Cops From Around The World React To US Policing... | Americans React | Loners #71

[@Kelsea-2002]

For police officers within the EU, de-escalation is ALWAYS the method of choice! When in doubt, it is better to let a criminal flee in order to arrest him under better conditions than to risk human lives. The use of firearms is the absolute last resort that police officers are allowed to use in the EU.

[@DontPanick]

Well, de-escalation should be the method of choice, but it's not always the case. Cops are just humans as well and therefore they make mistakes as well and some are just assholes as well. So sometimes they are not de-escalating and sometimes there are cases of unnecessary violence. But at least in the EU this usually does not lead to death.

[@Kelsea-2002]

@@DontPanick My comment did not refer to individual cases, but to the service regulations and their implementation. There are assholes and criminals in every job - including yours. Here, however, we are talking about the general attitude of police officers.

[@KenFullman]

If any middle eastern country policed their citizens the way the USA does, there would be economic sanctions placed on them in protest at their abuse of human rights.

[@rHamUK]

​@@DontPanickthe bad cops get put away, unlike usa who basically condone corruption

[@ingrudmessenger1193]

Jaaaahhh... kinda? In Germany it can differ a lot. We have the "Bundespolizei", federal police literally translated, and one of their tasks is to go to bigger events to reinforce the locals. The mindset of those guys is pretty much the same as Hooligans, they go there to fight somebody. We had a lot of chaos going on on first May in Berlin, it was kinda tradition to go there and vandalize shit until the city decided to make a big, family friendly festival. It went really well and became much more peaceful, but there was one case where the Bundespolizei intentionally escalated stuff and a local cop got beaten up because he, well... disagreed with them. Although the local police in Berlin aren't exactly known for beeing saints either. Tl;dr: if you see cops in riot gear in Germany, stay away from them. Normal uniform is probably fine to approach.

[@pauldootson7889]

remember watching a U.S. Show about cop chases (it was a few years back) and a cop was chasing a guy on a motorbike who'd made of from a gas station without paying, at about 70mph the cop ran into the back of him sending him flying of the bike the commentator then quipped something along the lines of "this guy will think twice next time before thinking he can steal gas and get away with it" i actually remember sitting there with my jaw dropped at the idea that these cops thought this was an appropriate action to take over a 40 dollar theft and the presenter thought it was "justice served"

[@loners4life]

It’s insane!

[@tiggerwood8899]

British Police are allowed to make tactical contact with motorbikes, too.

[@pauldootson7889]

@@tiggerwood8899 Rightly so but this was pure attempted murder ramming him of the bike at 70mph don't think i've seen a uk police tactical stop at more than 20 mph most are near stationary or when they've slowed for a corner and have been okay'd mainly to stop the pandemic of criminals using 50cc scooters to commit muggings, not high powered superbikes most chases like that never get started here in the uk as there is just to much risk to life

[@jgowner6076]

@@tiggerwood8899 I would guess the British Police have somewhat similar rules to the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the operator decides if a chase is to be continued or discontinued based on the risk to the public, police and the suspect the chase poses and the crime that has been or is being committed. For $40 of theft and trying to get away, someone would only get pushed off the motorbike at very low speeds (20km/h or less) if they pose danger on the streets by the way they drive away. At high speeds Police may never ram or push a motorcyclist, even to PIT maneuver or ram a car as Police, the suspect must pose a serious danger.

[@drcl7429]

@@tiggerwood8899 They have to ask for permission from a senior officer who later has to justify it to his superiors that it was in the public interest and proportional.

[@davidwilding7405]

Police Officers in the US have basically no training compared with European Police Officers. Most countries have figured out that policing is an important and difficult job, and have set training requirements to match that.

[@jessicakoster2543]

American police training is counted in months, European police training is counted in years.

[@Nighteye2]

Too many people with guns - why invest a lot in training police officers if they end up getting shot within a few years anyway?

[@That1Eagle]

All USA cops are taught is, how to shoot a gun, how to respond to a call (codes), and depending on the states, the 10-codes

[@Seamus.Harper]

​@@jessicakoster2543You meant to say weeks not months, right. The US "system" is a hail mary attempt of hoping you do not get a bunch of trigger happy maniacs in a position of power. 😶

[@dedeferreira98]

​@@jessicakoster2543 years??? Most Cops in europe have 9 months of training lol. Here in Portugal we are the 4rd safest nation on earth and training is 9months

[@philn8122]

If what happened to George Floyd had happened in the UK, A passerby would have physically dragged the officer off him seeing the injustice unfolding before their eyes. Having said that, our officers; unlike yours, do not carry firearms (carried by psychotics) and so can safely intervene.

[@loners4life]

That is definitely a huge issue here. If anyone were to confront a police officer for doing something illegal or wrong you always have to worry about the firearm and the government here will mostly always side with the law

[@johnsimmons5951]

In the UK, if a police officer may have broken the law, the officer is suspended while an independent unit (ie from a different police force) investigates the event. All police are subject to the same laws as everyone else: there is no qualified immunity.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

I get fed up with people, keep saying oh it’s the training, that is so B.S.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

When a police officer sees abuse by a fellow officer, and does not report it he is just a bad!

[@stevenmclaren2730]

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[@Onnarashi]

In Norway, police don't normally carry weapons, but they have weapons locked up in their police cars and if the need arises they can call into HQ and ask for perrmission to use a weapon. We also have the equivalent of SWAT, called Delta, who are all armed. Police education in Norway takes 3 years (bachelors degree), and you learn deescalation and methods of dealing with people in a non-violent and non-confrontational way.

[@alvsindre]

👍😁👍🇳🇴

[@Armoure10]

Yeay for norge 😁

[@YezaOutcast]

this is how its done!

[@samhartford8677]

The same in Finland. Why on earth would any intelligent society allow non-trained people the license to kill?

yeah but in Norway there is not more than 1 gun per person ... usa is just broken on so many levels...

[@claregallagher8550]

The UK situation he was referring to was Stephen Lawrence. He was not killed by police, he was assaulted and stabbed by 6 young racist men. The criticism was that the police did not adequately investigate because they made assumptions due to his colour/race, and that it took too long to find and convict his killers, and then not all of them. The independent review into the police investigation said that there was institutional racism in the police force and made recommendations to address this.

[@loners4life]

Oh wow!

[@solentbum]

Notably:- even when the group involved in the assault were eventually arrested and interviewed they as a group refused to admit their guilt, Without evidence there can be no successful prosecution. But that is another matter.

[@AmberJays]

@@solentbum - Mostly applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, the system is quite different, as there are three potential outcomes - guilty, not guilty, and not proven. The latter is effectively being seen as guilty but without any evidence to support it.

