American Reacts to Dutch Police Chase STOLEN VAN Across German Border!

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[@Gnin1000]

I am a police commissioner in Germany. Car chases are the responsibility of our police control center. As a police unit on the street, I can of course drive behind vehicles. Also faster, if necessary...! But as soon as I say the "magic" word "chase" over the radio, the local police control center takes over. She coordinates the vehicles used, gives instructions, closures and so on to the forces. We are rammed in the very rarest of cases, because on the one hand our police vehicles, in contrast to the USA, do not have a reinforced chassis, but are usually normal vehicles from the assembly line. On the other hand, uncontrollable accidents with serious injuries happen, especially at higher speeds. The police in Germany have decided, at least in my state (because the police is a state matter), to let a vehicle get away rather than a possibly young father who thinks he has had a glass or two too many beers the police are being driven to their deaths. In Germany we don't have the nail strips that you use in the USA, but a similar device called a "stop stick" that is only used once . The use of firearms against vehicles is also so strictly regulated that there is actually no situation in which you, as a police officer, could use the firearm against fleeing vehicles without getting into a lot of trouble afterwards, even if the operation was successfully ended to losing your job. These are all consequences of a police operation that was nationwide, i.e. stretched across several federal states and ended very bloodily and with the loss of a hostage in the 80's (I think 1988). Many omissions, rivalries and hijacking came to the surface during the processing, which completely restructured the tactical leadership of the police. A high-speed chase through a residential area with narrow streets alone would be stopped by the control center in 99% of cases, police forces would be reorganized so as not to endanger human life within the residential area, such as children playing, and on the other hand, the getaway vehicle would resume after leaving the residential area and to be able to follow up. There is a very simple reason for this: The deployed vehicle crews, especially those who have direct contact with the getaway vehicle, develop tunnel vision due to the adrenaline released and can hardly make objective decisions. They succumb to a hunter's instinct, which the police in Germany do not want. The control center officials are distant from what is happening, but receive all the necessary information and also have an area overview on their computers, which can promote tactical action. For example: not always driving behind, obvious road blockages with an opportunity for the getaway vehicle to turn onto other streets, to lead them out of populated areas to allow access on land and to minimize the risk to other road users. Germany has an agreement with the Netherlands (at least I definitely know that from the Netherlands, since I myself have followed vehicles from Germany to the Netherlands - albeit covertly and not in open pursuit-) that emergency services of the respective country are allowed to cross the borders, so as not to have to break off a pursuit at the border. There is a belt around the border of about 20 km in both directions in which non-state forces can still be active on foreign national territory. Of course, state-owned forces are brought in to take or take over measures if necessary. The police forces of both states, the Netherlands and Germany, work closely together. This is of the utmost importance, especially in the border regions. I think that these agreements exist between Germany and all neighboring countries. Otherwise criminal prosecution would hardly be possible in the border regions. If an accident occurs during such an emergency trip, as happened at 09:45, the colleagues usually do not stay on site but drive on because higher goods or human lives have to be protected. The opponent of the accident/damaged person, like the black Mercedes sedan shown here, can report to the nearest police station to have the accident recorded. He gets reimbursed for all damage costs plus depreciation of his car, because the accident is also reported to the control center and noted in the deployment log. Most of the dogs used by the dog squadron in Germany (K9) are Belgian Shepherds (Mollies), no longer German shepherds. Also seen at 11:34 - the typical Belgian Shepherd. You say it: Malinois. The German shepherd dogs now have hip problems too often due to their breeding. Of five K9 vehicles in my area, 4 had the Belgian Shepherd and only one had the German Shepherd.

[@marvindebot3264]

This needs to be pinned.

[@michaelgortz5996]

Thank you for taking the time to write this up. And thank you for your service. (from HH, DE)

[@Gnin1000]

@@michaelgortz5996 I thank you for the thanks. In Germany, unfortunately, very much forgotten in our work. If you need us, we're not there fast enough and if you get caught up in a police check, we're just thieves who have nothing better to do and should better take care of the "right" criminals. Even if you just got caught in a 30 km/h zone at over 60 km/h and last month a school child was killed. Ich danke Dir für den Dank. In Deutschland leider sehr in Vergessenheit geraten bei unserer Arbeit. Wenn man uns braucht, sind wir nicht schnell genug da und wenn man in eine Polizeikontrolle gerät, sind wir nur Wegelagerer, die nichts besseres zu tun haben und besser sich um die "richtigen" Krimenellen kümmern sollten. Auch wenn man gerade erwischt wurde in einer Zone 30 km/h mit über 60 km/h und letzten Monat ein Schulkind totgefahren wurde. In such comments of mine, where I come out as a police commissioner, I receive more thanks for my work from the US commentators than from our own countrymen. Always makes me sad and thoughtful. Even if I didn't choose my profession to receive hymns of thanks, there should be respect - which unfortunately is often lacking in our country. In solchen Kommentaren von mir, wo ich mich als Polizeikommissar oute, erhalte ich mehr Dank für meine Arbeit von den US-Kommentatoren, als von unseren eigenen Landsleuten. Macht mich immer traurig und nachdenklich. Auch wenn ich den Beruf nicht gewählt habe, um Dankeshymnen zu empfangen, so sollte jedenfalls der Respekt vorhanden sein - der leider oft genug fehlt in unserem Land.

[@IMFLordVader]

@@Gnin1000 Puh... was soll ich sagen? Wie mein alter Chef gesagt hat. Am besten + - +. Also zuerst etwas gutes, dann etwas schlechtes, dann wieder etwas gutes. Zunächst einmal: Wirklich vielen Dank für euren Dienst. Nicht nur die Polizei, auch die anderen Rettungskräfte wie Feuerwehr und Notärzte. Und mein Dank geht weiter an alle, die dafür sorgen, dass unsere Straßen/Infrastruktur sicher ist und nicht mit Blaulicht ausgestattet sind. Jetzt zum Negativen. Vorab möchte ich aber bemerken, dass es sich um ein einmaliges Event gehandelt hat und mich persönlich betraf. Darüber hinaus Jahre zurück liegt. Meine Lebensgefährtin hatte mit mir Schluss gemacht, wir standen kurz vor der Heirat und hatten schon Save the Dates Karten verschickt. Ich wusste, dass sie sich mit dem "neuen" in Frankreich vergnügte am Tag der Deutschen Einheit. Mir fiel nichts besseres ein als mir 3 Liter Bier in den Hals zu kippen und im Anschluss ein Hungergefühl auf McDonald's zu entwickeln. Weil es schon kurz vor Ladenschluss war (1 Uhr Nachts), heizte ich nicht nur durch die Spielstraßen, auch in der darauf folgenden 30er Zone kam ich auf 76 km/h. Das Auto von rechts sah ich, war noch weit genug weg und ich gab Vollgas. Blaulicht. Fuck. Dicht wie eine Haubitze & zu schnell. Was soll ich machen? Flüchten kommt nicht in Frage. Also rechts ran. Schnell ein Pfefferminz eingeworfen. Der Polizist kommt an mein Fenster, verlangt die üblichen Papier. Ich gebe sie ihm. Er erklärt mir, warum er mich angehalten hat und warum es in letzter Zeit hier notwendig ist. Keine Ahnung, ob er meine Tränen wahrgenommen hat wegen der so kurzfristigen Trennung. Ich sage ihm, dass ich ihn vollkommen verstehen kann und ich zu den Leuten gehöre, die sich die Anwesenheit der Polizei für gewöhnlich wünschen. Er läuft zurück zum Polizeiauto. Ich warte und denke mir: "Das wars! Der muss doch meine Fahne gerochen haben.". Er kommt zurück, gibt mir meinen Führerschein und Ausweis wieder und belässt es bei einer Verwarnung. Obwohl es für mich persönlich absolut desaströs gewesen wäre, hätte ich mir gewünscht dass der Kollege Gesetz und Ordnung durchgesetzt hätte. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass er den Biergeruch nicht wahrgenommen hat. Es hätte für mich den Verlust des Führerscheins bedeutet, MPU und ggfs. Gefängnis. Auf der anderen Seite denke ich mir aber: Wenn ich damit durchkomme, was geht sonst noch (so offensichtliches) durch? Klar, auf der kurzen Strecke (unter 200 Meter) ist kein belastbarer Geschwindigkeitscheck möglich. Hier zählt nur die augenscheinliche Prüfung der Polizisten. Wie gesagt (meine Meinung) - der Biergeruch MUSS trotz Pfefferminz festgestellt worden sein. Fraglich, ob der Kollege meinen Promillegehalt per Nase schätzen konnte. Was vielleicht für mich gesprochen hat, war mein sofortiges Eingestehen (war ja auch klar). Was ebenfalls für mich gesprochen haben könnte, dass ich als Unternehmer im Ort bekannt bin und ansonsten in den Spielstraßen tatsächlich immer Schrittgeschwindigkeit fahre, bzw. in den 30er Zonen tatsächlich immer 30, max. 33. Der Polizist war mir nur völlig unbekannt, aber ausschließen möchte ich es nicht. Ebenfalls kommt vllt. zum Tragen, dass ich nicht die klassischen Raser-Kisten fahre, sondern eher ein Opa-Auto und trotz meiner knapp u40 schon einiges an grauem Haar habe. Aber ich weiß es nicht. Angenommen, der Polizist habe mich unbekannterweise erkannt und wollte Gnade vor Recht ergehen lassen, verneige ich mich davor wie ein japanischer Samurei vor seinem Kaiser. Von der Trennung konnte er unmöglich Kenntnis haben, denn die war noch keine Woche alt. Denn er hat nicht nur mich gerettet, sondern auch meine Angestellten. Wenn wir vom Worst Case ausgehen und ich wäre ins Gefängnis gekommen, weiß ich nicht, was mit der Auftragslage geschehen wäre. Der Reputationsschaden (den ich sowohl freiwillig wie bereitwillig eingegangen bin) hätte an mir jahrelang geklebt. Aber selbst im Best Case (MPU, Führerscheinentzug) wäre ein Kratzer im Lack geblieben. Für mich war dies eine Lektion für mein Leben. Davor hatte ich nie Alkohol am Steuer und danach auch nicht. Und andere Drogen kommen für mich überhaupt nicht in Frage.

