American reacts to Netherlands Police Chase into Germany!

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[@Fishareimportant]

I can feel european pride swell within me, I smile at the cooperation. In comparison to the american chases and american police videos, this seemed so relaxed.

[@akyhne]

I guess, you have never seen a Danish police chase on KZbin. If the offender bring the lives of others in danger, the police will do anything with their vehicles, to stop the offender.

[@boreasreal5911]

I think they were more reffering to the lack of people getting shot

[@akyhne]

@@boreasreal5911 American police don't shoot people, during police chases.

[@razvanlex]

Yeah, this comes from the lack of guns. Not one of the police officers had a gun in their hand.

[@Fishareimportant]

Don’t wanna be toooo nice to European police tho, I think it varies heavily depending on region and racism is a big issue here too, but I think it’s a good sign that police brutality isn’t nearly as blatantly prevalent here, but we also have to worry less about random civilians being armed so, it’s complicated.

[@c4blew]

Me as a German: Wow, such a dangerous high speed chase, that was exiting to watch. Ryan the american watching: That was the most relaxed high speed chase I´ve ever watched! 😂😂😂

[@FlorianHWave]

I mean compared to police chases in the United States, it does seem pretty relaxed.

[@imGeistevereint]

@@FlorianHWavethat is exactly what he was saying tho?

[@CarinaCoffee]

Especially when they were going like 60-100 km/h over the road bumps.

[@HazewinDog]

yeah very interesting to consider this relaxed. definitely one of the wildest of many Dutch chases I've watched.

[@ohauss]

@@FlorianHWave That's because police in Europe know you can't outrun the radio. Note that they abandoned attempts to overtake if it wasn't safe, didn't try to block until he was in Germany, etc.

[@Bramfly]

Proud to be Dutch, applauding our well trained police officers and the cross border police cooperation

[@uptoolsYTK]

As an Austrian, I'm very envious for your police. Our police can't do anything. They are not allowed to ram cars, drive on grass and so on.

[@marcelmarceli8238]

Nederland heeft ook een eigen taal.

[@jamesvandemark2086]

It really is good to be(at least partly) Dutch.

[@Noutelus]

Welke taal heeft Nederland dan?@@marcelmarceli8238

[@JustMe-sh8nd]

@@marcelmarceli8238 nee joh, dat meen je niet

[@Chuulip]

I love how borders are non-existent really. Sometimes we don't even notice we passed a border. The other day I accidentally drove into france when driving in south-west germany trying to get from Saarbrücken to Freiburg. And 3 weeks ago I went to a christmas market in Germany close to belgium and to get there i had to turn left on a german road onto a belgian road for 200m and then right again back onto a german road.

[@CavHDeu]

Happened to me once when my navigation app lead me through the Netherlands to reach another city in Germany 😂

[@DenUitvreter]

They are very existent, they were dealing with the jurisdiction issue right there. The cycle lanes also were also suddenly gone, also a jurisdiction matter. It's a border dealt with well, but still very much a border.

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

This is the EU! And the Schengen agreement. 4,200,000 square km of Freedom of Movement! That's even bigger than India. Greetings from Belgium, EU

[@schaerfentiefe1967]

Greetings from Saarbrücken 😇 Yes, the border is (more or less) nonexistent for us here.

[@AzulinhoAzulinho]

These borders can be closed, or have controls re-introduced. Right now various EU states have controls on their borders with the state to the east due to high levels of migrants via the Balkan route... your German border with Austria is controlled and you most certainly could not have driven to or through Austria the way you did with France. Nor could you have done it with Denmark because they have introduced controls to their border with Germany and their ports and other entry points.

[@R.W.KING_KONG]

4:16 Notice! There is no service weapon drawn. They actually said:“ try to pull him out“ In America there would be 20 badly trained, yelling police officers with fire weapons aiming on the suspect and holding him at gunpoint

[@CodeNascher_]

STOP RESISTING! *blam* *blam*

[@Myriip]

Yeah, because in 'murica police officer have to fear being shot, which is not the case in most european countries.

[@R.W.KING_KONG]

@@Myriip And that is an excuse? I don‘t think so! What we see is just a former super power going down. It started in the mid 80th, and continue to sink. That also a major impact on the gun violence. Funny btw., that Canadas police officers don‘t have to fear to get shot even when they just write a ticket.

[@HazewinDog]

@@Myriip chicken and egg

[@jezusbloodie]

Sure, it is a worry, but not an excuse for bad organisation at the scene. Quite the opposite, I'd argue, but that's besides the point. What is really the issue is concerning this in america is the absolute shocking short period of education police?officers get. With a grain of salt because I don't know the exact durations, but in the Netherlands it's like an entire college bachelor's degree worth of education and training, while in the US it's generally like a handful of months, like an extended bootcamp. The depth and focuses of training is so vastly different that it's almost two different jobs all together.

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

I don't have experience with the cops but when a building was on fire in northern Finland near the Norwegian border, the Norwegian fire dept. drove across to help, as they were actually closer than our own fire trucks. The whole building was destroyed but no lives were lost and the fire didn't spread. Good team work.

[@DenUitvreter]

For the police it's often more complicated because the border very much determines what they are allowed to do, which country prosecutes which crime and who locks him up.

[@jbird4478]

The Netherlands and Germany have a treaty about the police. They are allowed to pursuit suspects across the border and arrest them, as long as they then hand them over to the local police. Normally they cooperate like here, but that's not strictly needed. They can do so without the German police being involved. I'm not sure, but I suspect Finland and Norway have a similar treaty, as many neighboring countries in the Schengen area do.

[@alicevanhuijzen-vandenbran6646]

The same in Enschede in the Netherlands during the Fireworks disaster. The German police, fireman and ambulances helped as well.

[@Arltratlo]

in 1975, we had a great forest fire in my state here in Germany, they send French water bombers to help the fire fighters from all of my country, the Netherlands and even a few Danish fire fighters!

[@jennyh4025]

As far as I know, there are cooperations for pretty much all public services in the EU and close partners in border regions (and with more than a short call pretty much anywhere).