[@grabtharshammer]

@@AmberJays There is talk reccently of Scotland dropping the Not Proven as a possible judgement - which I personally think is a mistake and it should be an option across the whole UK

[@TheShinemyrtle]

Some of the most racist people I've met in the UK were police officers, unfortunately

[@nickydaniels1476]

Hi from 🇬🇧 I've been hoping that you would react to this! I actually feel safe when there are police around. I would happily approach a cop on the street if I needed help with anything. As for diversity; I live on the most diverse street in Europe. There are 24 different nationalities on one street. Just my neighbours there are Jamaican, Indian, Somalian, Polish, and Turkish. It's great 👍

[@loners4life]

That’s so awesome! This is what we lack here as well that sense of community especially with the law enforcement. Thanks for commenting and we hope you enjoy our content ✌️

[@elienva90]

​@@loners4life I've just seen a KZbin video you guys might like to react to aswell! It's from a channel called The Norden. It's a Scandinavian channel and they make documentaries in which they invite people from all over the world and from all sorts of professions to come and see how things are things are done in the Nordic countries and make comparisons with the country the person is from. In this video they invite an officer from the LAPD to meet Scandinavian police officers. The difference is absolutely mindboggling! Even as a European who's never even seen a police officer behave badly here and who's heard a lot about police violence in the US, it's still shocking to hear how different it is!

[@shaytal100]

Friends of mine are police officers in Germany. They are usually armed (with a pistol, not with a machine gun!). But it is very rare, if ever for one of them to draw their gun. I think drawing it let alone fire a shot is very dangerous for a German officer. It would spark so much paper work for them, they avoid it like the pest! :) It might be funny, but it is true. It is also very rare for them to need a gun. Only very few private citizen own guns in Germany. And the ones that do, don't walk or drive around with them! These gun loving psychos in the US cause so many problems for all Americans, it is really sad!

[@phillipevans9414]

@shaytal100. Pretty much the same situation here in Australia - most police on duty will carry a "service revolver" (I remember as a young boy seeing a policeman at a local football game having one on his belt in a leather holster - first time I had ever seen a "pistol", like I had seen on t.v, so that's why I still remember it), but my gut fee is that most officers here would rarely, if ever, have a need to draw it, let alone fire (of course it does happen occasionally). Cheers!

[@aikighost]

you are a good little puppy, exactly what the people who rule over you want.

[@phillipevans9414]

@@aikighost . Wow, you really are some kind of "special", you just HAD TO but in here and spread your deranged BS all over a conversation that had nothing to do with you...nice.

[@mrnice81]

@@aikighost (Assuming you are American) bwahahaha, you are delusional if you think your gun will save you if it comes this far ... and thats exactly what they want you to believe, puppy! They take ever more of you, distract you with the violence they allow and even silently encourage. They pay your politicians to do as they want, they spend unbelievable ammounts to make YOU believe that what they want is what you want. And when push comes to shove, when you grab your gun, they'll have a majority of the population either silently complicit or riled up against YOU, in addition to a military and police force you can not even dream to beat in a fight with your AR-15. Your biggest weakness is that you think you are not weak because of a gun. But the only thing that can save your sorry ass is your society coming together and deciding to work together ... and thats where you are failing big time, for decades already, fighting each other for scrabs growing weaker and weaker as a society ... and if you are weak without a gun, you are also weak with one.

[@LoLrand0mness]

@@aikighost to whom are you talking? and what are you talking about? "the people who rule over you" ... i am asuming you are american, so ima try to explain in american to you: "we the people" are the ones who rule. "we the people" are the ones making choices by voting. "we the people" are financing police, infrastructure, education [...] by paying taxes. "we the people" are our nation. If you do not think you are among those you would call "we the people", you either are an outlaw or something else is seriously wrong :)

[@LetsSWITCHGames]

Here in the UK we DO have specialist Armed Response Units that can be called in. They train all day every day, they are also taught that firing is the absolute last resort. If they are deployed and fire their weapons, they have to account every round used, they are then put on at least 48 down time to help process what happened and/or to speak with a councilor.

[@jamesborishansen]

the basic education in Denmark takes 2½ years, after which you can continue your education, great emphasis is placed on understanding human psychology, and a great deal of energy is spent on learning to talk down a situation so that it can be resolved with as few consequences as possible, I'm pretty sure that most EU countries teach their police officers the same skills, service and safety creating functions in society, it's so rare that a weapon is drawn, in fact it often becomes a news story if it happens, even if the weapon not being used..

[@loners4life]

This is what we lack!! An emphasis on psychology

[@TheShinemyrtle]

In Norway police training equals a bachelor's degree, I hope that like in nursing degree anyone considered unsuitable get booted out of the course

[@Trendkilla]

I do put a lot of the blame on their gun culture. Here there is little to no chance that the person you are pulling over is armed. Over there they not only have one gun but truck loads, houses full of war equipment. Every traffic stop might be a shoot out, "this might be the day I die" a constant thought. It's a job I don't envy.

[@ohauss]

I once saw an interview with a German police officer in which he stated his "primary weapon" was his voice. Are there racist cops? Certainly. Bigots on a power trip are drawn to positions of authority (to the point where so-called "Reichsbürger" who believe the FRG is fake/has no authority/is really just a private company and no goverment authority and the German "Reich" is still the valid government are happy to draw paychecks for enforcing the very authority they assert doesn't exist. But there is considerable vetting and the use of firearms against people is very tightly regulated.

[@ohauss]

@@Trendkilla Except that there are plenty of jobs that are actually far more risky - and except that European cops are way more level-headed even when faced with a firearm. You'll barely ever find a European cop emptying their entire gun. There once was a case in Germany just after reunification where poorly trained former east German police confused a retiree guest in a hotel with a violent criminal and when the shocked retiree slammed the room door in their face, they shot him through the door. Police all over Germany was so embarassed that they started a nation-wide manhunt for the actual criminal that put so much pressure on him he voluntarily turned himself in. In another example, a German SWAT team was sent to confiscate the gun collection of someone whose license had been revoked. He started shooting at them through the door, hitting one officer at the edge of his vest in a way that unfortunately later proved to be lethal. Where in the US, a lot of cops would have unleashed their fury on the suspect, the German SWAT team made sure he got his day in court. THAT is the fundamental difference. US police all too often believe it's their job to eliminate any threat when their actual job is to make sure a suspect gets a trial and court finds out if they actually committed a crime and what the appropriate punishment is.

[@jbird4478]

In the Netherlands it's a full education. It takes 3-4 years to become a cop, with a mix of theory and field training. And they have an emphasis on learning to deescalate situations to prevent having to use force. It's a career, not a job.

[@loners4life]

That’s good that they do that for the police there!

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

I was on the wrong side of the law when i grew up in New Zealand, generally the cops treated me with respect, and gave it in return. They can have a laugh and a joke even while youre in cuffs, most are unarmed but can call in armed officers as needed.

[@Treadstone7]

Being a police officer myself (police sergeant, technically) in Germany, I will never understand how personnel of an executive organ of the state is so poorly educated and trained. Especially with so much power and responsibility. Here in Germany, you'll have 2,5 years of theoretical and practical training including psychology, tactics, law, political education and of course the correct use of handcuffs and the weapons you carry everyday. There is even a practical exam in self defense, where you have to prove that you can use your weapons, handcuffs and self defense techniques correctly. Such things like kneeling on someones neck or using your gun inappropriately (e.g. someone tries to punch you and you shoot him) will instantly fail you. Especially with the rise of terroristic attacks, I'm not sure how some countries still manage to have unarmed officers. In our forces, every police officer on public deployment has a gun and for endangered infrastructure like airports and train stations, one officer for each patrol carries an MP5 submachine gun. Many officers in Germany have never used their gun on duty in their entire career. But having one for the once-in-a-lifetime-scenario gives a certain feeling of security I don't want to miss.

