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German Police Officer here. To explain the hand on the gun the whole time - this is the way how we get trained. It is part of the so called "Eigensicherung" - Intrinsic safety.
German convict here. In my experience you can tell a lot about how the officer sees you by just looking at the gun hand. If the officer is completely relaxed around you the hand is usually either hooked into the collar of the vest or hanging loosely down the side. I often see the palm of the hand resting on the hammer of the gun. To me that's a sign of being wary that you might go to said gun and the officer wants to put an additional layer of protection to it. If the hand rests on the handle but the strap is on the officer might suspect you of pulling something. That's the point where you cease any unsuspected sudden movements like shrugs or overly expressive gesticulation. If the strap comes off the officer fully expects you to pull something and if asked for your ID you announce where the officer can find it. If there gun comes out you already fucked up.
She is talking about her experience during the Covid Restrictions (thats what I heard at the beginning). That might be why! Normally you are allowed to drive wherever whenever you want no matter where you are from! But I think police in Germany could act like this, if they want to…
Exactly.. It was not allowed to travel without urgent reasons. To travel just for "sightseeing" was not allowed during the the Lockdown. For this reason even the restaurants and hotels were closed.
Ah yes, you were able to move within a set radius of your home for recreational purposes (walks, jogging, etc.). However, you needed confirmation of your stay in another federal state or district. My employer has issued such confirmations for employees with residential addresses outside of the city. In Haley's case, Cologne is far outside Bavaria ;)
Yeah... the rules were quite strict during the first lockdown. In my area in the North (Frisian coast) people from the outside weren't allowed to visit, and even the locals weren't allowed to drive to the tourist hotspots by car. In the back view, it's been quite a good time for many of us, bc we had the chance to see the tresures we have again and without any tourists involved. Btw.... I, and many people at the time, went to the *forbidden* places and beaches just by bike. And it was SOOO cool!
Yeah, I also was pulled over because my car had a licence plate from another city (company car). I explained them that I live nearby and was good to go.
7:25 To put this in perspective: This was apparently the Federal Police, which carries out checks in the border area, and Neuschwanstein Castle is close to the German-Austrian border. It is precisely via the so-called "Brenner Pass" that smuggling activities have been increasingly observed and combated for years. This certainly explains why the police officer always had his hand on his gun in the holster.
And to clarify: There is no such thing as a limitation for travel distance in Germany or Europe. I could drive a car with a french plate from Warsaw to Barcelona and no European cop would pull you over for just the fact that your car was licensed in Lion, for example. But still a shitty behavior from the cops not explaining anything even after the search!
im sure it was mainly because of the covid restrictions and their cologne plate. The officers where confused why someone from cologne was so far out their traveling zone.
it was on the autobahn deep in Bavaria near the castle. the autobahn is being patrolled by police forces from the lander (or federal states). the federal police is *not* policing these roads but the borders (as you mentioned), the airspace, the federal railroads and the federal institutions.
The "cops" that stopped her were most likely the "Zoll" (Customs) not the "normal" police. German police is generally not allowed to search your car without a reason(actual suspicion of a crime, not just a hunch) or a search warrant. The "Zoll" on the other hand can do this without a reason in the area close to the border(30km, called "grenznahe Bereich"). So getting stopped by customs near the border is nothing special and happens from time to time. It's not so different from the customs at the airport we all know. They were near Neuschwanstein that is around 5 Km from the border to Austria, they had a license plate from Cologne(a city that is 600km away) during the Corona-lockdown, that imposed a restriction on how far you can go for a recreational trip. Those factors made them suspicious so they checked if they were smugling something.
Could have been federal police doing dragnet controls too. I'm from Wiesbaden (close to Frankfurt) and lived in Innsbruck (in Austria) for a while. I got checked thrice. I didn't even care... they asked their questions and had a quick look at the inside of the car (not as intense as the check in the video). They are usually looking either for drugs or for hidden/illegal people.
Customs has Zoll Written on the jacket, police has Polizei written on it. If you're dealing with police you can tell if it's state police or federal police by looking at their sleeve. Specifically at the Polizei patch. State Police has the state emblem of their jurisdiction in the center, federal police has the Bundesadler (black stylized eagle on yellow) in the center. Sometimes state police from different states can be "borrowed" for big events, one example for that it's the security conference in Munich where we have state police officers from all states acting in the city.
@@mariokrings First... I'm from Bavaria and I know our "Tschakos" very well. 2nd... She stayed long enough in Germany, to recognize the diffrence between federal- (she saw them ervery time on the airport) and Bavarian state police...
To be fair, German cops don't need to always assume you have a gun. No wonder US cops are constantly on edge. This is just one of the many horrific ripple effects of US gun culture, the people have to live in fear of police. Another difference is that German cops don't need a reason to pull you over if they only want your papers and a breathalyzer test. Driving is a privilege, not a right, so the burden is on the drivers to prove everything is okay. Not the other way around where cops have to prove something is wrong to stop you. That's why US drivers automatically get defensive in a traffic stop, Germans generally don't, at most they get annoyed.