[@gilibran]

It's a typical Dutch road in a residencial area, "Grey" is for the cars, red is for bicycles and then the side walk. The white line is interrupted indicating cars are allowed to cross it so 2 cars approaching can pass each other. Otherwise they have to stay on the "grey" part to give space to bicycles.

[@therealdutchidiot]

Yup. In English this type of infrastructure is known as an edge lane road. Advisory bikelanes (note the missing bicycle signs on the ground), trying to make the road as tight as possible to ensure lower speeds. Note on advisory bikelanes: cyclist can use them, but it's not good cycling infrastructure, so one really shouldn't unless they have to.

[@GenuineFlolie]

I was about to make a comment in the same sense. This is for the same reasons as why there are still new brick roads being made, the sense of speed (due to the increased noise makes traffic slow down.

[@BrokenCurtain]

I suppose those are confusing to Americans because roads in US suburbs are typically for cars only and wide enough to land a jumbo jet on them.

[@Arltratlo]

dont confuse Americans with bicycles!

[@tihomirrasperic]

@@GenuineFlolie brick roads make sense for another reason if any work is needed (repair of pipes or cables), the road is easily dismantled, the work is done and as soon as everything is finished, you put the bricks back on the ground and the road is repaired and ready for use, you don't need to wait a week or two or more for them to lay the asphalt again

[@monikadeinbeck4760]

when border controls were lifted, the police forces installed joint dispatch centers for cases like this. what makes them so relaxed is the low number of firearms around. a common thief will not necessarily be armed. The landscape, the roads and villages are very typical for the Netherlands, but in variations exist throughout Europe.

[@rh-yf6cg]

Genau

[@beyondEV]

The amount of firearms matters less, as the huge difference in police heat and prosecution, when you compare a simple property crime to a violent crime. austria and switzerland or finland have loads of firearms, but criminals mostly avoid them. it's a matter of risk and reward.

[@dasmaurerle4347]

Dutch and German authorities have been working together for decades. They know each other in the border regions, and they appreciate each other. It's a beautiful thing.

[@donsland1610]

Notice that no officers ego's got in the way of them doing their job. Just calm and professional unlike a similar scenario playing out in America.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Yes. As in the U.K. police by consent. We have no guns. Except for specialist arms squads in armed emergencies. 😊

[@gregorturner4753]

@@phoenix-xu9xj great vid showing the professionalism of uk police on youtube i saw where an American that was in bar where there was a fight was outside and the cops just wanted some info but he kept trying to bait them claiming his 'right' a female and male officer stood there for 20 min calm as just talking to him, hands in there vests until finally they had enough and took him back to the station, from what i gather he did 20 hours in holding before being released but it was amazing just watching the police not reaching for a gun or handcuffs or anything, the whole time they just stood back and talked to him.

[@Infyra]

Though he did sound slightly annoyed that they werent allowed to block the van at the start :D

[@claudiakarl7888]

You need to consider that most European police officers have at least three years of training, where in the US it’s a few weeks or months.

[@gregorturner4753]

@@claudiakarl7888 its the same here in West Australia (most of Aus i bet) 12 months full time at the academy then 18 months on probation before becoming a fully fledge police officer. only time its shortened is like recently where to solve a crisis in manpower they recruited officers from overseas and just did an accelerated course which graduated last week.

[@mats7492]

High speed chases like this are incredibly rare in germany.. every single one makes the news

[@GuardianOfRlyeh]

I witnessed a chase once here in Erfurt when I was working as a postman. But the driver of the chased car was not very smart and drove into a very small and narrow street (where I was delivering letters at that moment) and he had to full stop because there were too many obstacles preventing him to drive fast and another police car was able to cut him off at the next crossing. I still wonder, what that was exactly, because there were no news about it in the following days.

It's not a one way road. In Denmark we call them 2 minus 1 roads. The idea is that when there is traffic in the other direction, you move into the bicycle lanes. It keeps you slow because the road is smaller and you are very aware that you need to look out for cyclists 🙂

[@break1146]

Never heard anyone call it that, honestly that's just how wide a lot of residential roads are in the Netherlands. Main issue on roads like these are that the red is not officially bicycle exclusive, only to be invaded by cars when absolutely necessary. But the exact same road with a bicycle sign on the red is... In this case, the red is just paint and doesn't mean anything. Most people aren't actually aware of the distinction, but a road redesign for something like this often just make it even smaller, separate an actual bike path and actually make it a one way road. At this point there is very little road in the Netherlands that's very poorly designed comparatively (to the rest of the world), but you can definitely see improvements seeing when a road was actually redesigned.

[@TheColehabo]

fun thing is crossing the boarder means u get all tickets etc twice for speeding and more...

[@cyberfux]

Even funnier thing for an American perspective: I (German) had to rewind 4 times to actually SEE the border sign ;-) Even seen any US border? Even to friendly Canada? Puts the former GDR-border to shame!

[@lyaneris]

@@cyberfux I love when the only reason you notice a border is the sign displaying all the speed limits XD

[@okkietrooy6841]

​@@lyanerisAnother sign can be the different roads. If you go from the Netherlands to Belgium , you immediately notice it when you cross the border. The structure of the road surface is different, the design of the roads is different and the maintenance of the road is different.

[@chrissmith8773]

Sees one cyclist…"so many bicycles" 😂

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

Indeed! 🤣

[@HazewinDog]

seriously, good luck finding a place and time with less bicyclists xD

[@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479]

Hello from Switzerland, yes, criminals used to have it easier (before the EU), as the cross-border prosecution of perpetrators was often bureaucratic, so one or two of them probably escaped prosecution at least for a while. Nowadays, cooperation between neighboring countries in Europe is very collegial and efficient. I remember years ago that our police were being chased across the "green border" into France (I no longer know whether the police officers were aware of the border crossing), there was an exchange of gunfire during the arrest (no life-threatening injuries). Police officers had to stand trial in France over the shooting (this is routine in some European countries following the use of firearms) and were, as expected, acquitted.