[@loners4life]

Wow that’s intense! But seems very necessary and good that they make you go through that.

[@dnocturn84]

And it is actually not easy to become a police officer in Germany (or in any other European country, as far as I'm aware). The entry threshold to join the police, is set at pretty high standards. So thank you for your service, SiebAir!

[@kojotto1]

In Poland, to become a police officer you need: have Polish citizenship have at least secondary education have full public rights not be convicted by a final court judgment for a crime (including a tax offence) have an unblemished reputation enjoy your physical and mental health have a regulated relationship to military service. However, this is only the first step to becoming a police officer. If you meet the above conditions, you still have to go through the selection procedure in the form of a competition, which is not the easiest. Why? After submitting all the documents, the following are waiting for candidates for work in the police: knowledge test consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions fitness test psychological examination police interview medical committee completing the personal security survey. After successful completion of all stages, it is necessary to go to basic training at the police school lasting 6.5 months. During it, the novice policeman will receive free food and accommodation, as well as a salary without all allowances. After completing the training, there is a three-month induction period, during which the novice police officer works under the supervision of more experienced colleagues.

[@Yandarval]

Even during the height of the IRA bombings. The UK never armed its normal Police officers. Nor did or do we have armoured vehicles.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Any police officer in Spain must train *2 years* in a certain city in the center of the country 100 km away from Madrid, where there's a National Police Academy. It's like a whole university just for them where psychology and social skills are *key* subjects in their formation.

[@jellevandergaag3824]

In the Netherlands the police is armed with a Walter P99Q. Around 25 times a year a officer just there wapen. Every time an officer shoots, an investigation is made to see if he was allowed to use his weapon under those circumstances. last week there was the news that an officer who had shot at a moving tractor during farmers' protests last year and just had missed the 16-year-old driver. Have to appear in court on suspicion of attempted murder.

[@jellevandergaag3824]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGKZYWujgLJrq7s a nice video about Amsterdam police 🚓

[@loners4life]

Wow! That’s crazy but very good

[@davidwilding7405]

@@loners4life it's basically the same in the UK. Anytime a firearm is discharged by a Police officer, there's a full report on the circumstances, and if it's determined that the officer acted wrongfully, then that officer is in a world of bother. De-escalation is the standard approach for most European cops, but requires good training.

[@Kuutti_original]

Same system here in Finland, if police officer uses his gun it is investigated by different police force while the officer is suspended from his position for the time of investigation. Results from the investigation is then presented to State Prosecutor who makes the decision to either press or drop charges. (pretty much always when weapon wasnt used to save someone elses life or officers own life, charges will be pressed.) Police here do carry handguns, models varies but for examble P99Q is one of the models in use. Officers also have heavier protective gear and weaponry in their patrol car. As they would also be first responsers to more serious incidents, and they need to be capable to act and protect public safely. There also are better trained local "swat" teams and specially trained Karhuryhmä "Bear Unit" to use in such cases

[@SW-gf6zl]

Same here in Germany. Once a police officer fires a shot, he/she's half way to be tried at court. If the (obligatory!) investigation doesn't reveal a really sustancial reason for firing that shot, they're in great trouble! (even if no-one was hit, that is.)

[@danym9719]

here in Germany our cops have 30 months (2.5 years) Training and they have weapons, but nearly never need them. we call the Police "dein Freund und Helfer" wich means "your friend and helper". I can't understand what is going on in USA. what we see in the News, on KZbin and tiktok is insane!

[@PyroMaestros]

Just look at how people in the Militäry would react in those Situation, they will react with more causion in a literal War Zone.

[@varjo.]

I’m from Germany and I feel very safe around police here. I know that no matter what I can always go to them and rely on help no matter how big or small the issue is, it’s pretty much a given that you’ll be met with kindness and care and that they genuinely want to help you. No matter if you’re lost, feel unsafe or need medical help or whatever you can always approach a police officer. There was always a police car stationed in a specific place in front of a mosque on my way to school and it made me feel good and safe. I struggled severely with my mental health at the time especially on the commute to school and I knew that if I’d ever feel like I might be a danger to myself I could walk up to them and ask them for help. I feel like that’s not something you could do in America. Germanys police system is definitely far from perfect we have a lot of issues with discrimination as well as an overflow of right winged people working in the police force but I still feel safe. At least a lot safer than I’d feel around other police forces. Police here focuses on making the civilians feel safe rather than enforcing righteousness. Like the people in the video said: police serves the public, they should never ever be at war with it. They’re there to make people feel safe, not some kind of warriors fighting for their own survival. This isn’t war.

[@josephnugent1328]

In Ireland our Police do a BA in policing, 2 years plus 8 months on probation which can be extended if there superior thinks it's necessary. Uniformed police do not carry firearms only a baton which is not on display but kept in a special concealed pocket. Detectives and the armed support units do. We have a special investigations unit made up of retired police from other mostly english speaking countries who investigates all complaints against the police and any deaths or injuries that are police related even traffic accidents . Generally we have a great deal of respect and affection for our Police. They are extremely approachable and helpful. Every time there ask if they wish to be armed, usually after a death on duty they say no as they feel it would put a barrier between them and the people. ..... Long time subscriber, first time commenter😊

[@loners4life]

That’s very interesting to hear! It sounds like the police and the citizens don’t have animosity towards each other which sounds very nice. Thank you so much for subscribing and sticking along with us! We appreciate it more than you know! 👍🏻

[@andreanecchi5930]

there is a video in which they show in france how some policemen stopped a woman who had a loaded shotgun , while some policemen distracted her another climbed over a wall entered a garden getting the gate opened by the owners, the policeman he tackled her from behind when he and the woman went down the shotgun fired, no injuries and the woman pinned down, sorry for my english

[@markmuller7962]

When you mix militarism, racism, ignorance and imperialism together

[@SailorSayuri]

Nah, we have as much a mix of cultures in Europe as in the US, just a different kind (like you have more South American people, we have more immigrants from the East and from North Africa). The only places where there’s maybe less of a mix of people is in rural places (small villages and isolated places). Also, “hi” from Switzerland! 😊

[@branislavpetkovic4507]

my grandfather on my mother's side was a policeman and the biggest offenses he had in the field where he worked were bar fights and bicycle theft, he had an official pistol but never used it

[@sn4tx]

Many countries here have what it’s called “Gendarmerie” (French term) type of police forces. It’s a militarised police force. They don’t belong to the armed forces, but have military like organisation and training, and also equipment. And yeah they are the ones you see on foot patrol, highway patrol and all sorts of police duties. But obviously they have a complete different training, even the best cops in America could only dream of. Proof of their training and professionalism, is the fact some times those police forces are even deployed in conflict zones like Iraq.