Very true. However if they at least spent the time and money to train cops properly, they would be a lot less deadly. German police undergo a rigurous selection process before they are accepted for training. They train for at least 3 years. A leadership position requires further Training. Cops only have 21 weeks of Training.
They also don't always assume the worst when interacting with citizens. I Saw a police officer struggling to tear off some lockout tape and just casually walked up to her offering my box cutter, blade extended handle towards her, telling her "here, that might make it easier." She didn't miss a beat after looking at it, thanked me while grabbing it and cut off the tape. Then she handed it back the same way she received it: blade out, handle first.
You don´t seem to listen what people tell you in their videos! Haley said that this story happened during COVID. There was a time during this period when in Germany existed a complete lockdown. You were allowed to go outside for buying groceries, (or other necessities) or to visit your doctor, go to the pharmacy and so on. And you were also allowed to go outside for fresh air. But you were not allowed to leave your general living area. So, as Mikes car did have a license plate which was from Cologne, it meant, the car came from a region more than 300 kilometers away. Of course the policemen wanted to know why they were on the highway deep down in the Alps in Bavaria. (Close to Neuschwanstein). Such a thing never happens in Germany during normal times. Of course you can go where ever you want, but not at this point.
And, by the way - this complete lockdown was not exclusively a German thing. Similar regulations were existing in Spain, Italy, Belgium and the UK (and that's only the ones I know of.)
German licence plates have this system: The blue frame (EU) with a D on the left, inside: First letter(s) are a code for the city or county, it's 1 to 3 letters then there is a dash and tax plaques then two random letters then random numbers, max. 4 digits The biggest cities have one-letter codes. Some examples: B is Berlin, K is Köln (Cologne), M is Munich, S is Stuttgart. Rural counties can have 3 letters. If you want a personalized plate, the city/county code in the beginning is still mandatory, you can't change that part.
ETA: Coolest plate I ever saw was the German president's (just a symbolic figurehead, no actual power, but technically the highest office). Early 2000s and it just said "D - 1"
The city states of Hamburg and Bremen have the symbols: HH; HB. The preceding H stands for Hanseatic city. Even Rostock (HRO) has the Hanseatic city characteristic on its license plate.
@@maireweber not D-1, but 0-1 !!! :-) (D is for Düsseldorf, and my guess would be its mayor or some other official from D) federal president gets 0-1, federal chancellor gets 0-2, minister of foreign affairs gets 0-3, chancellor of the Bundestag gets 1-1, and foreign diplomatic officials get other plates starting with 0-...-... X-... is reserved for NATO, and Y-... for Bundeswehr (miliary), and some other officials and ministries might have specific letters instead of region/city codes too, eg BW for the "Bundes-Wasserstrassen- und Schifffahrts-Verwaltung" (federal waterway and shipping administration), btw fun fact: because this BW was first, the military could no longer get BW for Bundeswehr, and got the Y instead that was completely unused as first letter ps: don't trust edge and bing when searching for something. that "wonderfull AI supported system" learns all the errors and bad information that people make, eg telling you that BW (and not Y) is for Bundeswehr, and that Y (and not some 0-...) is for diplomatc corps. the information at the start of my comment is from the much more reliable wikipedia and my own experience/knowledge.
during Corona lockdown germany had limitations to where you could go from your hometown.i think it was like 50km. so yes Köln would be way more far away to where they wanted to go. the cops did their job by stopping them and searching the car. just to make sure her husband wasn't lying. the hand on the gun happens either as in us for safety and protection, or as she said just put his hand there as a rest. indicating is if the cop unlocked his holster or not
To become a police officer in Germany, you have to go through 3 intense years of training and schooling. To be accepted for this "Ausbildung" you need to have high-degree school graduation in first place. Then you have to pass interviews and examinations. In addition, you have to pass a hard test of your physical fitness. This long time of training and schooling is implemented to make sure that they know the law and rules. interpret situations the right way, deescalate, and don't use their guns too quickly and unnecessarily. As soon as you shoot someone as a police officer, hurt or kill a person, you have to pass your gun, and an investigation takes place. This investigation is done by police from a different town or city.
Yes, thats what I was thinking. There is no way anybody can be a cop with just a 5 months training in germany. Thats not right what she said. Its way more complicated.
Here in Germany we often say: The police is you friend and helper. In the most parts we have to do with the police we need help. So we are thankful for helping us an the police also is thankful if they can help. Here it is not that kind of contol. We have to say there a no guns in Germany in the most parts of missions. It is an other part of crime. I would not say in Germany everythink is better or we don’t have crime. But it is an other level.
I once was picked out by police the same way as she and her friend were. I was in the car of my customer and we were on our way to file a document with a solicitor. When we parked they blocked our car off from any escape route, we weren't allowed to leave the car and they approached us from two sides with the hands at their holsters. 'this is a routine control. Please open the window. Who are you? What are you doing here? Your documents please ...' I handed them my business card first and answered 'I think we both can agree that nothing here is routine right now, officer. Can you please explain whats happening?'. We handed them the IDs and explained our situation. Earlier the day an inmate has escaped from a local prison nearby and my customer matched a description they had. About Haleys experience I only can guess that they were after a drug dealer, else searching the car isn't the usual thing to do on 'routine control'. License number from a city far away in a border control area where they fish for drug dealers under Covid travel restrictions ... seems a reasonable scenario to explain what happened. Oh, here it's in the most cases two officers. There are almost no guns on the streets (ca. one fourth of us has guns). There's no death penalty. The whole situation is way more relaxed here.
