I always find it amusing that they chose 999 and not 111. Imagine wanting to phone in an emergency and waiting for the dial to go back each time. 9...
9...
"F*ck's sake!"
911 also works.
@@dianapeek6936 Yeah because most countries dumb it down for Americans. If only there was an international emergency number… oh wait there is - 112. 🙄
Twofold answer. By the time a central emergency number was created the lower numbers were already in use, so it had to be a number that could not possibly be in use. Second reason is the technology of the day. 111 could have been mistaken for a slow dialed 3 with the old technology or mistakenly dialed. Apparently also, whether this is true or not I don’t know, the old phone lines could brush against each other in the wind and cause a 111 pulse down the line, allegedly this was an issue in Europe where the number is 112.
You have to understand that all these lads when they started had 2 years basic training and gained a qualification before they set foot on the streets. And then they were only out with an experienced copper where they learned how to de-escalate situations.
Training is now 3 years and they gain a degree in Policing and the law.
Compare that to the few months in the USA where having an ego is the only qualification, they are then given a badge, a gun and immunity and you get what we see every day on YT.
UK is Policed by consent and they are Constables who hold the King's Warrant so their attitude to people is very different to the 'enforcement' attitude in the USA.
This is how it goes nowadays but ultimately the complete lack of guns allows this approach.
"Kids at that time of night?"
It's Bonfire Night, which is 5th November. Sunset would be around 4.30pm, so it's pitch black by 5pm. Not unusual to see kids out on the streets in residential areas until 9pm. Plus the fact that it's Bonfire Night means that more kids might be out going to a fireworks party somewhere.
Plus, kids outside the USA are generally given much more freedom to go out on their own at a much younger age. I've seen news articles about American parents being prosecuted for "child endangerment" for letting their kids go out in the city on their own at ages which are perfectly normal here in Europe.
Ah ok that makes sense. Didn’t realize it was November.
In the UK, police dogs are sometimes referred to as 'Land Sharks'
The thing is we are brought up playing knock door run, man hunt, tick, stuck in the mud, we love chasing and getting chased which is why our cops actually love a good chase, and yes you can talk to them like in this video without a camera and they are like this, its called banter and we brits love it.
There was more to that second clip after he was warned by the cop's not to go near his mum's house he went straight over and was arrested this time.
I sometimes feel sorry for the police as they are the people who have to do the death knock. I once heard a radio psa saying don't drink and drive. That this police office had to go tell the family of a man who had been hit by a drunk driver and killed. He had to tell them christmas morning that this had happened. It must be horrible that family will forever be changed with one knock.
Yeah that’s definitely a tough part of the job.
😂😂 the fact the officer climbed over the fence just for the other one to open the gate 😂😂
That was crazy! 😂😂🤦♂️
The first officer opened the gate for him. The second one can be heard saying, “Open the gate, if you can.”
Actually, the UK police are like that whether there are cameras or not. They are trained to defuse situations. They don’t have guns. In the US the police seem to escalate situations. I’m not sure why? Is it because they carry guns? And there are so many guns in the US?? IDK.
If you watch clips from the Police Activity channel cops in the US seem really happy to use lethal force at every given opportunity, rather than try to de-escalate the situation as British Police Officers are trained to do...glad I live in the UK, rather than the US where it is possible to end up dead due to a misunderstanding.
In the first clip the interceptors were actually armed as they are often also the local armed response units, you could see their sidearms (some form of 9mm probably a glock 19)
But even our armed response units are not at all trigger happy. It's far too much paperwork for one thing!
On average UK police discharge firearms in anger in the low single digits per year
It's extremely rare.
Unless the criminal is pointing a firearm at them or someone else it's hugely unlikely for them to fire...
And I've seen video of somone charge armed police with a knife.... No shots fired other than from the taser that bought them crashing to the ground at the cops feet
I think it's more than just guns in the USA.
Communities in Europe are more tightly knit, the urban environments are accessible without a car needed.. and people walk a lot locally and meet each other, know the neighbours more where in the USA in many cases there's just suburbs with no village centre. That isolates people and harder to develop a day to day interaction with other people if you always have to drive your car..not conducive to developing a sense of belonging to a community of which your local.police are a part and familiar to you in many cases..
But gun entitlement and any mentally unstable or very aggressive person being able to almost buy one in the local shop would certainly change my approach to any member of the public if I was a cop.. is the next person I stop going to be the one to shoot me..
Also Americans seem to have a strong sense of the individual American dream... Which doesn't foster a sense of community. The police there come from the same background ..
It doesn't matter about the camera...our police genuinely care and will chat to diffuse the situation. ❤x
It definitely seems so!
15:58 in case you didn't get the reference, "Guy Fawkes tried and sentenced" was for events that occurred in the year 1605, commemorated by an annual fireworks display, not for any recent offence.