[@martinwallroth6208]

Please Lynda, don't change the editing of your videos. Because they are great as they are. With too much editing it would look sooo mainstream like other youtubers. And your videos are soo honest and that's because you don't have to much elements and so on in your videos. Please keep your good work up, appreciate your effort

[@robertknight2556]

I still maintain that guns are the essential issue in the US. If people are easily able to acquire guns, and the police are supplied as common practice with guns, there will often be an extreme response to a situation. Unless in terms of terrorism, or very high alert circumstances, this sort of confrontation is simply not a factor in the UK.

[@davedixon2068]

Which is why training in America (and elsewhere) should be of the highest standard not, can you stand up when you get out of a police car, and can you recognise a donut 3 times out of 4

[@paintedhorse6880]

When I was in the Army I had to go through a Gate Guard class taught by military police. That class was 2 weeks long. I'll never forget how the instructors constantly framed their job as "us vs them" when referring to servicemembers and their families. Every day the head instructor made remarks about how the public are entitled and that our most important job is to get home alive and to not give a damn about anything else. That shit was shocking.

[@davedixon2068]

But gate guard in the military ISNT a police man, you are there to stop the bads guy getting in, however you also treat people correctly. This is why the military shouldnt be used as police, I believe the Army generally had a police officer imbedded with them on patrols depending on where the patrol was in Northern Ireland.

[@paintedhorse6880]

@davedixon2068 Military Police do all of the same things the police do. And many regular officers are former military. The culture is very similar among regular police. Which is a bad thing.

[@darrenfearon4288]

I am from England, I have never seen a police officer with a gun in my life time and I am 28

[@yips_way]

Watched a police cam video the other day. 3 US cops were talking to someone on the shoulder of the road who I think had broken down. A patrol car was parked slightly back in the "live" lane near them to protect them all from traffic is my guess. However, a guy who was DUI reacted to the police car too late & tried to swerve round it at the last minute glancing off the side of the car, just missing the broken down vehicle & cops, then coming to a halt down the road due to damage. What shocked me was noticing one of the cops drew his weapon immediately on seeing the car while the others jumped out of the way instinctively. His wasn't to jump out of the way to save his life like the others but ready himself to shoot at a CAR skidding towards him uncontrollably at great speed. I've seen lots of videos where they jump or better still grab their partners & pull them out of the way too - as anyone would expect, from any human perspective. But this "trained" cop grabbed his gun as his first priority! A case of shoot first then think later no doubt.

[@jamesfuller3670]

In England we have and armed department of the police force but they are rarely called

[@xixXxxXxix]

We do have armed Police here in England, but very selectively. I'm 36, live in the North East of England and have seen 2 single cops armed (like those 4 in the "Army" pics) in my entire life, and they were at big events. In places like London they're likely more prevalent.

[@mattjohn4731]

Greetings from hyper-capitalist USA. Apologies to Earth 🌍

[@deanj846]

I live in Holderness,East York's,we have fully armed police guarding a local refinery,Great bunch of folk...Act like a tw@ and they'll act accordingly....As a rule though perfectly polite ladies and gentlemen...

[@BroadcastingChaos]

Yeah I only ever saw armed police in Manchester on bad match days and in the airport back in the early 2000's. Haven't seen any in the last decade

[@xixXxxXxix]

@@BroadcastingChaos I've never even seen them at Sunderland v Newcastle.. Maybe I get too pissed lol

[@paulm2467]

They are more common at the airports, outside No. 10 and the Houses of Parliament but for normal Londoners in normal life I think that I’ve seen one in 40 years, when I went down a road and there was some sort of raid on a house, it was all over in 2/3 minutes and the officer with the gun was nearby but not involved in the raid, no shots were fired.

[@gordd7348]

In the USA they are Police FORCES. Everyone else (such as Canada), they are Police SERVICES. The other major issue is that ex-military become part of the US police force. Military personnel are trained to escalate situations, whereas police need to de-escalate.

[@Frohds14]

In Germany we are also very far from a perfect police force. We too have problems with racism, misogyny or contempt for minorities. We too have police violence, policemen who do illegal things and think they are above the law. But our problems are nowhere near as bad as in the USA. This is because the barrier to entry to become a police officer is very high. For the lowest service you need a middle education, so at least high school with SATs. For the middle service, a high school diploma, which is roughly equivalent to your bachelor's degree at college, and for the higher ranks, a master degree. This is usually followed by 3 years of training or 2 years of study in the upper ranks and then 2-3 years of probationary service. All police officers are civil servants, have taken an oath to Grundgesetz (our constitution), are employes of the country or the state (and not of towns like the US) and cannot be dismissed, so they have a different level of job security than American police officers have, on whose backs towns like to save money. Another difference arises with regard to prosecutors and judges. In Germany they are not elected but appointed. They are not state officials, but act on the basis of the Basic Law as a legal norm to which they are obliged. Half of our federal judges are elected by the Bundestag (the federal politicians elected by the people), with at least a 2/3 majority, and the other half are elected by the Bundesrat (the representatives of the federal states), also with a 2/3 majority. Election campaigns in which wives and children are dragged in front of the camera, advertising is done, etc. are not familiar to us from public prosecutors and judges, even at federal level. It's even forbidden.

[@-caspo-]

I’m interested in why misogyny could be a problem in Germany. It seems like it’s the other way around in America, as men are much more likely to be shot, arrested, etc.

[@andreashofer4442]

In Austria they do carry guns, but PPL are actually thinking that it's a bit silly, because there is like no valid reason for them to use it.... Our state is a biit slow with bigger changes and some PPL propaby think, tasers only exist in movies^^ Once the police in Vienna held 4 guns at my head, after ringing the bell, because they thought there is a fight going on, and i just started to laugh loud while they were screaming at me, reached out for the closest gun and pointed it to the floor, while i told them "put your guns down you idiots! It's a video game, don't you hear?" They got 2 years of Police college and 3 years of practical training , aswell as lots of psychological training, while they always have to be 2 cops at least and are not allowed to start any agression, or even shoot when you touch their gun, as long as you don't act very dangerous and overly aggressive... and they can't say "it was an accident" or that their was an agression, when there was none, because the other police guys around have the same education are not just here to help, but also to control the work of their colleges and won't put themselfs in trouble, covering something up. You gotta imagine that their are no cold cases i think you call it, because every single murderer gets cought and every missed person get found at some time. It's like, no police guy would care if you roll a joint in the park, but noone would try to get away with shooting someone, not even a police guy in duty.

[@rittherugger160]

When talking about the policing situation here in the US, defenders often resort to saying that "it's just a few Bad Apples. There's no need to "throw the baby out with the bathwater". Bad Apples? The full adage is "One Bad Apple can ruin the whole barrel" and it is true. A bad apple emits a type of 'acid' and when mixed with a bunch of good apples that 'acid' spoils those near it causing them to emit more of the acid until all of them are infected but it doesn't stop at ruining apples. The 'sickness' of the apples seeps into the very wood the barrel is made from. So, even if you wash and scrub the barrel, if you put more apples into that barrel they quickly go bad because of the barrel.

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

Recently there has l been a lot of concern about the behaviour of the police force especially in London,it was highlighted by the murder of woman named Sarah Everard by a serving police officer,there have been times when police have been found to have shared photos of murdered women on their What's App groups ,its been suggested that it may be necessary to disband Met Police in London and reorganise force ,a lot of women say they wouldn't ask a police officer for help after Sarah Everards murder . Good Vlog ❤.