[@Klausi-uq4xq]

Danke für deinen Dienst! Hab selber 12 Jahre eine Flecktarn Uniform getragen und der BRD anderweitig gedient. Daher weiß ich zu gut wie es ist mal einfach ein Danke zu hören. Hauptfeldwebel Klaus (d. R.)

[@riker1701D]

I live near Nordhorn. Germany and the Netherlands have several agreements for mutual support and assistance. Dutch and German police are allowed to cross the border during chases and pursue the vehicles alone until the respective other police can take over. There are also agreements on medical assistance, for example if a hospital is closer to the other country or a rescue helicopter can reach the scene of an accident more quickly in the other country. The same applies to fire departments and civil protection. The Dutch and the Germans are good neighbors.

[@roybakker1973]

Dutch police have jurisdiction untill 30 km after the border and viceverca unless german police is already into the chase, then jurisdiction passes over to the german police

[@pimengbers]

Hey Neighbor, glad you guys took the chase from us 👍 I'm from Oldenzaal, the city where the chase started.

[@jazzx251]

That's just sensible,

[@neildavid10]

Yeah in the US it’s the same even in Canada different police departments take over when a chase crosses into a different district/county or province.

[@jollyroger1982]

@@roybakker1973 not really, the treaty of Enschede and several INRAP protocols say we can chase to about 130 km into neighboring countries if no local police is there to take over. But as soon as locals can take over the Dutch have to either abort, or give lead to the police of Germany or belgium

[@DrErikEvrard]

Police cooperation in Europe sometimes goes even beyond immediate border areas. I live in a Belgian city Ghent, where every summer a major 10-day festival is organised. There are numerous visitors from neighbouring countries, including The Netherlands. At such events, you will also see Dutch police officers patrolling the streets, specifically to keep an eye on their own citizens who might be rowdy. Foreign police officers must always be accompanied by their local Belgian colleagues, and they have limited jurisdiction, but I really love how all this works in practice.

[@Makapaa]

Oh yeah, it's really common for National police or other service from Country X to ask Country Y to loan/borrow equipment and/or personel for big events like that. Usually they are, like in that case, a bit like "trainees". Not yet fully certified to operate on their own but professionals with very similar training and mentality. And oftentimes it's pretty much just the case of bosses going around asking "Who wants a short, fancy trip to Y? There's an extra free day for you in the deal; remember to bring souvenirs!"

[@Sigart]

@@Makapaa It also preemptively avoids people being like "they were mean to me because I'm from another country!" and also at events, peple are gonna be drunk and maybe not legible in anything but their mother language XD

[@Nietzman]

Same happens in the Netherlands, we have a flower market in Groningen once a year that half of Germany flocks to. German police travels 'with' them to be of assistance.

[@mehere8038]

That's awesome :)

[@Millbrook1974powderedwater]

This indeed is one of the things that really make Europe work as a union. On the other hand: Fuel price differences are huge.

[@Thraim.]

10:00 Try to explain that to your insurance. "So, I was waiting at a red light when a Dutch Police car hit me."

[@petrophaga8523]

Number 1 rule is safety of everyone. That's why they don't ram him or use guns. in these narrow streets it is very easy that some innocent persons will be hurt.

[@oakld]

Maybe in NL not, but I'd say in most of the Europe they do ram, do pit the cars, use spike strips and even shoot at the fleeing suspects, all if it's safe to do. I've been driving to NL many times and get a feeling it's mostly very densely populated, so I guess those tactics may be difficult or impossible to apply there.

[@huntingrunner]

@@oakld which countries are you talking about? All I've seen is spike strips. Never heard of shooting at fleeing suspects, ramming or pit maneuvers being used.

[@vophatechnicus]

@@huntingrunner Police in Germany sometimes uses stop sticks. It´s like a spike strip but as a stick. Police in the Netherlands will absolutely wreck your car if the situation will get too dangerous. Seen in many videos ...

[@nodwick4231]

In my 40 years living in Austria I've never seen police even draw a gun. That shit almost exclusively happens on TV.

[@mif4731]

@@huntingrunner there is one from Poland, shooting tires tho, not the driver. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK7Y6R_nstqrNk

[@hmcredfed1836]

Imagine being a german and shoping in your home depot seeing 10 Dutch police cars chasing a van outside xD

[@thefirstkingdogo1126]

This is the EU bitch XD

[@AudieHolland]

Oops, you were correct. Hadn't reached the part where you see all the Dutch police cars.

[@FrancisBehnen]

I think the reaction (at least my own), wouldn't be of big surprise "oh my god why are there Dutch police cars here?". More of a chuckle of "Huh, that's funny he's coming from the Netherlands"

[@AudieHolland]

@@FrancisBehnen Having seen all those Dutch police cars, I was seriously worried what would happen if something happened back in The Netherlands with most of the force in Germany.

[@Arutemysu]

I seen German cop cars in the Netherlands, it's a fun sight chasing someone together with the Dutch cops.

[@Firespark7]

4:30 The van was stolen. A few seconds ago, the officer asked the dispatch to ask the owner of the van, who called the police, how much fuel was left in the tank.

[@OLBarbok]

The crazy thing about these chases is the fact that he is literally making himself a criminal in not just 1 country, but 2 by crossing the border and continuing it over there. I imagine we have quite a lot of cooperation together near the borders to avoid the bureaucracy nightmare this would be.

[@RobbertMichel]

In many of the border villages it's normal for the local police patrol cars to have a dutch and german officer inside so that they can just patrol on both sides of the border. In the narrow bit of Limburg (south-east Netherlands), A Belgian officer will be there as well.

[@Rob2]

Remember the Dutch-German border is much like a state border in the USA. Like the California-Nevada border, for example. There is no border patrol, just a sign "you enter Germany". And there is good cooperation between police forces, for example.

[@delloso6205]

there is good cooperation with all emergency forces Rob...police, ambulances, fire brigades etc.

[@cvbattum]

The biggest difference here is that the Dutch police really do not have jurisdiction across the border line. They can keep chasing for a while but will soon have to yield the chase to the Germans. Here there is top-down coordination, and while the Dutch control center can reach all Dutch units, it can't reach German units or vice-versa. As soon as the border is crossed, there are two separate coordinators for the chase. Between two US states, they probably would just patch the original coordinator through to the other state.

[@delloso6205]

@@cvbattum There seems to be a fair bit of difference between judicial powers causing friction between the numerous law enforcement agencies in the USA even within the one State. 1. A sheriff and a city policeman nearly had fisticuffs and threatened to arrest each other as to who had the right to cite a speeding motorist. 2. A motorist had parked his car and trailer safely near a bridge on the outskirts of a USA town. A Trooper told him he would have to stop walking on the bridge because that was considered loitering . A town policeman joined and told the man to move his car because it was illegally parked .Both agents were courteous to the man but mostly ignored each other. A passing sheriff drove past, slowed down to ``assist`` but was rudely waved on by the policeman. And that was in one and the same state.