Ahhh ok.. yeah I was definitely lost lol
17:46 if this was in winter there very well may be kids out, remember the UK is at the same latitude as parts of Canada, the Gulf Stream keeps it warmer, but just look east to the inland of the continent and you see the temperature plunge
If it's nearly Bonfire Night it's late October early November it gets dark by 4:30pm lol
I remember me, and my pals, along with my sister, hotboxing in her living room, her ex boyfriend came round and started trying to assault her, we called the police, the officer walks in, asks if we are smoking, we say yes, and he was cool with it, he just said "That's not what I've been called for" and proceeded to take our statements, and then arrested my sisters ex and everything was cool
Great video buddy always fascinating to see what Americans think of British policing 😎👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
I’m an officer in the UK, in a force that is the most hated force in the entire country due to situations that happened lately. Believe me, we face so much hate everyday we just have to be nice, if I wasn’t nice, my face would spread through social media and if it made a big fuss i’d get fired.
That’s terrible to have to worry about someone coming for your job for not being nice to criminals 🤦♂️
Your not always nice though are you ha ha
@@danieljones7501 well no human is “always” nice 😂 we all have our moments
@@JustAverageLarry u no parry I am a reformed criminal I no there not always nice but I do rate the police even no I had many slaps I deserved or didn't ha there a force that we need
@@danieljones7501 for sure, I’ve done my fair share of stupid petty crimes as well when I was a young mad. All deserved punishments.
Brother! I'm from the UK It's cool listening to your view on British Police Programs and there approach. I always watch the American equivalents and am always amazed at how abrupt and rude the Cops are over there. Seems like they wanna book people for anything. I don't think I could take it 😂. I would flip. Anyway bro keep doing what your doing man it's pretty cool.
Thank you very much! So happy you found me!
Innit!👍🏻 😂 My mum tells me off when i pronounce it like that? 😂
It’s so funny to hear! I love it!
"Innit, aye!?" 🤣
My 6yr old says init, my wife hates it. But then it's what you bet being from london 😂🤣
@@TeeReynolds it sounds great to me!
Yeah because you aren't uneducated are you?
My favorite moment from Police Interceptors is when they were doing an armed raid on someones house. They ended up breaching through the guy's bedroom window while he was sleeping in the room.
The guy woke up, saw a squad of armed police climbing through his window and his responce was to just say in a slightly annoyed tone "There's a door back there you know".
only in britain haha!!
Police in UK are pretty chill tbh, they actually do make you feel safe. A lot of what this video portrayed is pretty accurate in MOST cases.
The reason you'll see more folk get detained and released after a chat is that we don't have a massive prison lobby trying to get cops and courts to railroad folk in to keep cell occupancy (and dollars) high, unlike USA.
I mean.. I can’t argue against it.
The bonfire night guy with the trade licence plate - it’s November so dark by 6/7pm and bonfire night is when lots of children walk to events / to see friends etc so yeah there could be a lot of kids walking in the dark that night in particular just like Halloween in USA 😊
November, it's dark by midday in Wales...
🤷♀️😁
Police are really friendly and polite here, when I was younger I got pulled over for driving 60 in a 30 (mph) as well as running a red and was frank with them, didnt lie or anything and they just said drive safely and went on their way. no issues.
glad you like doing some of our UK stuff traffic cops is also a good one to watch that last guys was just much love and respect from England
Thank you Martin!
My dad was a police driver, growing up I never fully realised how hard his job was
So glad being British means you can solve most things with words
Love Police Interceptors! Subscribed yesterday and think I've watched all your videos already! 🤣🤣 one love from England 🏴👍
Thank you! Much appreciated!
Dealing with idiots on a daily basis must be soul crushing.
True!
in fairness, anyone working in customer service or hospitality could say the same thing
I love how you mimic the British accent, it has me in stitches 😂😂 love from the UK 🇬🇧 😊
Thank you! 😃 I try!
Love the quick baggy thro the window as he left😂
Right! 😂
I think it was the £20 he was being loaned.
3:15 That’s a hilarious moment. Suspect climbs the fence alone and quickly, 1st cop follows suit and with the help of the 2nd cop climbs over a little slower, then finally the 2nd cop just opens the gate instead of climbing over 😂
Facts! 😂😂
I honestly believe that us Brits have the best police force in the world.
I can’t argue against it
@@JustAverageLarryI can, lol
@@TitanK1lls go ahead lol
There not bad atleast they speak to you normally, In the States they speak to you like your a child on the naughty step
@@TitanK1lls
Are you one of those guys in these clips?
You're hilarious 😂😂😂 So glad I came across you. Always loved Interceptors but your commentary makes it even better 👌🏽
❤ from 🇬🇧
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much!
You wanted to know what a Stinger is. You call them as spike traps.