[@apmoy70]

We have had our share of Police misconduct here too, especially against the Roma people, which has caused major upset and talks about reorganizing police training

[@pauldootson7889]

i understand this but there are 43'000 police officers in the met police and we can't judge them all on the actions of the few, it's not the best analagy i know but recently a postman murdered a young woman do we as a nation decide that we can't trust any postmen again

[@solentbum]

In recent years the Government has reduced the training for new Police recruits , we can now see the results.

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

@@solentbum i take your point,I n the last 13 years the government have reduced the number police force by 20,000 officers that doesn't help .

[@aikighost]

Just legalise guns and self defence with guns, gun rights are womens rights.

[@richt71]

There's been a big crackdown on police in the UK recently especially the metropolitan police force that covers London with a number of cops fired or faces charges. Armed cops in the UK are from a specialist armed unit used to protect Royal palaces and airports plus can be called up for serious ongoing incidents where weapons are being used. Most cops only have a baton and pepper spray with a few taser trained. To be in the armed police unit in the UK you need to serve for 7 years as a regular cop before applying.

[@aglandorf75]

I saw quite a lot of police videos from the US, mainly violating citizen rights to the extent of detaining some one based on the officer's opinion why a citizen is breaking a law. Even when the suspect is capable of citing the law and explain why he is not in violation of a law. Even excersising constitutional laws are not known by either public servant nor police officers. Like filming in public etc... Or the right to remain silent. And some officers get real ego problems when citizen know the law better than he does. That is mind blowing.

[@angshusarma8331]

I heard a news about a dude in Chicago. He had a ticket for traffic violation and haven't paid the amount. Court has given order to arrest him. Cops came, he resisted and the cop pulled his hair, kicked him and tased him 30 times. He died at the hospital.

[@Jan_Seidel]

I recall a survey where police officers in Germany fired 8 bullets in a *whole year* vs american cops with several 1000 bullets

[@yammybobo]

The Lawerance case was something else.

[@R1ChArD83]

as a norwegian it is very innteresting watching american police forces work. they are going in with a gang mentality, with self preservation and pretecting the police only mentality and always escalating the smallest situation into alot that it isnt and making a kid stealing a lollipop a 1 year youth prison thing, when its just a kid making a small mistake and calling the parents and let them deal with it. im not a police but here in Norway the way they work is by trying to be as invisible as possible and only interfere when obvious law breaking occure or safety becomes a potensial risk. or when requested. they dont stop you while driving unless you did something swrong while driving or you have a broken light and things like that. and then they most often also give you rspect and warning to get it fixed as fast as possible nd no need to show that you have fixed it later. even when they are being disrespected they ALWAYS try to DEescalate the situation because a calm person do less wrong/risky choices then a threatend excited person. also aiming at a person is a massive phsycologic thing and wont happend unless absolutely nessery when aimed at or shot at, or a gun against someone else. other than that the gun stay in the belt at all times not even having a hand on it incase. what they are starting to do a little more but still just when as a last resort is to pull out the teaser. the gun drawn is an absolute last resort. and DEescalating any situation is the best way to protect everyone including the cop and civillians and the offender. they actually try to help them not breaking more laws and rules no matter what Here COPS know they are here to pretect and serve US the people. that include all of society no matter who, richest,porest, other police, ambulance, fire department, civillians, victims, the criminals. EVERYONE. in US it feels like they try to escalate as much as possible so they can give that kid as long and hard enalty as possible, also always overkill in cars showin up for the smallest things because everyone want to be able to say were there and if shooting happens everyone want to shot to be the hero. it is wrong on so many levels how they think and work. it is no others fault that they have it how they have it. be hard when it is needed, but that is exstremely rare and always have the goal of never having to draw your gun and even less shooting someone. be soft, understanding and start to f... listen to the people they are talking to. there is so many videos where they dont listen to the person at all. they start yelling and shouting immediatley and draw theire guns. and screaming to the Criminals/victims that they dont listen and they have to listen to not get shot, when infact its the cops that dont listen and blow up everything. it is insane that society is afraid of cops. that is the opposite of what it os suppossed to be. seing a cop should be the feeling of safety and everythig is under controll. you should not be afraid of braking the smallest of laws just because a cop is next to you. and therefor if you make a small mistake you get 5 years in prison. it is insane. sorry but i really struggle with how the hec.. they think and work in the police in USA. it is amasingly broken. and sad.

[@user-gm5fg8in1j]

A couple of years ago a police officer in the US was fired for NOT shooting someone !! Last I heard he was suing for wrongful dismissal, I don't know how he got on.

[@MrTjonke]

Britain and Norway are the only countries with unarmed police being standard I can think of. At least in Europe

[@almostyummymummy]

General police in NZ don't carry either.

[@markfour2841]

It's a sad endictment of the US that your society accepts living in fear of law enforcement agencies that view the public as the enemy. Highly corrupt policing with no accountability belongs in a bygone age. Another example of the US being third world in many areas, other examples of which are health care, gun laws, homelessness, cost of education and lack of public transport infrastructure.

[@BraanFlakes08]

Sorry but it’s not a few bad apples ruining the bunch, it’s the bunch ruining the few good apples

[@-caspo-]

What are you basing this off of?

[@andreasseipel7569]

The problems with the police in the USA are manifold. You can't just name them a, b or c and everything will be fine. Here are a few of the most important problems: 1. availability of weapons. 2. no social system, if you don't have money you are homeless......, 3. media, which always exaggerate the crimes (less crimes since the 1990, but more reports about it), 4. no reasonable health system, 5. no education. e.g. in Germany you need about 3 years to become a policeman, like in most countries. etc.... what do you expect?

[@MISSYGful]

In the UK specialised teams who take on extensive further training equivalent to your swat do have guns. But your average PC/Constable (Cop on the street) does NOT.

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

In Germany officers are armed, but they´re trained to handle all kinds of situations without the need of a gun. There´re only a few scenarios were they would be allowed to draw their gun, but they try to handle those without a gun as well. Just for drawing the gun they have to fill out paperwork and explain why they felt the need to draw and if they fire it, tonns of paperwork and explonation for every single bullet missing in the magazine and a hearing with the higher ups most likely also.

[@frankmustermann7272]

thanks for the reaction👍 How do I become a police officer in Germany? Requirements: at least a high school diploma. age 17 at least partially no visible tattoos Class B driver's license (car) Proof of athletic ability certain body mass index (BMI) certain eyesight. entrance tests: Written test Sport test police medical examination Job interview. if you are in: After the more theoretical basic training at the police academy, specialist training follows in the police station. Then it's all about practical work - for example during an introductory internship or an advanced internship. There is an intermediate examination between basic and specialist training. You will spend the last six months with your final training. At the end of the training there is a career test. If you pass, you'll be a law enforcement officer after about 30 months of training.