[@Tiamat013]

Kwam hier voor deze comment. Exact.

[@UndercoverDog]

You can see the border crossing at 8:03 The German Border starts at the Europe sign at the right hand side of the road (next to the parking red car)

[@kevinblankenburg4816]

I lived for a few years in the tri state region of Germany/France / Luxembourg. AFIK police is allowed to go about 30 mls into a neighbouring country. They just have to inform the specific country. It is something completely different scenario with borders in Europe. I know places where the left side of the road is french and the right side German. When I picked up my wife at her working place, I drove through France because it was way shorter than the German route. The borders are gone, literally gone.

[@sepro5135]

Yeah, I live around 1 km from the French border and of course, you will see police once in a while, stopping people, but usually, it may as well be just a normal bridge with some flags on it

[@Snaakie83]

Dutch, German and Belgium police intensely work together usually. Hardly any language barrier, no borders...you got to help each other.

[@matsv201]

Its the same in pretty much every Eu country.. and also non EU country. Swedish police can go into Norway, and Norwegian police can go into Sweden. On the Öresundbridge connection they have a special Danish/Swedish semi combined force. And at the finish border if i remember correctly, there is no police directly on the Swedish side, so sometimes the Finish police go over. its sort of a strange situation because the city is at both side of the border, but on the Swedish side, its sort of a small village, but on the Finish side its much larger.

[@SirHeinzbond]

as far as i know they can stop you within the 30 km but the have to wait for the local police too...

[@tihomirrasperic]

It is the EU and the Schengen region there are no borders, and the police cooperate properly A few years ago, Serbian mobsters were fleeing from Serbian police towards Croatia and when they crossed the border they were met by the Croatian police They didn't arrest them, they beat them well and fairly, and then just "threw them back" across the border to the Serbian police Later they complained about police brutality, the Serbian police claimed that they did not beat them because they fled to Croatia, the Croatian police said that they were not even there and that they had no idea what the mobsters were complaining about

[@MrJasperdeKnegt]

You can recognize Dutch cars on their yellow plates. White cars with blue and orange stripes. This was when we still used mostly Volkswagen Touran. Now we use Mercedes B-Class for regular patrol vehicles. We also have special high speed interceptor Audi A6 Avants. The German border sign was a square blue sign with a star circle for Europe and Duitsland (Garmany) written in the center. Love your reaction man!

[@BlueCombPL]

I see Polish police cars are getting more "euro-looking". Our police mostly uses Kia c'eed as regular police car and many various models as undercover ones - in my region (northeast Kuyavia-Pomerania) I saw BMW 330xi and Opel Insignia. For example, Podlasie police used (or still uses) a Lancer Evo X as undercover car in their road division and there was some awkward situation with it - they once stopped a Russian citizen and he didn't believe, that this Evo really is a police car 😅

[@donnerschwein]

@@BlueCombPL Police car leasing is always a decision of the corresponding state in Germany, and I'm pretty sure it's the same in Poland. In Bavaria pretty much every Police station is driving BMW, Opel in North Rhine Westphalia etc. I could very well imagine that Skoda is widely popular in Eastern Europe countries (especially in CZ of course)... can't blame them. It's VW tech at a better price tag. Of course Mercedes and BMW try to chip in and sell their service cars...

[@RobbertMichel]

Haven't seen a lot of the mercedes police cars yet. I guess they will come in as the Tourans start wearing out.

[@DanAndHoe]

There was also a vehicle of the Dutch Marechaussee. It's basically all blue. It was the vehicle that crashed into the black civilian car. Makes sense, considering they're border patrol.

[@henningth.3704]

As a German visiting the Netherlands from time to time I was very surprised to see the VW Touran as a typical police car in the Netherlands. Here in Germany it is considered the most laid back and calm family van, I drive one myself 🙂 I know it can also be driven aggressively and it is safe, so I guess it's a good choice. In Lower Saxony, Nordhorn belongs to Lower Saxony, VW Passat like in the video are very common Police cars, they are manufactured in Lower Saxony.

[@_.Aztec._]

I live not to far from Nordhorn and I remember this story very well. My cousin was at the big store (a store like IKEA) when the guy broke through the pillars and chains at the entrance. Good thing that both the German and the Dutch police are working so closely together! The Dutch police handles pursuits a little different than the Germans. The Dutch are a little more agressive, which is good. There a couple of good videos here on YT of Dutch police pursuits, they are fun to watch!

[@klamin_original]

8:05 Your reaction to that border crossing is SO FUNNY :D You probably imagined some guard houses and stuff but it's literally just an imaginary line :D

[@thefreephilosopher7398]

There used to be borders with guard houses, they even checked everyone on a train if it crossed the borders... I passed through many of them as a child. In 1986 the first Shengen treaty was signed, and in 1993, all internal borders opened between Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France, since then most guardhouses at the borders disappeared. And these borders were strict for the police as well... many a criminal could walk free if he got over the border and the other countries police didn't get there on time (or didn't bother at all)... I lived at the Belgian/French border and there were gangs that went robbing in the other country on both sides till late in the 1990's when the police finally could cross the border... Edit to add info, and for typo...

[@fesco4752]

At 08:04 you see that sign of the border , at the right the blue sign either yellow stars

[@dutchman7623]

@@thefreephilosopher7398 The borders between Benelux countries were free sooner, only trucks had to go voluntary to the customs office next to the highway if they had anything to declare. But companies could do all the paperwork at the office, so not all trucks had to stop. And there were random checks on cars and trucks after passing the border. The only time I had 'my' passport checked on the Dutch-Belgian border was in the early sixties, as a boy on the tram between Breda and Antwerp. I had my mother's passport with a handwritten note in it that I was on my way to my uncle. My name was in it as a child. Both custom officers looked at it and let me continue my journey. And I remember how all cars with Dutch and German number plates were 'waived' through at the Dutch-German border in the early seventies during the holiday season. "Go on, go on, no time to check everybody.'

[@thefreephilosopher7398]

@@dutchman7623 yeah, many crossings were lax... but I had my and my mothers pass checked every time we crossed the Belgian/German border by train... we did that several times a year, as my grandmother lived in Cologne. I used to call it "Die grüne Grenze", "the green border" As I lived close to the Belgian/French border, we could go straight into France without checkpoint, as some villages had (and still have) a Belgian and a French part... but if you used the highway, you had to stop, they didn't check ID every time, but always looked at the people inside the car...

[@dutchman7623]

@@thefreephilosopher7398 Yes, we have come a long way getting rid of borders. Wish it would be in more places around the world.

[@j.l.r4089]

Police chases are not that common in Europe as in America but sometimes it happens. In the Netherlands under some requirements police cars are allowed to ram the suspect, while in Germany it is mostly forbidden by the authority to ram anybody in a chase bc of eventual accidents with injured suspects or police officers spikestripes are used in chases but only special vehicles have it as equipment so it is quite hard to get these to the scene

[@MarcelusLP]

Basically not true, regarding to your German references. Greetings from somebody who deals with this kinda stuff every day.

[@raphaelesser3716]

In Germany Police is allowed, under certain requirements, to ram the fleeing vehicle as the last option bevor the use of firearms. Also spikestripes are regulare equipment in every patrole car, at least in the bigger citys.

[@j.l.r4089]

@@raphaelesser3716 i can Tell that at my station we have 11 out of 27 vehicles (so quite big unit) with spike stripes. And some more at the station itself. The Highway patrol units do have them in every car. But especially in RLP when there was this discussion about the total weight of the car they removed "unnecessary" items

[@jankarl7896]

@@j.l.r4089 sind die in den Nachfolgern des Audi A4 - den A6 mittlerweile drin?

[@raphaelesser3716]

@@j.l.r4089 bei uns in NRW sind die Standart auf dem Vito und S-Max.

[@eastfrisianguy]

I grew up near the Dutch border (but further up north) and I can confirm that the police of both countries work closely together. A policeman friend told me that only the leadership of the operation then often changes after crossing the border, as you can also see in this video. In the area I grew up there are still remote wetland areas, about two miles from the village itself and there once a marijuana plantation was discovered by the police, which was operated by a Dutch gang. First a German police car, in between two civilian cars (with uniformed German police officers) and two Dutch police vans raced through our village like crazy. I was about 15 years old at the time and caught this purely by chance when I was riding my bike home in the evening. A few minutes later two fire trucks raced through the village and it smelled very strange... the idiots actually set fire to the entire barn and plantation when the police arrived. Some firefighters were quite intoxicated, including my 69 year old great uncle who was high af afterwards 😂And even funnier: the farm mentioned here was built by my great-grandfather, my grandfather and father were born there and the farm was in the possession of our family until the 1970s. 🤣

[@maquez650]

There is a lot of cooperation between police agencies in Europe. Not only do they often have some jurisdiction across the border in situations like this, but in some cases police forces are actually stationed across the border. In summer a lot of German tourists come to Dutch beaches, and German police actually come to assist with the Dutch police (in their regular German uniforms) and the same happens in Spain where Dutch police forces help out the Spanish police in the summer.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

Chases are not very commonin Germany. This is usually more dangerous than the reason for the persecution. They usually wait for you at home, initiate a search or investigate you later. EU countries have a bilateral police agreement.