[@ryanwuzer]

interesting! I will look this up

[@tihomirrasperic]

not only the EU all European polices cooperate Example of Croatian police and Serbian police (we all know about the history between the two countries and that they are not on the best of terms) a few years ago, the Serbian police chased a gang of drug smugglers, and they started fleeing towards Croatia as soon as they crossed the border, they were met by Croatian special police (aka USA SWAT) they caught them, beat them up, and just threw them back across the border to the Serbian police, who cheered while they were beaten Epilogue the TV footage in Belgrade showed that they were really well beaten, but the Serbian police say, "we didn't even touch them" Croatian police say: "we weren't even there"

[@LonelyMind]

@@tihomirrasperic😂

[@noname-1122]

I'm a german Firefighter, a few Months ago there was a huge Forestfire in Belgium (about 40 Miles from our Station) we wen't there with 2 Trucks. There were German Firefighters, German Civildefence, Firefighters from the Netherlands and Firefighters/Civildefence from Belgium. It was like there is no Difference.

[@geraldwagner8739]

That‘s possible thanks to the EU!

[@ziuuuuuuuuum]

Wholesome ❤

[@MrJudgeSauter1]

Such actions restore my faith in humanity and that we all shall live together in peace!

[@wendymampaey5782]

As a Belgian resident, I can confirm that this is what Dutch people sound like

[@jonasgraumans2034]

Klinkt waarschijnlijk als wat jij dagelijks om je heen hoort

[@annettemudrak8491]

This is just Dutch language.

[@wendymampaey5782]

@@annettemudrak8491 I know, I speak it myself

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Behalve een iets andere tongval, lijkt dit verdacht veel op Vlaams, vind je niet?

[@jonasgraumans2034]

@@annettemudrak8491 grammatically, yes, but the regional accent spoken here sounds very different from the way the majority of Dutch people sound like.

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

In contrast to the American police officers, Dutch and German police officers are trained professionals who have to study for three years with difficult tests! In America it looks different where everyone can become a police officer, which is not possible in the Netherlands and Germany because everyone there is tested mentally and physically as well as their intelligence. A certain high level of very good school leaving certificate is a minimum requirement.

[@therealdutchidiot]

Put in another way, Dutch and German officers get more training the US military.

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

@@therealdutchidiot Sorry, but that's not true at all. Certain procedures or techniques are being studied. The Dutch and Germans get the better education and training here in Europe when it comes to strategies and planning. Since the Americans are so cheap to be the vanguard in a military sense , we Europeans like to let the Americans go first when it comes to shooting for cost reasons.

[@StefanC123]

You can become a cop in the US after a few weeks of training. WEEKS, not even a year, not even half a year. But that explains very well why US cops are mostly able to escalate a situation: They don't have the education or training for something else. And to make a situation worse, literally every dummy can do that. While de-escalation requires intelligence, empathy and an understanding of the situation.

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

@@StefanC123 Sorry, but we see things differently in Europe from what we see here! A few weeks is far too little, especially since there is no psychological training involved and in general everyone has to know the laws here inside out. Incidentally, all professions for skilled workers in Europe, be it a police officer or just a carpenter, are learned and tested over three years. These exams at the end of training then confirm that you are an expert in your professional sector. In most cases, these skilled workers are years ahead of Americans without this education. Now I'm happy to leave you to believe that you are better, but in reality it's usually different, what you see confirms the better education as the result. A good example would be how you get your driver's license, which is really bad, as we can see in reports and documentaries.

[@-weisherz-vonliechtenstein7761]

​@@nordwestbeiwest1899sicher das du den Kommentar richtig verstanden hast? Er hat doch genau den gleichen Punkt wie du 😅

[@achimhaming8252]

Hi Ryan, I am living here in Nordhorn and know all the roads ans streets shown here. It's not just the police working crossborders, but other institutions like the firebrigades, hospitals, labor offices etc as well. If you happen to visit our region, I'll show you around and let you know more.

[@danieljonas8576]

Jeder sollte die Grafschaft besuchen ☝️

[@itskyansaro]

@@danieljonas8576 Habe da von 1999 bis 2010 gewohnt

[@danieljonas8576]

@@itskyansaro Meine Ex- Freundin kommt aus Neuenhaus. War seit 2000 bis letztes Jahr sehr oft dort. Sehr, sehr oft. 😁

[@frankbieber68]

Oberhalb von Nordhorn sagen sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht^^..... Wir hier Im Grenzgebiet auch Tückerland machen viel gemeinsam. Zum Beispiel Landesgartenschau in Gronau@@danieljonas8576

[@SandsOfArrakis]

The whole Twente - Bad Bentheim area is a beautiful place. It's about an hour drive from here. Greetings from Steenwijk, The Netherlands.

[@FHB71]

It was very calm. You need to keep in mind that the officers in the EU are really well educated, it takes years for them to become police officers. I guess they are well prepared and not trigger happy.

[@m_amen]

the co-op of police between Germany and the Netherlands goes many years back now... in christmas time or on special summer events in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) you will find police in some western german cities and on the other side some german police in cities of the Netherlands. i think this is a really good way to show people that we all work together in situations like this. there is no escape anymore when you overstep a border and if you need help in a matter of neighbour help you can count on these police forces. they also train often together and doing police stuff in the border area often together.

[@claudiakarl7888]

I live in the Euregio. Here some firefighters invented an adapter, so they can help each other on both sides of the border. And the German ambulance helicopter covers the bording Dutch and Belgian areas too.

[@tamasgaspar3821]

same thing in summer between hungary and crotia mostly frequent tourist places

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

Well done my European neighbours! I am English and this was typical beautifully carried out police work. I've been to both countries, albeit I was young at the time. And look how calm it was, no egos, no taking thing personally, just well trained steady policing, no guns required! 😉 I'm so proud to be European, truly, this made me happy and warmed my heart. 🇪🇺 😘

[@cyberfux]

" I was young at the time" According to your profile pic you're still young!

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

@@cyberfux haha I scrub up well 😁

[@cyberfux]

That and i'm old AF ;-)@@tamielizabethallaway2413

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

Hope you get back into the fold soon!