More often you hear them called spike strips, because, you know, Americans need everything made as clear as possible in baby language all the time! ;)
I thought they called them stop sticks?
I grew up in Nottingham. The remark on kids hanging about in a residential like that is common. Especially at that time. They're all in school in the day and so you expect them to be out and about at later hours near home with the neighbors kids. Not to mean they're all up to no good, some are, but it's just what it's like. I'm from Strelly and hung out around Bullwell where the last guy got done speeding. Areas like that are normally populated with kids just looking for stuff to do. Out of the way areas are more popular since no one interrupts, but on quieter streets you're usually out front your house or your mates.
4:10 In England you have to get your Provisional Driving License first, where to drive you need to have someone with the full license who's had it for 3 years and are over the age of 21. After you pass your theory and practical driving tests you can get your full license which is just a normal license, it'll allow you to drive specific vehicles (cars, cars with a trailer etc). To drive other things you need to do other tests like truck driving, CBT (compulsory basic training for bikes). If you got your license before a certain year (a couple decades ago I think) you would be able to drive anything except for big lorries I think is how it was.
Yeah I think that’s the same as our “drivers permit”
“Kids at that time of night” probs about 6 o’clock here 😂
Choice Larry . Thanks . It's nice to come away from watching police encounters feeling amused instead of angry
Happy you enjoyed it!
Same in Ireland. And like the UK, our Gardaí, police, are unarmed. However, in Northern Ireland, because of the legacy of the Troubles, the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) are armed.
While over in America.... On the same night at least 10 officers opened fire on fleeing suspect that made them run 5 inches! While 100 other officers beat suspects that ran "because they deserved it!"
Give a man a hammer everything becomes a nail. Give a officer a gun everything becomes a moving target for practice!
I sense a hint of hyperbole here but the sentiment is valid.
I’ve seen loads of arrests, living in a high-crime area of London for years. The cops are generally cool and talk to you like a normal person. What I see in these videos is accurate as far as my experience, seeing Met police interactions with people of all colours.
I live in Brixton at the top of a council block where we get a lot of homeless sleeping in the stairwell or drug deals there. One time I came outside to take my bins down and there was a bunch of people getting arrested in the stairwell, got a “give us a second love and we’ll get out the way for you” and then they did. Super chill.
Great review matey , a like ye chuckle, hope you show more videos of our magnificent boys in blue …🇬🇧🇺🇸
More to come! Thank you!
Police here in the uk are actually alright, most of them like to make it easier for you and themselves by trying to de escalate the situation by being conversational and calm. So no its not really because of the camera, most of them take the insults and threats that people shout at them with no repercussions.
It’s probably all in the training. It would be good for there to be an exchange programme for American and UK police to follow each other around for a period of time to see the differences.
there is a video of american cops watching a clip of a english cop defuse, disarm and arrest a guy swinging crazily with a knife. EVERY SINGLE american copper said 'yeah that guy is getting shot'
Unfortunately in my area of the uk the cops are pretty corrupt, one time my neighbour assaulted my dad and had him pinned to the ground but because they phoned the police first my dad was the one arrested instead. They brought my neighbour in an hour later and during that time he had gotten someone to beat him up so he would have bruises. The cops even lied for my neighbours in court and had a cop who wasn’t even at the scene to be a witness,my neighbours were seen as too unreliable so the charges against my dad were dropped. This isn’t the first time my neighbour has exhibited antisocial behaviour as he often stalked me and my mum but because he’s apparently an informant the police let him get away with murder.
Dang that’s crazy
At the start when the 2nd officer decides "you know what, I'll just open the gate with the handle and walk through" - CLASSIC (and no, the first officer did not open it for them, they were already off).
Nope, nothing to do with cameras, the police are always like that. Back when I was young we didn’t dare talk to officers like the youngsters do now!
They’ve had all the power taken away from them. I’m some cases it is a good thing, but when you see them being disrespected like they are, well that’s the bad part.
Love your reactions and thanks for show casing our wonderful police. ❤
Thank you!! Happy you enjoyed it!
Thank you for that. My 5 year old grandson loved it. He saw the flying scotsman with my husband. He's train mad and wants to build trains when he's able to!
OMG. I've only gone and put the comment on the wrong video I was watching. So sorry 😞 🙄😁😁😁
It may be unclear, but often, when the Police are happy they have the correct name andaddress for someone, they'll give them their ticket/offense notice and release them - they're not "let go", but have to pay their fine or attend court and, if they don't, things escalate from there.
Sometimes they will give a caution, which is basically telling the person they've been caught and don't do it again.
Is no one else watching the same 3:05 as me and seeing everybody bolt over a gate just for the last copper to open it
😭😂😂
I saw the same thing and went back, I think one of the guys that jumped over flipped the latch for him to walk through
The one that jumped over unlocked it from the other side, so that the last one could then open it.