[@hmcredfed1836]

Helicopterrrr Helicopter

[@Hansen710]

denmark is not a part of that police deal

[@LincolnRon]

Robert Owen the van was stolen so they don't know where the driver lives. But a large work van like that can't outrun a helicopter. So they just need to a Dutch or German helicopter to follow the van.

[@toaster_gmbh]

​@@hmcredfed1836 actually maybe also not that one. Afterall, often times the reason a suspect is driving dangerous is because police are chasing him to drive that fast, so you rather just keep your distance (like in a helicopter but best outside of his knowledge) or even rather lose him than make him go 160 inside a Town inevitably killing people due to police making him go to these speeds.

[@69drummerdude]

Halfway in the chase the policemen recognise the man in the van as a known criminal which is probably why he kept running. So charges in Germany for running in Germany, the nearly one year left of prison THEN of to the Netherlands and charges for stealing the van, resisting arrest and most likely something from his past (Dutch judges love to include a part of the jail time to go in effect if you repeat breaking the law) this guy's on the hook!

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

Mr known criminal shouldnt of been let out of jail.

[@69drummerdude]

@@EmmaAppleBerry Good Point, well made. Most likely not the police's decision though...

[@wolf310ii]

There are no charges "for running" in Germany and running away to avoid being arrested isnt resisting arrest.

[@69drummerdude]

@@wolf310ii Do you mean to tell me that what we see in the video isn't breaking any laws?

[@69drummerdude]

@Hellequin Maskharat Big answer for something that isn't relevant here: if he still has time to serve in the EU he shouldn't be walking around free. Sweet and simple 🐱

[@3deverything690]

If you're planning to watch more of these police cars, then keep in mind that police, is spelled as "politie" in the Netherlands and as "polizei" in Germany. The German cars have the yellow and green color scheme while the Dutch cars have the red and blue on the white background. Easy to recognize. Yes I think they brought the German Shepherd so that the dog can translate for them 🙂

[@Mr7scout]

The blue cars with red and white stripes are dutch bordercontrole.

[@delloso6205]

@@Mr7scout No, they are Dutch Police units. All Dutch Police have the same uniforms and colour cars. There is also the Royal Dutch Marechaussee whose duties include border security, They also have police powers but wear different uniforms and have different cars.

[@Muck-qy2oo]

The cooperation between two countries in Europa is just astounding!

[@fr3ud_4137]

It is more "United States of Europe" than individual nations. We argue about many things, of course, and have more sovereignty than the states in the U.S., but we have ceded much of our power to "the EU". However, if there were no cooperation on security, etc., the principle of open borders would logically not work. Especially in the border regions.

[@Arltratlo]

yip, one reason the Brits left the EU, they dont like cooperation, they only want to be the boss!

[@evawettergren7492]

I just love to see professional cooperation. Don't know why, it just warms my heart.

[@sumsumhummel3926]

I live right there at the border and i work in the german rescue service. You can go across the border like you want, because of the European Union. It is normal for the police of both countries to work together. The fire brigade and rescue service also help each other across the border if there is an emergency. I went many times across the border to help my dutch colleagues. It is always fun and very interesting to work with people from other Countries

[@jacekpiotrowski9336]

The borders are open to all Schengen countries. Not all European Union countries belong to it (Ireland, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus belong to the EU but not to Schengen). In contrast, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland are part of the Schengen zone (no border control) but not part of the European Union. Croatia (UE) entered the Schengen zone on 1.01. 2023.

[@rollischmidt1]

Emergency service aid sometimes goes even further than just a few KM across the border. When the severe flooding of the Ahr river happened in 2021, you could see Luxemburgian ambulances aiding their German colleagues.

[@hansd3295]

Die niederländische Polizei kommt immer zum Oktoberfest in Köln, um zu helfen

[@alewin2254]

not only the european union but also the schenghen space idk how it's work for switzerland with police cooperation for example but the borders between switzerlands and its neighbors are open like netherland and germany in this video

[@ottercontrol7881]

Nice reaction video. As a few people already mentioned there are various cooperations between the Netherlands and Germany. This goes far as mixed swat teams in the border regions, they are called „SEK“ in Germany, which stands for „Spezialeinsatzkommando“.

[@daandsp]

The blue VW variant of the dutch police crashing into that black mercedes at 10:05 is actually the dutch military police.

[@TheMoikero]

The police is very careful during chases, at least in Germany. They actually will abbandon the chase if it becomes to dangerous for the police or the generel public when for example the speed is getting to high within a city. Also I remember a chase starting in the middle of Germany where 2 dudes took hostages and then were followed by the police. They drove through Poland (where the German police was allowed to follow because of a treaty between Germany and Poland) and into Ukraine where the German police was not allowed anymore.

[@Dread_2137]

What kind of car was that they were able to drive from germany to ukraine without stopping?

[@stevekenilworth]

driving in to a parked car id say is not careful driving far from it

[@KarolusTemplareV]

I bet it was a tdi.

[@SirWasedOne]

@@Dread_2137 From middle of Germany (Mittelpunkt Deutchland) to Lviv is 1047 km, which most cars can do on a full tank, but they'd be running low and it's an 11 hour drive.

[@orultroka]

@@Dread_2137 it's not a big deal. My 1990 1600ccm opel can go easy 1000km with a full tank of gas (60l)

[@IWrocker]

Great Cooperation Between Dutch and German Police, wild scenario but handled in an efficient way. also at 4:24 when I ask if it was stolen, it was a mistake, I know the title of the video, I recorded This early Morning after waking up, give me a break 🤣🤣

[@marcnobel3938]

Here in the Border Towns the Police ans Customs work hand in hand. Germans can go to the Netherlands, Dutch Police can go into Germany. Even on some Christmas markets in Germany you have Dutch Police helping out. Fleeing over a Border here doesn't help you much.

[@gembaasg]

See for yourself about prisons in europe a very interesting topic

[@mwest3001]

they are crossing the border at 8:04 (where the Red car is parking)

[@MartinSGill]

Police in Europe has pretty much standarised on blue as the colour. You'll still see some green German police cars, but all new ones are blue, usually also with yellow HiViz. Dutch are mostly white, with blue and orange stripes. The dark-blue car (with orange stripes) that hit the SUV looked like it might be a Royal Marechaussee vehicle; basically Military police, although they also do diplomatic escorts and guard the airports.

[@IBenJoI]

I really like your Videos. I'm from Germany and I think you speak the clearest English, I have ever heared. The yellow blue one was a german police car. POLIZEI.. I would love to know what you think about the older german police cars (green/White) and what you think about the old german police uniforms. When I was a mit the police was wearing black lether jackets. I liked the look of the old uniforms.

[@angry_strawberry2733]

I live in the netherlands in a city. When I was in highschool there was a big police chase. I cycling over a big bridge when the chase happened. The police was comming to the crossing, ushering us all aside and continue and get out of the way. Offcouse being the obnoxious kid I stayed to watch with my best friend. Her brother was actually at the scene, he is a cop. He threw a spike mat out on the bridge. When the car came over the bridge he missed the spiketrap but lost control over the wheel. He proceeded to crash into the nearby church. For a few months after there was a car sized hole in that building.

[@Firespark7]

10:05 "Unfortunately, sir, your insurance does not cover damage by police chase out of your control. For that, you should have paid for insurance package B."

[@Manoah.]

Dutch police cars are indeed the white ones with orange/blue stripes. The grey ones with blue/yellow stripes are German police cars. But here in the Netherlands we also have a military police. Which are just like the normal police units with the white front and orange/blue stripes, but the back end is blue. Just like the one who crashed into the Mercedes, that was a dutch military police unit ;)

[@DarkValorWolf]

Of course it was the MP's who crashed😂 my dad was one and he sure liked to drive wild haha

[@tobiasmuth2372]

In Germany we have US Military police cars in the same colours as the german police cars ((grey is silver) and blue stripes). Not all german police cars have yellow stripes, sometimes are silver with blue stripes. Perhaps exits in bavaria few cars in silver and green?