[@steiner554]

During the summer we also have German police together with Dutch police on the Dutch beaches. The Dutch, Belgians and Germans often work closely together especially in the border regions.

[@tihomirrasperic]

In the summer, there are mixed police patrols from almost all of Europe on the Croatian coast the funniest thing was when an Austrian policewoman in a small town in Istria decided to bring order among wildly parked cars, most of them with Austrian license plates when she started writing the fines, they first started protesting, but the Croatian policeman just said that he doesn't accept complaints, you can complain to my Austrian colleague not a single Austrian even tried, they all paid the fines and tomorrow there was such order in the place

[@Itzibitzispider]

as does the Luxembourgish police with Germany, Belgium and France. The crossborder cooperation is top

[@Wolfspaule]

American reacts to normal road infrastruktur^^

[@cyberfux]

TBF if i look out of my German window onto our local German village road i'm also a little bit green with envy for those Dutch roads!

[@KxNOxUTA]

I live at the French German border and you know what the first concern was when France shut down borders due to a COVID surge? It was quite at the beginning of that pandemic. And instantly, everyone was aware that all the French colleagues and students would be missing from hospitals, companies, schools, hobby teams etc. :'D Aka due to one country making different rules than the other, you suddenly had open facilities but missing staffs. It was a splendid reminder just what a luxury the open borders in Europe usually are. And how crucial collaboration is, in any sort of emergency circumstances!

[@CarinaCoffee]

I once saw the Polish and German police on foot patrol together on TV. This was in the border towns of Frankfurt an der Oder and Słubice. Słubice used to be part of the city pre-1945 and they're just parted by the river Oder. So a team of one German and one Polish officer would go on foot patrol on both sides of the river together. It made bureaucracy much easier.

[@cyberfux]

Same in Görlitz/Zgorelec ;-)

[@nonstoppe9]

As for why the cops are so calm is because unlike in america, being a police is not a life or death job. The most common way cops do die is like through melee combat and accidents which by itself is very rare. And another factor that plays making police job almost safe outside gun legal countries is fact that the armoury of the police is superior to that of the average civilian.

[@mavii918]

95% of Dutch cops most likely never even had to draw their firearm.

[@therealdutchidiot]

@@mavii918 Yup. It averages out to once every 15 years where police have to use their firearm. When they do, they tend to keep themselves in check, fully aware of their surroundings. At even the slightest hint of tunnel vision the officer is required to reconsider.

[@franhunne8929]

@@mavii918 Unless it is for gun practice, of course - they will have to train regularly.

[@gregorturner4753]

sadly two major incidents occured in the past year that made news for the wrong reasons. in QLD three officers serving a warrent where ambushed, two where shot dead and the third though badly injured got away to a neighbours property, the man tried to help the other police and was sadly killed as well. the second one happened only two days ago where a female officer self deleted whilst at work in South Australia. gun related crime is so rare here that when it does happen its usually gang related and doesn't involve innocents. which is why the QLD rocked Australia so hard. A fitting tribute was given to the man who was killed trying to help that when he was removed from the scene he was given a guard of honor by the police.

[@mavii918]

Yes I meant on duty ofcourse@@franhunne8929

[@marcmustermann1676]

This was weirdly wholesome to watch. Cheers from Germany :D

[@schnelma605]

2:00 This narrow impression is intentional. The narrow impression causes drivers to drive more slowly

[@Nikioko]

2:07: No, it's not a one-way road. It has safety strips for bikes that must not be driven on unless necessary, like passing by.

[@longbow857]

I can totally understand how an American cannot phantom how 2 european cars could cross eachother on a road like that haha :D

[@51bikerboy]

BTW he is just a American simple mind full of himself. Look at the way he presents himself. Just look at me, see how important I am and see me I know everything.

[@longbow857]

@@51bikerboy I rather have his American optimism than your toxic behaviour. You seem to be mad at the world for personal reasons, but you won't be making any friends with it.

[@Brinta3]

@@longbow857 Fathom, not phantom. ;-)

[@prunabluepepper]

You watched a cut version. The original video shows a bit more. The criminal backed up unto the police cars and the Germans had an aggressive takedown and arrest of the guy. The private car that was hit: unlike USA he will get compensation. The sirens are designed for the purpose. There are videos that show how the sound travels depending on siren type.

[@trews1]

do you know where to find the longer version, because I have only known about this version so far

[@SwoonGaming]

You can be sure that if an LEO in any state in the U.S. were to ram an innocent person's car, they'd get paid way more than anyone in Europe will ever be. I'm sure you'll get paid for the damage in Europe, but I'm not so sure you'll get paid for renting a car while yours is in the shop, pain & suffering, loss of income etc.

[@prunabluepepper]

@@SwoonGaming hi, actually all of what you said is covered under insurance.

[@gzxmx94]

@@trews1 +1 for the uncut version ask :D

[@boterham5]

@@SwoonGaming We are paid for all that and more, actually

[@jayclue8581]

It's amazing what gun control can do to the daily behaviors of people in any given society. No guns = substantially less fear = substantially less anger = trusting people & a better society for all.

[@Myriip]

Ikr? It is almost like having free access to gun creates more problems than it solves.

[@aquss33]

Crossing borders in the Schengen area is simply different, proud that Croatia finally joined last year

[@jh5kl]

😀👍 welcome to schengen my European brother

[@sterno5119]

Years ago there had been a catastrophic explosion and a fire in a Dutch firework factory near the German border. As the German fire brigades nearby realized that the disaster must overwhelme the Dutch firefighters they immediately crossed the border without being called before.

[@Darki194]

As someone who lives in Germany and works in the Netherlands, border crossing is a regular thing for me, so i always see both the Dutch and German police Cars surveying the Highway for any speed offenders. It makes me proud to see such good team work :)

[@danne7132]

Nice fun fact: The German and Dutch militaries even have a joint naval cooperation and a mixed tank unit. Another highlight was the integration of the Dutch 11th Luchtmobielen Brigade (11th Air Mobile Brigade) into the German Rapid Forces Division in 2014. The German Air Force also maintains close cooperation with the neighboring country of the Netherlands. With Project Apollo, the German and Dutch ground-based anti-aircraft units merged. The German 61st Anti-Aircraft Missile Group was placed under the Defensie Grondgebonden Luchtverdedigings Commando.