[@linkvos8151]

I love your open minded mindset to learn about other cultures, I really do! It’s so fascinating 😅😊

[@canadianicedragon2412]

In Canada our police do typically have a hand gun, and some will have a long gun in the vehicle, but we rarely see them draw one. I work in a building with police and it still "surprises" me when I encounter an armed person (always in uniform) in the halls/elevator, etc. so... yes they are armed... but I don't think they are as likely to draw or fire it as US officers seem to be. That might be in part because so few Canadians are armed in public. Sure you go to someone's home, or a hunting lodge there may be guns but not in a car/traffic stop situation. US police seem to be predisposed to "preemptive violence" due to the danger they expect, while other countries try to deescalate or at least not resort to force as easily. Granted I don't live there so maybe I'm judging based on the worst stories coming out of the US rather than the common stories.

[@drink8ace]

All police officers in Northern Ireland are armed. The only country in GB and Ireland where ALL police are armed. All other countries here have armed units.

[@alany1400]

Despite being armed 24/7, the Police Service Northern Ireland have only ever shot 2 people this century, one dead. Both shootings had judicial reviews that ruled them as justified and necessary.

[@solentbum]

In 30 years of Policing in the UK I never once came across a suspect who was carrying a firearm. Thanks to the USA Constitution a Police Officer must assume that everyone he interacts with has a gun, making the officers life at risk. In 2021, 129 officers died in the line of duty, according to the FBI's Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted database with many more injured by gunshots. What would you do ?

[@jaxcoss5790]

Never live in the US - it's nuts!

[@JarekBaldrian]

Here in Czech republic, there are basically two types of police. The state police that deals with serious stuff like murders, armed robberies and such and then, there is city police (equivalent of your Sheriff) thats focused on people stealing shit in supermarkets, drugs overdose, drunk people and so on, so potentialy less dangerous everyday things. Both are armed with handguns, but city police is mainly using tasers if anything, state police normal guns. Other police forces are usually divided into sections to reflect what they do (DEA, CP, highway/freeway/speedway police etc), but every single department falls under state police. There is however no equivalent to your SWAT, sure there are special police forces with fancy toys like from movies, but they do not have nearly as much "free hands -lets scream and shoot for giggles- approach" as SWAT does. There is URNA, which is basically Special forces fast response unit, but that one is Army unit, not police one. Tl;dr yes police officers in Czech do have guns, but never realy use them The problem of US police is a fact that they face way too much brutal behavior every day. As long as USA wont have normal conditions for its people to live normal lives, something to take care of them when unemployed, injured, sick, broke or homeless, simply something to lift the pressure from their shoulders, there will always be gangs, drugs, guns, nutters and dead innocent people. Killers are made, not born

[@E-jit]

Just to compare, here in Sweden they get two years of training and they do carry firearms. There is an increasing problem with gang shootings but the vast majority of people don’t carry weapons unless it’s to or from a hunting trip or to or from competitive shooting at a gun range but those people go through a comprehensive course that takes several weeks to get licensed. This makes it highly unlikely that a cop would get shot at a routine traffic stop so they don’t really have to worry about that.

[@chrisshelley3027]

In the UK police ARU Armed Response Unit are police who have been in service for a minimum of two years, they have to reach a high level of policing before they can be considered for the ARU, they continue with day to day policing while having intense training from the military, this lasts for a minimum of two years and they may not pass, most don't. In the UK police ARU if they draw their weapon but don't use it or even cock the weapon, they are taken off duty until an investigation is complete and they can justify why they unholstered that weapon, also each round fired by the ARU is counted, each year UK police fire 4 rounds for the whole of the UK police, not an average of 4 rounds each, the whole ARU 4 shots in a year.

[@lillia5333]

I always hear about diversity as an exuse for crime in USA. What makes a diverse country a dangerouse one? Are the brown and black people not americans? Are white people innocent bystanders? What about social differences and poverty? I would think that poor education and social standing makes for a bigger reason for crime and violence than diversity. We are 5.4 million people in my country. 16 % of the population is immigrants. They are from all over the world. Most of them are from Europe, but we have a large islamic group from Turkey, Pakistan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia (not all islamic) and other islamic countries. We have indians, vietnamese, chinese and thai people They are peaceful, hard working folks and we have not more crime here because of our immigrants. Crime usually comes with visitors from Europe. Though ethnic norwegians are no innocents either. The racism, your goverment's refusal to take care of their citizens and your crazy amount of guns are what is making your country a danger zone, I would think. I hope your channel can enlighten people. Keep up the good work. Im ove your curiosity❤ hugs from Norway.

[@robertedel306]

in Switzerland they are unarmed, except for special missions

[@johngilchrist2926]

There seems to be a major misconception about police training in the US. Yes most academies appear to be only 3-6 months long but nearly all require a 2 or 4 year college degree, typically in Criminal Justice, with some exceptions being made for military service. Compared to many European countries that have academies that double as post seconday institutions. The adavantage for European police academies is that certain skills like hand to hand training can be taught more extensively over the course of years and that a person's temperament can be better measured. Also, the comparison of the number of law emforcement agencies is deceptive. England for instance only has 17% of the population and 2% of the land area of the US. Plus while there are many individual agencies the laws, procedures, and training requirements are deteremined by the Department of Justice for each state, in turn largely dictated by the Federal Department of Justice. Additionally, the portion where they show police officers in tactical gear and try to stun the audience when they reveal them to be cops is manipulative. American police officers typically wear soft body armor under their uniforms but in the case of someone potentially using a rifle or in riot conditions they put on the more protective armor and helemts that you see them pictured in.

[@pittarak1]

Triggered much?

[@johngilchrist2926]

@@pittarak1 My response was academic in nature not emotional. In the last few years there have been a lot of misleading comparisons between American and European law enforcement and yesterday I had the time to respond to this video.

[@MrWilde-zx7vm]

Finally someone who isn’t believing shit without actually researching. I have no idea why they want to push something like this to other police departments around the world. Like why do that? What’s the idea of doing something like that? Does the people who made the video of policing want to make America bad or push an agenda? Like we have almost 3 or more times the population of almost all of the countries here and a more diverse population. Not only that, bigger gangs that tend to act on others more.

[@LoLrand0mness]

@@johngilchrist2926 "Also, the comparison of the number of law emforcement agencies is deceptive." mhm... let's see why "England for instance only has 17% of the population and 2% of the land area of the US." ok - so you want to adjust the number? to per capita? in my opinion the difference is sooo big, that it doesn't even need to be done, but sure, let's do it. i dont even need the actual numbers. let's assume UK has 100 law enforcement agencies (no one had that many) and US has 10 000 (they were a couple thousand above it) and because i do not want to bore you with actual math, lets just round the 17% down to a 10%, makes it nice and easy: UK: 100 US: 10 000 Population difference: 1 to 10 so either add a 0 to the UK number or subtract a 0 from US number. 1 000 vs 10 000 or 1k vs 10k we can safely say: US has ten times as many law enforcement agencies as the UK (or any other european country) and i was VERY, VERY generous and i REALLY TRIED to make the numbers look as good as possible for the US. we are still left with a factor of 10. . "My response was academic in nature not emotional." no, it was most definetly not. You would have needed to do and provide us with the actual calculations. not just some "welp, lets just do a rly shitty one where we try to make US look as good as possible" like i did. you would have needed to take and use the actual numbers to get to a per capita value. afterwards you should factor in that the UK has a way higher population density (by a factor of 8.5, according to your numbers) - which, considering every possible empirical evidence there is, should increase the potential of conflict and therefor the need for policing. . "Additionally, the portion where they show police officers in tactical gear and try to stun the audience when they reveal them to be cops is manipulative." welp, yepp. that is true.