[@bulldowozer5858]

Also to easier distingush them. You Dutch have yellow licence plates.

[@fesco4752]

@@tobiasmuth2372 most police cars in Germany had the yellow strip, it was late added because visibility.

[@PauldeVrieze]

In the Netherlands military police is responsible for border enforcement (not customs, the tax office does that), so that is why they were around.

[@dikkiedik53]

That was very interesting. The month of September 2022 I camped in Weerseloo for 5 weeks and rode some 700 km on my bicycle over the roads they were racing in this video. I was several times in Nordhorn. I'm a retired Dutch police officer from just North of Amsterdam. Yes there is a great cooperation between the police and justice of all Schengen treaty EU countries. I know this from my own experiences with Belgian, Czech, French and German police. I saw white vehicles of the Dutch police, a dark blue/white vehicle of the Dutch Koninklijke Marechaussee (Dutch military police and responsible for border safety) and the green and yellow German Polizei. All working together, all able to have radio contact with each other and all having full jurisdiction in this chase. I even know there are border villages where Dutch and German police officers have the same office and cars. It is more or less an example of how Europe works these days.

[@mrpddnos]

And you didn’t even mention Baarle (-Nassau and -Hertog) in Noord Brabant yet, where Belgian and Dutch police operate together, in one vehicle, out of necessity due to the very weird border situation there.

[@dikkiedik53]

@@mrpddnos As far as I know that's the case in more locations both countries police sharing offices and cars. Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog isn't there the Belgian municipality and the Netherlands municipality in one building?

[@Hansen710]

german police came to denmark to kidnap children last month, dont count on any deals with dk and de. if it was your old work you should know not all of us wants and deals or treaty with cops in other countrys just like not all of us use euro some of us did want to keep some rights and a bit of our own culture, and not give it all away to other countrys that are much bigger german police also looks as drug users as criminals that should be without rights or homes, they are not the same as in the countrys next to them. we have a border in denmark at the german border, we dont trust the german police to do their job. and we are probetly not removing it after the german police thought it was a good idea to kidnaop children in countrys next to them self

[@BlueCombPL]

Since Netherlands and Germany (and many other countries) are in Schengen zone, their citizens can freely cross their borders. I'm Polish and we have a town divided with Czechia called Cieszyn on Polish side, and Cesky Tesin on Czech side. I saw once a Polish pizza delivery car driving on Czech side of the town. Yeah, it was a little bit strange 😅

[@Nemshee]

At 11:06 those were people who removed two black and white pollards for the Dutch police to be able to drive on.

[@MrFluffyNL]

Dutchy here. Whenever there's a police chase happening over here they try and get as much information as possible. If they think there's weapons on board, they act more aggressive and try to stop the car by any means (ramming eventually). If not, they try and stay at a safe distance until they can block in front, or whenever the fugitive is running low on gas. As safe as possible for other people who are using the road. Most of the time people eventually stop themselves, or they get blocked. rarely ramming/guns are being used in chases. Hope this helps!

[@SimonE-fz5pc]

I know that border crossing its not far from where I live. At 8:04 you see the blue euro sign in front of the red brick house (the old german customs station). The border is the river that's under the bridge (green railings). In the border regions police can keep a chase going when they call the other side as well. They even have officers on duty in their counter police stations (as guest) to help out in such situations. There is a lot of cooperation in many areas. Ambulances con go either side of the border when special clinics are needed e.g. burns or the fire trucks have special adapters on both sides so that they can connect the different hoses. As there are no checks at the borders customs and police will regularly team up along the streets further inland.

[@jwenting]

yeah, I used to live near the hospital in Enschede and there were German heli ambulances flying in and out all the time there. That was in the 1990s.

[@SimonE-fz5pc]

@@jwenting I think the one stationed in Rheine operates up to Friesland. The Callsign is "Christoph Europa 2". When I studied in the late 90s some fellow students who where in the volunteer fire brigade (and at home on that weekend) in Rheine area went out when the fireworks factory exploded in enschede

[@jwenting]

@@SimonE-fz5pc don't know. Were mostly UH-1s but occasionally other types as well. That fireworks explosion was less than 2 years after I moved out of that very neighbourhood in Enschede. I used to live only a few hundred meters from the fireworks factory, never knew it was there.

[@jalbertseabra2283]

Try to put things into perspective. Years ago, policemen in the US were unable to chase a car across state borders. A typical scene in old gangsters' movies. Notice that policemen around the van were not holding guns. Spikes were not placed on the road to prevent a crash that could jeopardize pedestrians and other drivers

[@eggbirdtherooster]

More of these IWrocker! 👍🏼

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Ian, our European police forces are working together in many different aspects. It is realy not often, that we see something like this. Be safe, sound and happy. Elmar from Germany.

[@IWrocker]

That’s great to hear, thanks for commenting. Stay safe Elmar 🎉

[@elmarwinkler6335]

@No Pill 4 me You better take a stroll and NEVER come back. TROLL

[@RoadsFranconia]

USA is sometimes: We have 853 police cars behind the suspect + 8 TV Choppers and someone will eventually kick it out of the street, no matter if they get hurt or other drivers are injured. Europe is more like: Lets keep in Background for a while and wait for the right moment to stop the chase.

[@dajo1373]

We had a drunk driving awareness course during school where police officers and medics told a few real stories as a warning. One was about a young driver who was driving drunk and was followed by police. They stopped the chase because of ice roads and speeds over 160kmh. There wasn't any sense in endangering your own life and that of the suspect for a minor violation. Sadly they found him a bit further down the road. He rammed a tree and a few of the passengers died.

[@bencze465]

Us chases don't last long because police are reckless, obviously. That was a terribly ignorant and malicious comment.

[@adamslaney5638]

Yeah thats in the US. All other western or normal countries human life has value so safety is priority. US solve everything with violence and guns and ask questions later. Its backwards

[@nlx78]

I think in Europe they make more use of creating traffic jams. But that depends on what the driver is rated to be on a scale of violence.

[@boranblok]

Notice them asking via dispatch how much fuel would be in the van. From what I gather the van was stolen and they wanted to ask the original owner how much fuel there was still in it. Presumably to just follow and wait until he runs out of fuel.

[@svennetherlands]

I've been a dispatcher in The Netherlands. There are car chases every day in The Netherlands. Often short ones (couple a day) and sometimes longer ones (couple a week). Not every chase is on the news or on YT.

[@Kiwi2703]

Imagine you're a German driving in Germany and a Dutch police car rams into you while you're waiting on red lights lmao

[@SyalFett]

In netherlands and germany its usually just chase and box in, no pits like the US. there was 1 german, 7 dutch and 1 dutch military malinois are belgian shepards. fun fact the more blue Police car from the dutch is Military Police.

[@anniehope8651]

Yes, and one of the major tasks of the Military Police is border patrol, so that's probably why it was in the area.

[@mcfireballs3491]

@@anniehope8651 no that's Douane , Dutch military police is police force for military personnel.

[@SyalFett]

@@anniehope8651 i dont know much aout the dutch side, i know the military gets called in for cases of possible riots too. at least in some cities.

[@hjalmar4565]

@@mcfireballs3491 Nope, the Marechaussee is part of the ministry of defence, but their main tasks are both border police and military police. Douane (Dutch costums) aren't even a police unit.

[@hammerfallrex]

@@mcfireballs3491 the Douane their cars are white and have yellowish green with dark green governmental striping and are not allowed to sport lights and sirens in blue only amber, the Nassau Blue with orange/blue and now red/blue striping is Koninklijke Marechaussee, also known as the Royal Military Police, once part of the army and are tasked with border security, european gendarmerie tasks and military police tasks. this means they can work not only with military personel but also civilians.

[@prunabluepepper]

Strategy: PIT is strictly forbidden unless... Pit is too dangerous and the risk for life and limb doesn't allow it. It shouldn't work anyway because PIT doesn't work very well on cars with manual transmissions. You can just press the clutch and the engine keeps going and wouldn't stall. Boxing in is done, shooting at tires, stop sticks etc. But there are traffic cameras and police usually just get the person another day. Vehicle holders are all registered. Chases like this usually happen when police believe that the car is stolen and from another country. There are no boder controls, you can just go. You often have such chases between Netherlands and Germany, and Poland and Germany. Police has no jurisdiction in other countries but all EU countries have contracts to mutually help each other and police can just pass. That's ok. You also find firefighters and EMT to respond cross border if both countries agree. German police is yellow blue silver, Dutch is white blue red.