[@colanitower]

The clean road and street design is there for a reason. It helps Dutch traffic to be one of the safest in the world, also when it gets busy.

[@Superfluous.]

Well, the objective of those sirens are to NOT be missed in the narrow streets. There's a whole video about different sirens in the world and why they're practically designed to be used according to the environment - open spaces, high density cities, etc. In the EU we pretty much only use the ones that are optimized to be used in residential areas - as in plenty of obstacles in the path of sound - so it's not surprising you find them annoying. They're designed to go THROUGH the buildings so everyone in the vicinity is aware of them and their general area. The best comparison I can give to an American is looking NYC sirens and videos of them of bystanders. You can't really tell where they are or how far they are until they're literally on the same street as you, whereas these would just go through a block or 2 worth of buildings, meaning you'd know roughly where it was, and how far. In most cases, the EU ones also travel much further distances because of it, like 2 or even 3x further iirc. It is what it is. Just know that the sirens being annoying is on purpose to force your attention and awareness, as well as giving you this feeling of "I'll move out of the way so you can f*** off with that ridiculous, ear-piercing noise asap".

[@therealdutchidiot]

Correct, and the two tone shift is designed to ensure your brain can't adjust to the sound. Because of this, the sirens carry their sound over larger distances.

[@GuardianOfRlyeh]

I live in Erfurt, Thüringen, and I often hear sirens with two different "modes". Both are the usual alternating tones but in different pitches. In one moment they use the lower pitch and then they switch to the higher pitch and back again - maybe to adapt to traffic or some other circumstances, I don't know.

[@Apophis1966]

I grew up in Nordhorn Brandlecht and lived there for over 30 years. I knew every path that was shown. In the end he couldn't get any further, the Nordhorn GIP area is so winding that it's difficult to get around even as a local. In the case of the accident with the Mercedes, even though it is a Dutch emergency vehicle, the Federal Republic of Germany will first cover the costs on a sovereign basis as if it were a German police operation, and then the countries will regulate it among themselves within the framework of the EU.

[@amraddreher4544]

Fleeing across the border is the stupidest idea you can have around here. Greetings from Nordhorn.

[@user-md6ec7wp4m]

I have watched a few of the Dutch police chase videos and the officers are amazingly calm! Sometimes you can see their speedometers and they are driving over 200km/hr and they still remain all calm and thinking ahead on how to safely conclude the chase. Belgium, Netherlands and Germany have pretty strong co-operation on this and often they train together as well.

[@rokhamler3352]

Now he will probably have court and attorney costs to pay in two countries instead of just one.

[@claudiakarl7888]

No, I don’t think so. He will be tried in Germany, the insurance companies from the Netherlands can make their claims there. And if he can’t pay an attorney he will get one for free. And the fees for the trial are affordable and depend on the verdict. They range from 280 to 700€. The attorney would be an additional 750 to 1500€ - that’s quite a difference from what it is in the US.

[@SlosII]

It sounds crazy but The Netherlands is pristine like that EVERYWHERE! The WHOLE country is like that pretty much.

[@wtfucrazy]

Yes, the most pristine I know of. Just looks neat. I like it.

[@MaartenKuif]

That's how it is when the government actually uses our taxes to maintain the roads and other infrastructure, in contrast to e.g. the USA.

[@GenuineFlolie]

We pay a lot of taxes for having such a nice infrastructure. But I wouldn't have it any other way. Also our traffic lights are the most efficient in the world.

[@BrokenCurtain]

​@GenuineFlolie Well, your infrastructure includes the dykes, and considering what would happen without those... Probably the main reason why Dutch roads are so excellent is because the knowledge, people and machines used to construct them overlaps with the requirements for constructing and maintaining flood protection. So the synergy bonus from having a healthy industry surrounding infrastructure projects is essential for the country's survival. America has something similar with NASA, which employs a large number of people with aerospace engineering degrees who can also work in the defense industry.

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Even a police-chase looks beautiful 😁 Thanks, Ryan!

[@TobiasWelz_]

I am from that town Nordhorn on the German side from that video. We work together with a lot of things. If we have bigger fires our fire departments also help each other. Our Bundespolizei (federal police) at the border have units with one Dutch and one German officer in the car and so on. Helicopters often transport heavy injured people after car crashes to a big Dutch hospital in Enschede because it's the closest hospital around Nordhorn for these kind of things. With these open borders, a lot of freedom but also responsibilities come together and I really love the european idea and this video shows how good it can work out. 🤗

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

Love ❤ from Belgium to The Netherlands!

[@evastapaard2462]

love back!

[@sander_bouwhuis]

As a fellow Dutchman I recognize this 'calm' behaviour. The dispatch warning about safety when nearing a residential area is also very telling of the mentality of our police. Safety first. Very happy to see this went well with one minor collission, and 0 bullets fired.

[@SomeReallyUniqueName]

Seems like the Dutch police follow the same guidelines as the Germans in that they do not try to force dangerous behavior which would endanger the population. Follow the car, but do not ram or pit them. The last thing you want is a high speed chase through residentual areas.

[@philippprime6844]

I think the Western European savety first approach is one of the biggest differences to a country like the USA, where individual lives don't matter much.

[@sander_bouwhuis]

@@philippprime6844I certainly wouldn't expect US police officers to not care about individuals! I think the problem is that the threat level is MUCH higher when you know there are so many guns in the hands of incapable, disturbed, or even malicious people. The likelihood of being in a fire fight with guns is very low in The Netherlands because almost no one carries guns.