I liked that he helped his colleague climb the fence then he helped himself to open the fence door. Script is well thought out. 999 in the UK also 112 like Europe also works.
11:41 I just thought I would let you know @JustAverageLarry in case you were unaware that even when the police are not being filmed by a film crew, that the police have cameras as part of their clothing & equipment so that they are filmed (including sound) during incidents for the safety of all parties involved in an incident & can be used in court as evidence. So while not filmed by a tv/movie camera crew, they are still being filmed. I have a mate that is a police officer & he loves his job. He is well versed in banter & has a knack at calming people down.
Police dog in his rear view mirror! Made me think of Hot Fuzz with the swan on the back seat😊
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This is the first video of yours I’ve seen and already your personality is brilliant and you sound way cooler saying police interceptors than we do. I live an hour away from Mansfield and watch these often with my pooch and I’m definitely going to watch more of your videos x
Happy to hear that! Glad you found me! 😀
That's how our police speak with people, they are also very approachable,
everytime i have interacted with cops if im nice they are nice respect is earned.
We used to run from the police as teens, just for the hell of it knowing there was nothing we could be arrested for
Damn lol
Yeah but when the cop knocked your door to tell your mother, I’ll bet you walked home slowly.., 😅
@catalinacurio haha, that would have resulted in me getting shit kicked by my parents.
Nah, back then we got searched but we wasn't Into that life so they always let us go. After all we was just running, as teens do lol, I'm 44 now and totally grown up
03:10 The narrator is Tony Hirst, who did the UK editions of How It's Made - he's a certified nutter and we love his style 🤣
British police are actually pretty chill.
Honestly, I've got a friend who is schizophrenic and end up meeting Police fairly often because of him.. they're ALWAYS (well 99%) this nice and there's never a camera recording them. They are mostly amazing people with the patience of saints..
Brit here 🇬🇧🙋🏼♀️ I raised my now adult children to always be respectful to the Police, Paramedics etc. I've been driving 40 years and my interactions with the Police have always been polite & courteous on both sides. LE in the US really frightens me
Don’t be frightened.. I’ve done the same as you while living here and never had an issue.. and I’m black.. the media and social media only shows the worst parts but there’s plenty of good ones here. The majority really.
@@JustAverageLarry Many thanks for your reply. I guess social media does tend to show all the controversial videos. May I just say you're extremely handsome ☺️ x
@@fibrowarriors well thank you very much! Appreciate the compliment.
Yeah years ago I was hitching across the USA and got to the West coast late at night and just crashed behind some bushes at a university.. Were woken earlier in the morning by police arresting who we saw in daylight were quite a few others who had slept there too. Me and my friend were really worried as we had little cash if there was fine etc. the cop asked for our IDs and we handed over our passports as we watched others being bundled into a van.
Are you Irish? he asked and when we answered yes, he started chuckling and said Boy our sergeant's going to love this and shouted to his buddy They're Irish, I'll take them with me to the station.
Well we found our greeted like long lost family by the Irish American sargeant, taken for breakfast and chatting for hours about Ireland with him and others at the station. Not the first time being Irish was a benefit! @@JustAverageLarry
Repeat offenders in UK are usually known to police and are treat with techniques to try and help that individual reform and explain their background in life as to why they behave the way they do.
It doesn't always work but ad least people aren't getting shot to death for minor reasons.
I’m proud of our police force 🇬🇧
Omg yesss 😂it wasn't long ago I commented on your other video like this to make more.. and an hour later I see this new video !! Yessss❤😂
I am a man of the people! 😂😂
Yeah, this is genuinely how the majority of British Police act, they don’t want to fight you or scream at you…. They just talk but they don’t fuck around when they mean business.
The way police interact with people in the UK is fantastic. Some of the funniest things I've seen are watching the police de-escalate things verbally or drop their suspects in it in the most amusing ways possible. Anyway, great reaction vid, you seem a great guy and I'll be sure to check out more of your stuff.
"Dats my bad arm, you mad" ahah 😅
Love how they think that, if they say they have a injury they wont be detained 🤣
Right! 😂😂
That’s your bad arm? Well it’s about to get worse if you don’t stop resisting 😭
Peeps over this side of the water will say almost anything to get out of trouble..
Even the mamma's 😅
Keep making awesome vids dude, one love ❤ 🤙
@@Duffelberry thank you my friend! Will do!
As a probation officer I had an offender with 27 driving offences. He'd been disqualified after the 1st offence but by the time he became my case, he'd served a prison sentence. He'd taken the police on a car chase the last time. The police had praised him on how well he was driving at such high speeds. He'd been a bike racer & competed as a teen & kid & ignored the fact that streets in London are not race tracks. He'd has a joke with officers before being arrested. Praised the officers after for being polite towards him. I have seen our police act far more aggressively than needed & they tend to perform more searches on women & kids than necessary but still much better than US police.