[@Anson_AKB]

besides specific colors which are different in different countries, and which may change over time or for different departments (very old german color was "entirely blue", later it was green or green/white, then blue/white or now often silver/blue since they use standard cars which have a color that is suitable when selling older vehicles, with the other colors being film covers), but all police is labeled in the respective languages, thus german police is labeled POLIZEI, while dutch police is labeled POLITIE :-)

[@Xarajevo]

This being an excellent exception (footage of a PIT manouvre, The Netherlands, summer of 2021): kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHzXaJaIqNhnndU&ab_channel=HartvanNederland

[@wolf310ii]

It doesnt matter if its an automatic or stick shift, the goal of the PIT maneuver isnt to stall the engine, a automatic wouldnt stall anyway, is purely to bring the car out of control and then stop it by blocking it with plocie cars.

[@Hansen710]

i need to raise the foot and i do the same in my automatic, why would i stall.. i need to use the foot, you need to use both a hand and a foot, stalling a car with manuel gear is much morte easy. my gears will automaticly adjust to the speed unlike manuel gears. also add regenative driving as a option in many new cars (hybrids), that adds stopping power and stability it is much more importent front driven or rear driven or 4x4 and in america rear wheel drive is more normal and in eu front wheel drive makes it more dangerous for the cop then the chased driver

[@prunabluepepper]

@@Hansen710 that's some interesting insight, thank you t.

[@Linusthegreat]

We do have spike strips in the Netherlands, but this chase is through a very rural area with small towns and it would be a danger to passerbys that would never expect a chance like this! Also the many trees on the side of the roads in these parts are quite dangerous so you can't really ram them from the side or you might just kill him. (Funnily enough I come from around this place) Safety for the people around will always be a main priority. Dutch contacts with Germany are pretty good so we cooperate well. You missed the part of the video where the woman on dispatch said she would contact German authority. Our borders with Germany aren't protected, we travel to Germany and Belgium in a regular when we live close to it. We go on holidays in each other's country's, it's just how it works with most European countries around here. These kind of situations do happen, but not that many as in America, we dont get 1 every day, especially not this chaotic. Hope that informed you a bit!

[@Dutch1961]

In summer we have a lot of German tourists at the beach in the place where I live. It's been common practice for quite some years now that several German police officers come over to my town for several weeks to assist their Dutch collegues.

[@jbird4478]

You had the police cars correct, but there's a third kind. The blue car that crashes is the Dutch "Koninklijke marechaussee", which is the police force of the military. Despite not really having borders, they are responsible for border security, so that's why they show up when things cross borders. And yes, the police does have some jurisdiction across borders. That's not EU wide, but due to a treaty between the Netherlands and Germany. Many such treaties exist in the EU.

[@delloso6205]

Isn`t there also a Dutch Military Police which wears green and only has jurisdiction over military matters ?

[@jbird4478]

@@delloso6205 Insofar I know they are the only military police. I'm not sure if they have green uniforms though. I've only ever seen them in dark blue. They have a few civilian tasks as well, but they are part of the armed forces and led by the defense department.

[@legotrucks1]

Bij ons noemt dat gewoon militaire politie, nederlanders hebben altijd coolere namen 😭

[@keinwunder9776]

There's actually a highway patrol station that has German and Dutch officers, they always ride in a duo in one car so they'll always have jurisdiction in one country. If they cross the border, by a treaty they still can assist each other.

[@njordholm]

It was fun to see, you were so amazed about 'our' daily live. I feel the same in watching pursuits of the US police.

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

I've already heard in news about some chases crossing through 3 countries. Happens like once a year or two years. Since couple years back the police can freely cross the border when in pursuit anywhere in Schengen (border-free area) I think.

[@oetgaol]

I think the most important part of the chase is hiding in plain sight here. As others have said safety is the number one concern. That is why you hear them constantly update dispatch on other traffic, the maneuvers of the suspect and the general safety concerns. Dispatch has the power to break off the chase if it becomes too dangerous. As they aren't as involved in the chase it's easier for them to keep a level head and prevent accidents

[@mehere8038]

but not being able to see directly what's going on, they could easily miss the dangers. I actually think, well trained, level headed (so well recruited) officers in the chase cars are in a better position to decide if the chase should be called off, especially if safety is drummed into them. I have no issue with dispatch also being able to call it off, but I think it should come from the person with eyes on the scene if it's really going to work as well as possible for safety

[@oetgaol]

@@mehere8038 Yeah it isn't just dispatch. The officer can always call it off of course. Dispatch is just a backup because the officers adrenaline is through the roof during a chase

[@mehere8038]

@@oetgaol ok, good back up to have then :)

[@Elienjtuh]

I live in the last dutch town before the german border and it's so weird to see someone from so far away look at the streets you drive almost every day. And I didn't even know this chase happened. 😳

[@StephanWijering]

Ik heb die beelden al een keer gezien maar nog nooit met commentaar van een Amerikaan, best geinig, zeker als je ziet dat de achtervolging bijna langs je achterdeur gaat.

[@stefan-ox8qs]

​@@StephanWijering hij ging hier toen letterlijk langs de voor deur 🤐(straat was niet in de beelden te zien.)

[@matejbosela9093]

In Slovakia, chases are rare. We do not have spikes, but usually the miniature "hedgehogs" (similar to the ones used against tanks) are spread over the road if possible. If not, officers can decide to ram the vehicle or even shoot. There were several unfortunate shootings, the one that comes to mind was around 2018-2019 when the drunken father tried to escape and chief officer of the chasing squad shoot at him. The bullet hit his daughter who was in the back of the hatchbag. She did not survive and the officers (the whole squad) was fired.

[@NachtvogelHH]

6:35 "We are currently informing the Germans." Chuckling to the vibes of This!-Means!-Trouble! impending doom of that message.

[@NygaardBushcraft]

In my country (denmark) doing a chase on a narrow street where pedestrians can walk out all of a sudden I think they would keep a distance and use CCTV to keep track of the van until they can surround it in safe manner.

[@prunabluepepper]

That video was pretty good! I remember that, it was also in the news back then. The Netherlands have a few good police vloggers. Police chases are very very uncommon. Police cars can hardly be outrun. Makes no sense to flee.

[@matsv201]

Well maybe not with a van. But there is nothing special about the police cars. Its just normal cars. The days of the tuned police car is gone by decades. There are plenty of cases where the suspect outruns the police cars, but they are usually not very public about it... And of cause, if its your own car, or you borrowed it from some one, they do have the registration number. But there is plenty of cases where they just claim "o no, it wasn´t me who was driving, i don´t know how it was" Of cause, that only work as long as you don´t pass a traffic camera,

[@erics320]

@@matsv201 its not the police cars that are fast, its the communication that is faster then any car in the world. If a chase is well directed from dispatch its almost impossible to outrun the police. They can call in more cars far ahead of the chase.

[@turboseize]

@@matsv201 You cannot outrun radio and a helicopter.

[@Miquel-em3jw]

It just depends on the situation. If you drive away at 4:00 in the night on the highway in a Audi RS6 you will het away. But try that in Amsterdam at around 18:00 and you have no chance

[@prunabluepepper]

@@matsv201 for your information: all cars come with engines that are regulated off at a certain speed by default. You can unregulate them though. Police cars don't have that default. On top, they usually have stronger engines and brakes etc, police cars are heavier, have more equipment etc etc. There are differences. But then again, the majority of people drive what...Smarts? Twingos? Kia Leafs?

[@77jethrotime]

The police car that crashed into the dark gray/black Mercedes-benz SUV was from the Netherlands (we call them the marechaussee). my friend saw it happen in real life and told me that the damage was caused by the van so the police didn't have to pay but the insurance (if the van had insurance which is required in europe) of the suspect had to pay for the damage.

[@KrisThroughGlass]

Yes, this was a Malinois (a Belgian shepherd). They are used more and more by police and military forces in Germany, too. Mainly because of the high demand, the breeders were producing more quantities and neglected quality. They also became more expensive because of the demand of private security companies, international markets, etc.

[@aro8570]

The car who rammed the Mercedes, is one from the Dutch marechaussee. Kind of frontier police / military police. They have a lot in common, with standard police, but special tasks to. From the moment they cross the border, the police there is leading. And of course it works both ways. The moment they aspect a border crossing the neighbours will be warned. So they can direct units too.

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

Added context: the typical speed limit outside of towns and villages is 80km/h in NL, 50 in those residential areas unless otherwise specified, 120 on motorways (I think), so you know when he's speeding based off the subtitles. German speed limits are 50 in villages or towns and 100 outside.