[@philippprime6844]

@@sander_bouwhuis Yeah...and why are there are so many guns in the US, why are the restrictions so low? Because nobody really cars if somebody get shot... This is "The american way of life"... Some like that, others don't. I prefer to live in a country without crazy NRA dudes

[@weeardguy]

@@philippprime6844 The biggest difference is the threat to the officers, versus the threat to civilians. Where gun-violence is a far bigger issue in the USA (and the methods of apprehending a suspect thus is very different) this is almost non-existent in The Netherlands. And where most roads in the USA are extremely wide, feature hardly any pedestrians and cyclists, this is exactly the other way round in The Netherlands. Most of the times Dutch (well, European) police has to carefully balance their actions as the chance of collateral damage is far, far greater.

[@JulesStoop]

2:05 This is a typical dutch ‘erftoegangsweg’ which means something like property access road. Which is just a way to say it’s a street which allows access to houses and/or businesses. Roads like this are typically low speed (≈20 mph) and are shared between slow traffic (bicycles) and fast traffic. Some of these roads (like this one) also serve as a connection for some local through traffic, so in order to prevent speeding, they’re purposely made (visually) narrow and may have frequent speed bumps. I know it feels somewhat counterintuitive, but a road that looks like you need to share the space with others, actually makes most drivers drive slower and hence the road safer.

[@davidpelc]

Yes, in EU is the cooperation on borders pretty standard, for example here in Czech Republic police, firemen, Rescue teams etc. can cross the borders (actualy there are not physical borders) in need without any problems and same from the German, Austrian, Polish or Slovak side. It helps to good thing.

[@ziuuuuuuuuum]

I was so stressed and emotionally invested and you say it was RELAXED! 😂

[@SABRINA.ARMY.BTS.]

This police chase took place about 20 min from where I live in Germany 😂

[@Nikioko]

I know that road well. When we visit my uncle in Nordhorn, we often drive to Denekamp to pump fuel.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

As an european i was never afraid of the Police. When i was in uni we would ask the Police for a Ride home when we partied too hard😂

[@ameliesoderlund521]

If you found this interesting, you might like the video ”Swedish cops makes an arrest in New York subway”, where swedish cops responded to the drivers plea for police assistance. The Swedes were on holiday in New York and, I believe, on their way to see a musical.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

The police car ramming a civilian was a military police car. If you come into the Netherlands, you will be checked by them. The military police has the same qualifications as the ordinary police, so you could be fined by them for speeding etc. They have also some extra qualifications. The extra qualifications are: Guarding of the royal family, policing airports and borders, guarding some embassies (if necessary) and the Dutch permanent representation in NATO HQ, and policing the military (of course). They can also provide passports on very short notice for Dutch citizens at airports. The military and civilian police together form intervention units that make dangerous arrests, free hostages and anti-terrorism actions (in country and worldwide).

[@Nikioko]

The Marechaussee. Like the Carabinieri in Italy or Gendarmerie in France.

[@franhunne8929]

@@Nikioko Comparable to Bundespolizei in Germany?

[@ronaldderooij1774]

@@franhunne8929 I don't think that the Bundespolizei is policing the military, also in times of war. But I don't know, to be honest.

[@gregorturner4753]

here in Australia its the Federal Police. we have 6 police forces. one for each state, so West Aus, New South Wales, South Aus, Northern Territories Queensland. the only Territory not with its own police force is the Australian Capital Territory which is policed by the Federal Police. The Feds here primary role is liaising with international police (ie the FBI) guarding major Government sites and as mentioned the police for the ACT whichi is understandable as besides having our parliment also has the bulk of the Embassies there so dealing with diplomatic vehicles wouldn't be possible with a regular police. Even though they are state run they have a high degree of cooperation so its not unusual for suspects to be picked up by one police force to be deported back to another. ie recently we had a suspect found in perth wanted by NSW police. he was extradited by plane back to NSW (he made the news as he tried to escape when he arrived at sydney airport lol.)

[@tobiasmuth2372]

@@ronaldderooij1774 The Koninklijke Marechaussee has only existed in this form since 1996 and replaced the Reich Police in the Netherlands. The Koninklijke Marechaussee has two tasks and is a separate unit alongside the army, navy and air force. On the one hand, border security at borders and airports - which corresponds to the German Federal Police and on the other hand, the monitoring of military facilities. The Koninklijke Marechaussee also has a location in Germany - Bad Bentheim and operates a cross-border police station there with the Dutch police, the German Federal Police and the two state police forces of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony (both in Germany). Living Europe!

[@Boslandschap1]

If I'm not mistaken, the Dutch policemen generally have more training and eductation. Basic training for Dutch police officers is 3 years as I understood and the average US police officer has about 21 weeks training. Maybe they get more theory, practices and/or training about how to execute car chases, which could explain why they are more structured, - and appear to be more calm- in the video. There is a saying that under pressure, people don't rise to the occasion, they fall to their level of training, maybe that's what we are observing here.

[@innocentrabbit-dl7ji]

as a dutch person thank you for coplementingour roads for me these look standard

[@michaausleipzig]

I also saw a video last year about german police officers being dispached to the spanish island of Mallorca because there are so many german tourists there and sometimes they ... well ... misbehave. They were patrolling with their spanish colleagues in their german uniforms. And in my state there are mixed patrol cars in the border region with Czechia meaning a german and a czech police officer on patrol in the same car going back and forth over the different border crossings in their area. This form of police cooperation is a must if you decide to have open borders.

[@jbZahl]

I think they also bring italian police to Munic during Oktoberfest for a similar reasons (Many italian tourists).

[@vochtigverleden3974]

I was thinking about this also, might be interesting to review a video about large sports or music events where police officers from different countries copereate.

[@jh5kl]

​@@vochtigverleden3974 the EU emergency center that coordinates and organises European emergency response operations between countries regularly shows videos about their joint exercises, check videos about modex

[@ericlindemann2558]

Proud of the Dutch and Germans, I like how they work together so well. That is common in the EU

[@timjentink2612]

I’m be so proud to be Dutch and how we work together with other countries in the world and in Europe.

[@David_Dewitte]

Look how clean the streets are!! ❤

[@descent1234567890]

I live in Oldenzaal (at 5:00 in the video) and I'm really happy with how beautiful my city and it's surroundings are, as well as how well the cops embody the local culture. many people here live by the words "heanig an", wich means "don't stress yourself, take it easy".