[@merenwen4495]

I don’t understand why you bring up population or land size, 10,000 different agencies is just absolutely ridiculous. It means you have, on average, 200 different agencies per state. Why? And about the images, our normal police forces do not wear, or use this type of equipment. Only specially trained forces do.

[@Martini923]

In the Republic of Ireland you have to have a The Bachelor of Arts in Applied Policing three years. The police therefore, works 227 days (1,816 hours) (of 8hrs shifts or equivalent) per annum. Public . They don’t carry guns

[@tomeng9520]

What kind of equipment does a Swedish police have? Police equipment includes a lot. For example police radio, flashlight, gun, expandable baton, pepper spray, stun gun and handcuffs. A protective vest is used in all external service. How long is the training to become a police officer? The police training is a university education that covers five semesters, of which six months are a paid graduate training. After graduation, you can apply for employment as a police officer. The training is thus 2.5 years plus a half-year paid internship, 3 years in total.

[@scpmtf164]

I live in Switzerland and all our Police forces are armed with a sidearm or even an MP5 if they work at like an airport and we almost have no police shootings, maybe 1 or 2 if it's a bad year and they mostly don't end in someone dead

[@trdtommy]

Police in norway has to got to school 5-6 years after highschool. They have guns in a locked box in the car, but they have to call dispach to get permission to use it for each episode/call.

[@gowest19]

In germany there is a 3 years of education to become a police officer with a mix of theory and field training. Special there is also deescalate training.

[@loners4life]

That’s very good that they have that much training!

[@ianprince1698]

U K police are taught to deescalate first before they can use a firearm they have to have additional training and authorization from a senior officer for each occasion but for high visibility, protection officers carry a highly visible firearm

[@like_a_buffalo8518]

I just saw a video about gun culture in Switzerland. Everyone has guns and is trained to use them but its the complete opposite of the US. Guns are not the cause of our problems here and I could talk about this for a long time bc it's a big issue but the availability and ease of acquisition of guns without any training here certainly is a cause of problems.

[@ChokyoDK]

Was hoping that you had seen this and you had. Amazing.

[@Aloh-od3ef]

I’m from the UK. Our police Do have guns. Our police officers voted NOT to have guns. But instead have police who have specially trained firearms officers. The biggest difference between American police with gun, and British police with a gun…. In America, the first thing American police you do is reach for their gun. In the UK, the first thing British police do is talk. Then a Barton is drawn. It’s then escalated to a taser. Finally they will draw for the gun. Even when they have the gun drawn, they can’t just start shootings. Either the police or the public MUST be in immediate life threatening danger! If they even just shot 1 bullet. The officer is withdrawn from active service. Until an independent review is done on the situation…… This long list of safe guards is probably the reason why you don’t hear much about British police having or using guns 😃

[@dirkbutendeich3334]

About your Question at 11:00min: I, as a German, rarely see any Police, and then, they are normally don't cary a Firearm. Maybe they do, but i still didn't noticed, because we don't expect to look in a barrel of a gun...

[@marcelmichaelson306]

German here too. What are you talking? Our police is armed, every policeman has a pistol and wear it.

[@MrLittle3vil]

The only police force in Europe that I can think of that doesn't carry guns are the British. They do have special armed police. The Dutch police carry guns but as a last resort/self defense. You've got to have a real good reason to even unholster your weapon without even raising/aiming it. Unholstering is viewed as using force and every use of force will be reviewed by a supervisor. They have to make a report of each instance. This is taken very seriously. Regular patrol officers are trained 3 to 4 years before they graduate. I got to carry a gun after 1 year of school and on the job + firearms training. The first year is like 3 months at school followed by 3 months practising on the streets what you learned in the 3 months before, followed by another 3 months school and 3 months on the job. The next 2 years were alternating between 2 months school/4 months on the job training. We are also trained in de-escalation first and foremost and use of force has to be proportional. It goes from baton to pepperspray to taser to firearm, incapacitate (legs) before deadly force. Deadly force is really a last resort for when you are cornered and have no other options. I really like what was said about SERVING the public instead of being an occupying force. I also think it's a more American mindset to shoot first or use weapons because you grow up with them, are legal and have the right to protect yourself or your property with deadly force. You also have a lot of veterans that actively fought in wars that convert to law enforcement so that soldier mindset probably isn't always a plus in the sense of de-escalation. In the US there are more guns than citizens so I can imagine cops have to take into account that everybody is armed and ready to kill you opposed to over here. I have never one day in my life feared for my life from a cop or as a cop.

[@HeckJiggers]

In Spain, you actually have to pay for your studies to get into the police. The course lasts about a year and there are only a certain number of positions, so it is likely that if you are not among the best you will be out of a job and with less money. The cost of the course is between 1000 and 1500 euros and there are subjects including legal sciences, social sciences, technical-scientific material, etc. In addition to all this you have to pass some physical tests and a PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION TEST. Even so, there may be some bad apples, but they are definitely the least. And this is only for the "basic" police. Special forces has more rigourous training. And about payments, a rookie cop could make around 25.000 to 30.000 euros per year.

[@loners4life]

Wow! That sounds like it really makes the people who don’t have a passion for being a cop give up. It’s also nice to see the psychological tests as well. That is something we severely lack here in the states

[@hiscoregirl9784]

But to be eligible to make the course... first of all, you must pass the "oposiciones", a real hard examination with several different written and physical tests. It is really hard to pass it and there are very few positions available. It is estimated that out of every 20 applicants, only 1 pass. Then you can go to the course.

[@Mikael_Puusaari]

Police in Sweden are armed but using a gun is the very last resort when they are in immediate danger or someone else is and they need to protect someone.. about 35 times/year a police fires their gun, that includes warning shots, about 2-3 people die from guns fired by a police officer each year, they are also trained to think on the fly and quickly assess the situation and only shooting at the body as the last resort Unfortunately in the year 1988 three neo nazis started a political party called "Sweden democrats" that has grown in Sweden and they are today in the swedish parliament, which has caused a lot of tension between immigrants and them and overall worry, causing guns to be used more in Sweden but it is still very rare to hear any gun shots

[@CandyLicker81]

If you defund the police, there is no money for training.

[@tiagooliveira6935]

The only terrorist attack "threat" that happened in my country since I was born was a college student with a bow and arrow and darts and the biggest yearly events that the police go through are sporting events. So yeah... police would probably be fine with a wooden shield and headphones. Never saw a policemen pointing a gun, and the vast majority of them don't even have them.

[@horstschafer1839]

In Austria, there were shot 14 people by police in 15 years. Always in self-defence, as the court decided. Usual Cops here wear Glock 17/9 mm. At places as airports or embassies the also have the Steyr A1 or A2, 5.56mm Rifle, created for military use. But to be said, we have no aggresive usual Officers here. For special cases we have well trained special forces. Google for COBRA or WEGA. They are one of the best in the world by competitions.