[@irishuisman1450]

in densely populated areas (neighborhoods and the like) the speed limit in the Netherlands is actually usually 30 km/h. The speed limit on highways was also reduced to 100 km/h a couple years ago, though that one only applies from (iirc) 6am to 6pm, outside of that the limit is still 120

[@Schyzofrenic87]

From what ive seen from my time on the road (im dutch) our go to is a box ,, where the swarm the fugitive and slow to a stop trying to minimize damage and injury

[@RustyDust101]

Police chases are very rare in most of Europe. Unless the vehicle is stolen, all vehicles are registered with a home address where it is much easier and safer to catch a criminal rather than commiting to a potentially dangerous chase. For example, when I was still in my combined university/apprenticeship my car was stolen and used for a bank robbery. The cops found it 30 minutes after the robbery on an otherwise empty parking spot along the Autobahn. Within 5 minutes they knew from the license plate my registered address and handed it over to the next precinct. Usually it takes roughly 25 minutes from the police station to my parents house; they did it in just under 15 minutes. Obviously I didn't have anything to do with the robbery as I was in a staff meeting with 12 other employees of the company, so I had an ironclad alibi. Yet still I was astonished that the cops drove that fast, just to get to my parents' house. They told me it was strange but a lot of criminals don't think their crimes through, especially not their getaway car. Edit: yepp, the Dutch have yellow number plates, the German cars have white number plates. There's also a small blue box at the left edge of the number plate with a one or two letter code in it for the country of origin. NL is for the Netherlands, D for Deutschland/Germany. The cooperation among EU cops normally is very high. All EU countries have bilateral extradition treaties. So running from NL to D was not a very smart move. Btw: that crash is gonna be tallied to the criminal's rep sheet, so, nope, he isn't gonna like that.

[@Vervelio01]

The blue squadcar that collided with the Mercedes for the traffic lights is from the Netherlands military police (Koninklijke Marechaussee, KMAR). The KMAR work together with the police in the Netherlands.

[@Megermajo]

They have spikes, but the regulations are very strict about using them. Pretty much impossible in rolling traffic. He‘ll get his charges and germany and then will be shipped to the netherlands for some more prison. As I know, Dutch has juristiction (when they have an emergency/ combined operation) up to 30km into germany and vice versa Oh and the borders are completely open. In 99% there are not even abandoned border posts. In most cases it is just a little bridge (at least to the BeNeLux states)

[@jorgpeters7244]

I love the dutch word for the speedbumpers. "Rempels" The goeal is to avoid damage and bring the driver to give up. Yes, Spikes are used, but mostly at high speed chases on Autobahn or Kraftfahrstraße. Yeah, that Dog is a begian shepphar, called malino, they are very close to german shepphards, but great jumpers and great searchers.

[@wouter1327]

The Marine blue car hitting the civilian Mercedes SUV during the Chase in Germany, is actually not police but Koninklijke Marechaussee; a Dutch Military branch performing Police Duties

[@addikoch7754]

Interesting!

[@Dukenukem]

The police usually works together in EU as they have some limited authority automatically in the area near border, further away into the next country the other police department usually takes over after the communication have been handled (so there is no info lost while transitioning pursue). Think some chases had been over 3 or even 4 states where it usually took about 50km max to transfer the full pursuit effort to the "home police" units. The 4 state chase was from Hungary to Austria then Slovakia and ended in Czechia, they just handed him over to the others as it was mainly highway chase.

[@vophatechnicus]

Theres something called the "deutsch-niederländischer Polizei- und Justizvertrag" (google translates it into "German-Dutch police and judiciary treaty"). There are also "Gernzüberschreitende Polizei Teams" which means in some border areas Dutch and German police officers will patrol as a team. Afair we do have similar things with other countries. Unfortunately one of THE best german emergency documentary series (Feuer & Flamme) is just in german without even english subtitles. Sad.

[@oyuyuy]

Police chases are unheard of in Sweden, partly because they're generally not supposed to chase if it endangers anyone but mostly because the media doesn't cover it. The absence of coverage probably does a fair bit in not glorifying police escapes too.

[@garlicandchilipreppers8533]

the blue car that crashed is from the Royal dutch Marechaussee, a paramilitary group voor internal security and overseas.

[@Jonydepony]

7:08 In the Netherlands we do not have spikestrips so usually we box them in with 4 cars

[@ChokyoDK]

There are also some Danish and Swedish police chases that are pretty intense

[@Tomi-oe5mz]

Finnish and Swedish cops too

[@Rob_Kankerboef]

Deploying spikestrips in a situation like this is probably very difficult, there's a lot of small roads with a lot off intersections and even a lot of unpaved roads. So its probably incredibly hard to predict which way this guy is going

[@thomasborst6791]

Lol @10.54 the licence plate says gg-666 like the devil is come to get him XD

[@Abiodun92]

Dude, you've got to react to a Finnish Moto police chase! It was really exciting to watch, they really put their bikes to the test going over 200KM/H in an urban area. 👌🏽😄

[@martinbuhl7606]

There has been a policechase a few years ago, which started in Germany, went through Poland and ended in the Ukraine where the culprit had been arrested at a Petrolstation after running out of fuel. The respective Nations Policedepartment have taken over the chase after crossing the Borders in order of cooperation. Idk whether there is some footage of that though...

[@Bialy_1]

"a few years ago"?🙃 it was in 2002 and two years later Poland joined EU and few years after Poland became EU memmbe they removed the border control betwen Germany and Poland...

[@martinbuhl7606]

@@Bialy_1 That Policechase hasn't been that long ago or has it? If my memory serves me right that chase happened in the 2010s because i can remember it to have happened some years after my service in the Army had ended... And about Poland entering the EU together with the Czech Republic, i know that. The official Celebration for that Occassion were held in the very City i was born in.

[@JamilRacing]

As an dutch person who accidently clicked this and then saw that u guys Just flew by my city and the shop at the end where I bought my bed this was pretty funny.

[@eleo_b]

I just found your channel. I really like how interested, inquisitive and curious you are!

[@raymonde4272]

Hi Ian, you mentioned the Canadian and Mexico borders as cross-border pursuits. But are there not plenty of internal borders within the USA? When you factor in the various Federal, State, County and numerous Sheriff's departments there must be a great deal of overlap concerning who has jurisdiction depending upon the crime and location.

[@jwenting]

yup, interstate US crime is a more correct equivalent to cross border EU crime. Though interstate US crime would automatically turn the case federal (and thus become the authority of the FBI) in many cases, while in Europe it doesn't automatically become a case for Europol.

[@IWrocker]

You make a good point, yea state troopers and county sheriffs would join in on a long police chase here, although I don’t know what would happen if a chase crossed state lines( like if a chase started in California and crossed into Arizona)

[@salia2897]

@@jwenting Also, Europol does not have direct authority anywhere. It is just an administrative body, it facilitates the cooperation of police forces. Europol cannot arrest anybody nor do they have any personal trained to do so. There are also no criminal European courts nor European criminal law. There is a European court but that only is concerned with the European law checking that the member states implement that correctly and with fundamental rights issues. So any criminal case has always to be handled by one or more criminal justice systems of the member states. There are however contracts to facilitate cooperation.

[@jwenting]

@@salia2897 true. Europol is more like Interpol than the FBI in that regard. But they're pretty useful as a coordination agency regardless. Seen their HQ in the Hague, it's a fortress.

[@jwenting]

@@IWrocker Ideally police from the neighbouring jurisdiction would be alerted in time to take over the chase. And in the US it's not just state lines, but even county lines can lead to jurisdiction conflicts depending on which agencies are involved.

[@Brauiz90]

In the US they would've already tried to shoot the tires... in Europe there's always less weapon usage because they're worried about any bystanders being hit... Also pit maneuvers are less comon here...

[@UndercoverDog]

Btw, the border crossing is at 8:03. The German border starts at the Europe sign on the right hand side, next to the parking red car

[@hammerfallrex]

in the netherlands we usually use either road blocking or a box maneuvre, the highway patrol units are more specialized in pit meneuvre's and other methods to stop a vehicle, but to prevent damage we prefer to box the chased vehicle. For juristriction the dutch military police (the blue dutch police cars) join in to also help as they work under the european gandarmerie juristriction. but usually the germans take lead if we cross into germany and vice versa

[@bratbrata4974]

It happens that such chases continue through several countries. For example, from the Netherlands to Poland. There is also an alert that is announced when a child is kidnapped. Across Europe, pictures of a kidnapped child are displayed in all media. This happens very rarely.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

I hadn't considered he'd be sentenced twice for the same offence, guess it pays not to cross a border. It would be interesting to see who holds the record for most borders crossed in one chase😅

[@dajo1373]

He wouldn't be charged twice. It isn't possible in Germany. Most likely it would be one court sitting with two judges. The damages will be still add up.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

@@dajo1373 there are 3 crimes: 2 in the Netherlands and 1 in Germany. (NL theft and traffic violation)+ (DE traffic violation) And as I understood he has priors in Germany for which he served the 300+ days.