[@tammo100]

Since 2005 Dutch and German police are allowed to operate on both sides of the border and also patrol together. With fires and medical emergencies the cooperation is even older. Only with regular healthcare the cooperation is difficult because Germany has a different healthcare system and funding. But during covid German hospitals took over a lot of Dutch covid patients.

[@krompirzacvrtje]

EU cross border policing is a great thing. I remember a story about some Italian fishermen fishing for engendered species in Croatian waters. They thought they could get away with it by crossing the border. To their surprise, the Croatian police boat followed them not just across the border, but all the way to their home port in Italy, where Italian police was already waiting for them.

[@FinestFantasyVI]

I remember that story!

[@bobbaumeister1200]

As a German, i love the Dutch Police Tactics 👍🏼 Nice to see that corporation

[@readyforlol]

Car chases (and arrests in general) are a lot safer when every criminal isn't assumed to be carrying firearms. Criminals are also more likely to turn themselves in or surrender sooner if they know they don't risk decades in prison for minor offenses and the death penalty for major ones. The fact prisons here are less about punishment and more about easing people out of crime and back into society also helps.

[@derpapito1391]

He was just in a hurry to get some really good deal on some furniture at the XXL in Nordhorn 😂

[@franhunne8929]

Yeah, just forgot to fill out the van-rental contract and pay his dues ...

[@Myriip]

I'm pretty sure he wanted to go to McDonalds in Nordhorn, which is at the border

[@davidmoor8096]

I am a proud Brit! I lived in the Nederlands for three years! Some of the best people and country I have ever seen.

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Dutch police prefer to stay behind the assailant to prevent dangerous situations. They choose their moments very carefully. They will drive you off the road when they get the chance. If the assailant is too reckless, they keep distance or maybe even cancel the pursuit for a brief time to regroup and think of a strategy. By that time, a Zulu (police helicopter) will track the car, equipped with IR cameras. You generally don't stand a chance if you run from the Police

[@MElse-sr8ny]

This was fimed in my hometown. The police, firedepartments etc. on both sides of the border have been working hand in hand for a long time and it works fantastic.

[@kathyhallock2528]

I live in the US and can't believe how clean the highways and roads are.

[@tehweh8202]

The thing about this chase is that it is on narrow European roads. The chase was absolutely gripping for me, because the speeds the police car was driving were extremely dangerous most of the time. Going through a town with 100 km/h is basically a death sentence, if you aren't extremely careful. Sometimes you only have about ten centimetres one ech side - and a collision at those speeds can cripple or kill you easily. As for those beautiful tree-lines roads - the visibility tends to be absolutely terrible on roads like that, and you just need to twitch the steering wheel in the wrong direction for a second, and any one of those trees can end up being your grave marker. Those drivers are incredibly skilled and have balls of steel. Great job.

[@maniacbg]

So proud to be Dutch and part of this well functioning system :)

[@marcwesterink7742]

Ramming vehicles, using PIT maneuvers or deploying spike strips are rarely used here in NL, only for the most extreme police chases. The roads are narrow and shared with other traffic users like pedestrians and cyclists, so it would increase the risk of damage or injury (or even death) of innocent bystanders. The most common technique is to box in or let them run out of steam. In some extremely rare cases where the risk to catch a suspect is too high (even for police officers), they abandon the chase and let the suspect escape. To summarize: the goal is to maintain safety for all parties involved and prevent escalating the situation. Must admit I like that you find the landscape so idyllic and serene. You find many places like that in our small country which may provide you a better experience than Amsterdam... Hope this helps!

[@Nikioko]

At 7:51 we cross the border to Germany. Did anyone notice?

[@antiqueinsider]

Yup. Ik merk het ook aan de verbouwing. It's also clear from the change on architecture. I live a few miles from the border so you get to see the more subtle indicators, and often there's an 'unnecessary' carpark where the border used to be, and may one day need to be reinstated! (e.g. Some of these border points were reactivated during COVID lockdown.)

[@1989Nihil]

A bit before your time-stamp, if you look at the right side of the screen, right above the red car, you'll notice a blue square sign with the twelve star representing the EU flag, within those twelve stars, there's "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" written in. On the left side you should be able to see the backside of such a square sign, *those* are the official border markers in the Shengen Area. There are no barrier structures on the borders anymore, because within the Shengen Area travel is unrestricted, unless a situation arises which calls for a temporary suspension of some of the provisions of the Shengen Agreement.

[@tobiasmuth2372]

@@1989Nihil There must have been a sign somewhere with the speed limits permitted in Germany! In Google View, this sign appears after approx. 100 m and shows the speed limits for Germany. There is also a sign like this the other way around.

[@1989Nihil]

@@tobiasmuth2372 There is one right after the square sign marking the border, above the silver car (that's parked in front of the red one) on the righ hand side. It's a round sign with a red rim and 70 written in it, that stands for 70km/h max. speed.

[@BoGy1980]

The reason why u believe it's a 'calm' chase is very simple, our police handles a criminal still as a human, not as an animal like in the US where the police thinks they're the overlords everyone has to listen to... It's also better to not dehumanize a criminal if you every want him to have regrets of what he has done and reintegrate into society as a normal person...

[@Nikioko]

The US penal system is based on retaliation, not resocialization. And you have to keep in mind that in the US, criminals usually carry firearms.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@Nikioko The US penal system is based on making a profit, nothing else.

[@Nikioko]

@@wessexdruid7598 That, of course, as well. The US are a country founded by wealthy white male landowners who didn't want to king any more tell them how far to the west they may expand their property. And US politicians are rich people making politics for rich people. That explains everything what this country did in the last 250 years.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@NikiokoAfter the Civil War, slavery was abolished - except for those in prison. Since then, US prisons have become yet another big business and there are all sorts of incentives to incarcerate as many as possible.

[@okkietrooy6841]

Also the police is also teained not to be too macho, trained to be the calm adult in charge. They are also trained to analyse situation, be patiënt.

[@russeltaiga]

As a German myself. It just seems funny to me imagin driving a german road and suddenly you get hit by a Netherlands Cop Car ^^.

