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alasdair_ on Jan 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: I opened a link some random person sent me and I g...

The police in the UK are, on average, pretty damn polite compared to any other country I have ever visited or lived in. I honestly think it’s because they (typical beat cop) don’t have guns, so there is no overwhelming force escalation during an encounter.

brokenmachine on Jan 9, 2020 [–]

I'm in Australia.

In my experience the cops I've dealt with have been professional and courteous, and they have guns.

Horrible aggressive cops seem to be a mostly American phenomenon.

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