[@jimmys1558]

in a village like baarle nassau/hertog where there is enclave in enclave etc it aint that hard. When i lived in the erea i used to cross the border about 8 times already just to get fuel.

[@wardenpotato]

Fun thing to note, that blue dutch police car that had that little bump with the mercedes is not just ordinary police, that is the Royal Military Police

[@AnimusScorpii]

i can honestly say i've never witnessed a car chase of any kind in my city, but i heard of one sometime in the early 2000s :D

[@TedDeSander]

Cross-border chases happen from time to time. We had some ATM-robbers which fled from Germany to the Netherlands with stolen high-speed cars (and managed to get away) and eastern european car thieves stealing cars in the Berlin region who tried to flee to poland. But long chases over hours are rare in Germany, I've never heard something, most of them ending on a tree or a ditch because of intoxication or just stupidity.

[@DoctorAkikoFukuwara]

Police chases are very common here in the UK. Specialist traffic officers are trained in a technique called TPAC - Tactical Pursuit And Containment. This is where the police use 3 or more police interceptor vehicles to surround the target, and in a skilled piece of co-ordinated driving the police all slow down together boxing the target car in on all sides - usually pinning the target car doors preventing escape When done correctly TPAC is a very impressive manoeuvre and very difficult to evade.

[@azschalter]

That sounds like a great way to stop someone and far more sensible than these reckless PIT maneuvers in the US.

[@mattsmith5421]

TPAC manoeuvres aren't that common here tho because of the time it takes to get set up in the chase. Most of our chases are some little nobhead who ditches the car and runs or crashes it before it becomes a relatively long chase.

[@paddypleiner5518]

Yeah, always good content for Channel 5

[@PedroConejo1939]

Getting a Stinger in place is also a priority. Unfortunately, that is not a missile but what the Americans call a spike strip, and air support is a great help even if it is not always available. By comparison with European and British pursuits, American ones often come across as somewhat reckless, and totally overmanned. Obviously, there are exceptions both ways.

[@Edbi18]

@@azschalter I think TPAC is taught/used all over EU(and UK), I know atleast our Czech police and German use it too. But when we speak about Czech police our guys recently received cars with reinforced chasis and bumbers with iron bars(dont know how it is called in english) also our police instructors went to USA to learn how they do PIT. Also our guys have and can use spikes and if realy necesary they can use guns to stop the car. They even are using civilian trucks by stoping them so chased driver is forced to use only one lane which is blocked by police car(s). This is compilation from august/september 2022 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4Skq3aLqrmGkMk

[@RubenKelevra]

Checkout "Feuer und Flamme" (Fire and Flames). That's a police/ambulance/firefighter series produced by a German TV station. The subtitles are not automated, but have been manually created. The auto translation feature works great on them.

[@gerrydilleburch6626]

You recognize dutch cars by their yellow number plates (front an back) with black lettering, which is pretty unique, because most plates in Europe are white with black lettering. Same applies for cars registered in Luxemburg. In the UK they have white plates in the front and yellow ones in the back, in Belgium white plates with red lettering.

[@Dread_2137]

In Europe, police activity is usually very rare and short. In this case they were chasing after a stolen van, so they tried not to damage it to return it to the owner, so that's why they tried to find out how much fuel was in the car. In addition, we are talking about Europe here, outside of cities you either have farmland, meadows or forest, not a very good terrain to drive. And in cities it is no better, because the roads are narrow and twisted (compared to American wide and straight for the next 200miles) which does not allow high speeds, especially in the middle of the day when the traffic is rather high.

[@Happymali10]

Chases are fairly uncommon, especially during daytime/in town. Usually they end pretty fast because either they don't want to endanger so many people or they can set up further down or they got the plate and just head to the home of the owner who has to explain.

[@RICH-yt5yk]

A lot of times they wont use a spike strip (or in most european country's a stop stick), because if you pop tires of a car moving at high speed, it could crash and do a lot of damage. There are some reported cases where the use of spike strips, made some cars crash into buildings/cars/pedestrians

[@legojasper1341]

Here in the netherlands we don't use spike strips but we do use pit manouvers but only when it is safe to do so for both the police officers and traffic

[@Headcase0570]

07:28 I think they do have Spike Traps in their arsenal of tools, but the layout of the roads makes it rather difficult to guesstimate where the suspect will be heading to. Roads in Europe aren't in a grid-like pattern compared to roads in the US. The suspect is driving through villages, a lot of risk of collateral damage there.

[@Alfadrottning86]

how common are police chases? .. in my entire life, i have never seen or heard of a police chase here. (not even in the news)

[@dajo1373]

I just heard from chases after blowing up atms in Germany and then running to the Netherlands. Sadly in this direction the teamwork isn't that effective.

[@mathiascarlsson7674]

Given your name I'm guessing you live in Iceland. I'm Swedish and here we get a few police chases a week around the big cities and maybe once every other month around smaller cities.

[@cogitus]

The blue Golf Stationwagen that hit the civilian Mercedes SUV was a car of the Royal Dutch Marechaussee. A military police unit, wich has the same jurisdiction as regular Policeforces.

[@Dubs_D20]

living near the netherlands border, we regularly shop there as the prices are usually lower, the border is marked by a line on the street, a welcome sign and generally better street infrastructure haha

[@dslight113]

you should see the dutch cop video , where they clear a hostage situation at a apple store , a lot of people all over the world where in aw how the cops handled it. if you search something like dutch apple store hostage (and the way they resolved it ) you will find it , it made headlines around the globe i believe , have fun watching , i know i will when i watch u reacting 2 it :)

[@chrismadge5472]

Hi Ian, you have prompted me to tell you a little story from way back, when i was a Tour bus(luxury double decker Mercedes Neoplan Coach) carrying rockstars all over Europe. Having come back through Germany heading home towards England, we crossed into the hook of Holland, basically we have come off the Autobahn at the Border and joined the Dutch extension of the Autobahn, so still good open road. Well, we had to pull over at the border with our travel documentation then, and while we were doing that, a dutch Police car pulled up alongside us, gave us a good admiring look as though to say, wow nice Bus(Coach) visually, so i looked back and did the same at their car . . .it was an open top Porsche Carrera 911 with a shotgun pointed vertically between the driver and his co driver in a rack, both were wearing, full length leather and sheepskin coats, and helmets(just like the famous WW1 pilot called Biggles would wear, they looked awesome. I put my hand to my ear to suggest to him to rev it up, and he did, quite a bit, did a donut and came right back to where we were parked. then he did the same Ear signal to me, so i revved up my 500hp engine, and he nodded approvingly while the coach was rocking from side to side lol. He then suggested and said we give you a 5 minute head start, see how far you can get ok, so said yeah ok. So, off we went, i floored it as best i could, maxed out at 70 mph because of our speed limiter fixed on to our coach, and right smack on 7 minutes i could see them in my mirrors absolutely flat out and boy was he moving and as he went past us they both waved, i swear to god they were doing well over 170mph, and they went out of sight, 5 minutes later, we caught up with them, on the pull over area on the side of the road if you breakdown, we call it the hard shoulder, and, he had stopped, not one, but two cars for speeding, and as we approached, i sounded my horn which was the General Lee horn from the dukes of hazard, they turned looked around, and waved like hell smiling like hell lolol. Just for your info, the bands i was carrying were two British bands UB40, and Fine Young Cannibals. Hope you liked it, but try and look up Dutch Autobahn police car chases, there may be some, and who knows if they still use the Porsches or not. Take car my friend . . .Chris. ok i found a video you might like of the cars from that time . . here is the link . . . .kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoa6YWSwZ9RnarM

[@peachuu173]

11:05 these guys were not dropping the things they just bought in the shop. these guys were dropping metal Posts that were in special holes in the ground to prevent "normal" cars to drive this street. But for some cars it is allowed to go this way so the driver can open the Posts with a very common key (that you can get in every shop for building materials) and then you can pull the posts out of the ground and drive the road

[@mrping-_-9215]

Feels wierd seeing the area you live in on a American channel through a Dutch video