[@Isdezenaambezet]

That was a marechaussee vehicle, they're like a cross between border control and military police.

[@LowieDM]

It seems to me the biggest difference between American police and police in the rest of the world is that the American police constantly has to fear for their life because they can get shot in literally any encounter. In Europe police officers can be more relaxed because they don't have to be so afraid that a routine traffic stop is going to be their last. At the end of this police chase in the us, the officers would have to draw their weapon because the suspect may have a firearm. Here they just got out and tackled the guy. It's a much more relaxed environment.

[@Anna-zi7sx]

It was really dumb of this guy to cross the border. He will now have to pay fines and serve sentences in both countries xD

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Those red lanes are called 'suggestiestroken' if I paid close attention during my exam. It translates kind of like 'suggestion lanes', which means that bicyclists always have a protected status on these roads. If you drive up to one or more cyclists using that lane, you need to stay behind them if you're not able to pass them safely.

[@Sandra-Gibora]

As a Dutchie this was so much fun to watch and to hear your commentary from an American perspective.

[@annekedebruyn7797]

Dutch police dispatch: "You are not allowed to block" German police the second they are taking over the lead: *tries to block the vehicle*

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

This bit of news is from several years back but the passage of time hasn't made it any less weird. The Finnish cops came up with a novel piece of tech to help deal with car chases. I have never seen one but they deployed chase vehicles equipped with harpoons. The cops would get to within a certain distance from the perp and then fire their harpoon into the vehicle being chased. Then they would hit the brakes and drag the perp to a halt. I shit you not. Actually I would have expected Iceland to have come up with the carpoon since they are big on whaling. ("Carpoon" is my term but you are welcome to it.)

[@KilyanAustin]

Hearing an American say "we are informing the germans" is hilarious. It sounds like its ww2 related and we are snitching on someone😂 which I have never thought about when hearing it in dutch.

[@renemeyer256]

So cool to see emergency services from different countries cooperating like this.

[@lalalalalala8147]

German here. Get a Sennheiser, AKG, Beyerdynamic or Rode microphone! Or Neumann. Hugs from Bamberg.

[@Nikioko]

I know that road. It's from Denekamp to Nordhorn. It is the region where my father came from.

[@Rescel1]

I dont even know what the rule is what the dutch Police can do in germany i know we have that they are allowed tto cross to chase a criminal but still now when i think about it its crazy that they can do that an we colloberate like european Borders are just concepts and thats beautiful

[@runertje550]

Your comments make me smile! I am glad you love my country so much!

[@jimmyryan5880]

When the cops are chill and the prisons are chill the criminals are more likely to be chill. No need for shootouts.

[@flemmingmatiasvermeulen9608]

You should totally watch the Gun threat situation in the NOS building in the Netherlands if you're into this stuff, super cool to see the police work

[@andrewclark7559]

You can tell its a small town when the cops recognize the suspect immediately and call him by name over the megaphone.

[@ChrisVisserDev]

Love the fact that you got confused by the road thinking initially that its one way. The red parts are actually bike first paths. The road is max 50km/h (~31mp/h) speed limit and is actually what makes Dutch roads saver in combination with the speed bumps, because due to the perceived danger / small width of the road, people will drive slower (psychological thing) and are even forced to drive slower because of they funnel parts of the road allowing only one direction at the time to pass, forcing cars to slow down or wait for the other side to pass first. You can see the similar psychological trick around the 3 minute mark where they've placed trees directly alongside the road to make it 'feel' more dangerous. Though counter to common believe (tree next to road, danger of crash) it helps slowing down traffic enough to reduce the amount of accidents

[@baidykle1]

Lol, this was so chill. Meanwhile, I lived 2 years in The Hague and in those 2 years I was twice woken up in the middle of the night. First, by an explosion-like sound when a van drove into a jewellery shop in my street with hopes of robbing it (a not so chill police chace followed that). And second time when that same building had to be evacuated at night (in winter) when someone called in for a bomb. 😂😅 so, there's that as well.

[@raka522]

Hmm, interesting to hear that the same siren sound is used in the Netherlands as in Germany. This is called Martin's Horn in Germany, after the Martin company that invented it in 1932. In Germany, the design of the Martins Horn is regulated by DIN 14610. The pitch of different horns may differ, but must be between 360 Hz (approx. F sharp′) and 630 Hz (approx. D sharp″). The tone interval must be a perfect fourth (for example: a′ and d″).

[@petrisz]

That's just amazing how great concept the EU is. The Dutch police could just arrange immediate German presence and also cross the border and take part in the pursuit in an other country. Also the police was great in posing restrictions on themselves not to push the offender to be dangerously reckless in traffic. Great job.

[@kenbeimer]

4:58 Awww, an American calling my pretty unknown town Oldenzaal "Beautiful". 🙂

[@vandehn]

the thing most people forget is that the police is advised to keep the chase as safe as possible, so no impromptu pit maneuvers or rams. and if the suspect is being too dangerous in a suburban area they let them go sometimes to avoid any further dangerous situations.

[@Nikioko]

The most important difference to the US is that the subject wasn't armed and started a shooting.

[@danavoicu7981]

nor is the police

[@AlbertZonneveld]

Same for most US police chases. But in the US weapons are often drawn by police even though no weapon was has been seen on the suspect. They often even have their wepon pointed at the suspect on the ground when he is being cuffed. Very dangerous.

[@franhunne8929]

@@danavoicu7981 No, that is not right, they are armed, they just do not draw their weapons unless they can see that the suspect is armed.

[@DenUitvreter]

"Very beautiful neighbourhood", could very well be social housing, that block on the right side of the street they just went through.

[@JustMe-sh8nd]

wat? dan kan het geen mooie leuke buurt zijn?? ga toch weg kakkert

[@thomasrealist6181]

Blue cars (involved in the crash (at the end) is military police. MP's in The Netherlands are responsible for the border security. About being more calm compared to the USA. The education for policemen takes years in stead of a couple of months in the USA. Therefore I think they are better educated and therefore more mature.