[@Kb-gn4cr]

In the uk we dont just have batons. We also have tasers and are backed up when required by armed police

[@TomRuthemann]

Death sentence is just revenge. That's primitive and doesn't help anybody or deters people. That's why capital punishment doesn't exist in civilised countries. I am afraid that's the jist of things, sorry.

[@Zino027]

It's "put your hands where i can see them" instead of "how can i help you". A big part is the psycological training and their gunlaws.

[@xaviertarre8279]

Americans, if you want change, please register and vote

[@meinm3575]

Sweden had only one (outside of special units), now I think it's two.

[@andyyoung5972]

Steven Lawrence was an 18 year old lad, who was killed by a group of white guys in what was a racist attack. The police were investigated for their failures in the investigation of the murder. One of the attackers father was a major player in the drugs trade in London. who reputedly used his contacts and his criminal know-how to keep his son out of the dock for the murder of Stephen Lawrence. I think there is a case for the conclusionthat systemic racism existed in the Police, but as an alternative ( and certainly not acceptable in any way) theres a reasonable suggestion that the drug dealer was paying for the police to fail. Neither is acceptable,

[@UseLogicFFS]

Public servants and not an occupational force... America needs to fucking listen

[@traver1965]

In my country, Denmark, police have shot and killed 4 people from 2016 and 2020. I cant finde newer numbers. But we only have 6 million inhabitants. So if the number were to compared to the US we would have 55 killings done by police officers in the same period if we had 330 million inhabitants. The police in Denmark is armed. We also have special police forces armed with heavier equipment. Mostly automatic weapons and sniper riffles. But if a police officer use his gun, even to make a warning shot, a special commission will evaluate his use of the weapon

[@thorstenkoethe]

If I were a criminal in the US I would try to become a cop - and then do my crimes. No consequences! That´s nice - for the cops only!

[@tonyroutledge3754]

just found your channel and love it you seem to react to alot of things that other reaction channels do not react to. keep up the good work

[@vizioncs505]

In sweden every police officer keeps a pistol on them at all times, however they rarely use them and like others stated theres a report whenever u fire u pistol, to see if it was justified or not. If its not justified yh well good luck to ur career and ull be subject to the court of law like any other citizen. We do have officers carrying heavy auto matic rifles however theyre uncommon, theyre usually at important places such as airports. If u ever land at a swedish air port ull most likely see police officers with heavy automatic rifles. Not only police officers are allowed to carry guns, we also have smthn called skyddsvakt, which is kinda like a security guard that takes on responsabillities for the police at certain locations, ure basically mandated by the police to carry a gun/use it at specific locations if theres a situation for it, but its much more restrictive when ure allowed to draw/fire it. We have skyddsvakter at places where it should be manned by police but there arent enough police officers to fill that post. To be a skyddsvakt u need prob the equivilant training of police officers in the US in certain states, however (ure not a police officer) theres a very clear destinction of when u can act, how u should act and where ure allowd to act. Ure only allowed to act in very "specific" situations such as in danger of whatever ure protecting/human life etc, and there needs to be without reasonable doubt. If u cannot prove that it was beyond resonable doubt (u are in the wrong) and will face the full weight of the law.

[@duke3572]

The police in France at the moment does not have to envy that of the USA in terms of gratuitous violence and the lack of training. For 2 years several people have been killed for refusing to comply, a case strongly reminiscent of that of G. Floyd, Cedric Chouviat was murdered by strangulation during a banal traffic check. During the demonstrations of the Yellow Vests dozens of people were blinded by LBD launchers. At the moment, during the demonstrations against the pension reform, the riot police are very violent, gauze, truncheon, use stun grenades and mutilate peaceful demonstrators. Yesterday a young woman of 17 lost her eye due to a tear gas canister which exploded on her head. Moreover, the UN has just condemned France for its methods of maintaining order and police violence.

[@ehughes8829]

Rep of Ireland , our police ( called Gardai )are not armed . They have a baton, peper spray and handcuffs . Also police training is nearly 3 years.

[@GooGooMuck72]

We have armed police in the U.K., just not all of them.

[@beldin2987]

If somebody hasn't noticed it, that sentence at 5:42 was a quote from "The Guy who stole Charlie Chaplins Beard" !!!! But hey, didn't we just recently had a video where AH took the way the US handled the natives as a guide ? And of course he also called germany the "greatest country in the world".

[@maleboglia1775]

Yep, he just wanted to "Make Germany great again"!

[@KeesBoons]

Wasn't there also something with the Pledge of Allegiance!

[@beldin2987]

@@KeesBoons It originally looked like this : American Flag: History of the Pledge of Allegiance kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpqbfot_psRjqpI so exactly like the Nazi salute, but they changed it later a bit. But it still reminds me of it, and seriously, thats something that only is done in a dictatorship.

[@KeesBoons]

@@beldin2987 I didn't want to put it out there this explicitly, but I've got the same feeling every time I see it, or hear about it. I still remember seeing it in a movie when I was in my early years of "high school", and feeling weird about it. We even had a discussion in class about it. On the one hand learning about the history of WWII in history class, and then seeing this nationalism in the US is at least disturbing.

[@leeweesquee]

In Australia, yes. All cops are armed.

[@byakurenhoujuu]

What would hooking them up to a lie detector do? Lie detectors don't work. Even the inventor called them a scam.

[@miztazed]

10:26 German Cops are armed but you can`t imagine what paperwork and reporting they are forced to even when they shot just one bullet in the air as a warning shot. It is really the very very last way of choice to shot someone and this is luckyly very very rare here. So just follow their instructions, don`t be a karen, say as less as you possible can and be sure you have the right to claim everything after the situation if you feel treathening unfair afterwards. You really don`t have to be afraid to got shot in Germany when you avoid to do stupid things. In Germany the Police is your "Friend and Helper".

[@DageLV]

id say most cops are armed but theyre trained to consider using firearm as absolutely last resort, when all other oprions are exausted. In merica use of firearms are first, questions somewhere further down the line and de-escalation isnt even considered.

[@stiglarsson8405]

In my country (Sweden) police education is a 2 year course at university.. at the police university! Then there is a half year of practise befor one get an employment, as a police! And like any other world leading countries study is free of charge and one get payd to go to university.. not that much but anyhow! For what I know its only in Norway an UK that police dont cary any weapons.. in Norway they have them in the cars and in UK at the police station.

[@darrenhandley3300]

the big question is how many hrs are spent on weapons training in the usa and not policing.

[@pp3k3jamail]

💥💥Well people don't have to worry about cops being trained correctly now considering that pretty much every major American city and even midsize city around the United States has a shortage of police officers now. I told people those protests in 2020 wasn't going to end well for them. New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Baltimore, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Kansas City, St Louis, Houston, Dallas, Minneapolis , Phoenix, Charlotte, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver and many other places now have shortages of police officers. After that 2020 went down it was tones of police officers who retired, or they quit or they went to work for a small police county or a small town that's less stressful department.