The numbers on German license plates start with one to 3 characters (followed by a dash) denominating the district which issued it - which is the same district the owner was registered as inhabitant at the time of issuing. (After the dash follows a random series of first characters and then numbers.) The situation she talks about presumably only occurred during COVID as travel was partly restricted - but Neuschwanstein is also within the region where Bavarian and Federal police is looking for illegal immigrants and trafficking gangs (because near the Austrian border).
7:27 During the Covid-19 pandemic the freedom of going to other places was limited. And yes, especially at that time it was strange for Germans to go for a trip to a famous castle during week, especially with this bad weather. The officers hand was probably just resting on the hoslter. As long as he or she doesnt open the holster everything is fine. I can understand very well that they felt quite uncomfortable with this hole situation, though. Shootings in Germany are very rare compared to the USA. And police officers don't always have to beware of civilians being armed with guns, that's a rare incident. Unless there is a violent situation already going on of course.
DK = Denmark; D = Deutschland(Germany) Besides, in Haley's case, it was federal police who controlled the highway. Neuschwanstein is close to the Austrian border.
Denmark is DK, germany is D. When you look at a license plate that would be on most left part of the plate. Then (on a german plate) more right comes the city or district code like K for Köln (cologne yes) or M for munich, B for Berlin etc. Then more to the right the TÜV and state emblems then 1-2 random letters followed by 1-4 random numbers. Other countrys handle the letters and numbers slightly different.
What Hailey is talking about is definitely from the time when freedom of movement was restricted due to the "Crazy Year" and the fact that the policeman's hand was on the gun is simply explained...! The operational uniform with all the equipment is uncomfortable, unwieldy and often hinders your freedom of movement and the only place to relax your hands/arms is on your hip, exactly where the weapon hangs and NO, we have a law that prohibits "UNNECESSARY DRIVING." That's why the two were checked. The license plate from "Cologne" in deep southern Bavaria was "simply" noticeable at the time
That wasn't the case in my state. (In Germany, the federal states are responsible for such measures) Instead, Minister President Mal Dreyer made an urgent appeal to the citizens of Rhineland-Palatinate: "Don't travel, don't go on long trips, don't meet extra people" - that was it. About other federal states I do not know much, especially as it was also dependent on the incidence of COVID in specific regions. I think this story was something typical CSU-Bavarian. My thought on this is: conservatives like to portray themselves as tough dogs, put on funny hats and like to overshoot the mark as loudly as possible, in a tone of conviction - and completely silly. If it wasn't often so serious, I'd just have to laugh.🤷♂️
Regarding the license plates: German plates start with 1-3 letters identifying the district the car was registered. Usually standing for the big city there. Like "K" for Köln, "M" for Munich, "STA" for Starnberg,... After that you have 1-2 letters and up to 4 numbers. Like: M - RS 1234 For some years now they changed that you have to change the plate when moving to another district, so you can keep your Munich plate even though you reregister your car when moving to Köln for example... Not everyone knows that yet. Lots of people in our little village still look at me funny and sometimes think I got lost because I kept my Munich plates when moving into the outback 5 years ago..
The german liscence plate tells you following things: EU-flag on the left - the car is registered in the EU. D under the EU flag - the car is registered in Germany. 2-3 letters - the car is registered in a specific city or area. coloured and numbered sticker - the car has a valid TÜV county sticker - the car has a valid registration The rear letters and numbers usually are random, but always follow this format: [AAA]-XYZ-123.
"but always follow this format: [AAA]-XYZ-123" This is not entirely correct: The city (the district) is labelled with one to three letters (not only two or three), followed by one or two random letters (never three) and then one to four (and not one to three) random numbers. So, for Munich it might be: M AB 1234 (without hyphens)
@@Michel-7.7.7 please always include to which comment you are answering with such a short "wrong" ! i saw it under a comment that corrected the original incorrect post ...
@@zwiderwurzn5908 thanks for the correction. afaik there are some additional rules _(which are less important for daily use)_ like not having more than 8 letters and digits total, which is easy to achieve by only giving 1-3 digit numbers to a plate from a smaller region that starts with a 3-letter code and two other letters (which still would allow for XXX-XX-NNN and XXX-X-NNNN), or the rules that prohibited specific letters/digits in specific places to avoid confusion between O and Ö and Q and 0, or I and J and 1 (some of which might now be allowed after they changed the font to make plates harder to quickly fake when adding black or white tape over parts of them, eg R/P)
@@Anson_AKB Ah, that explains why I've seen licence plates from Fürstenfeldbruck with four numbers, but then only with one letter, e.g. FFB H 9876. However, if it is a historic vehicle or an electric car, that would mean that four digits are no longer possible, e.g. for the Trabi from Rostock: HRO A 123H. Then there may be difficulties in the future, as for Munich MUC has recently also been authorised. If this already has three letters, not as many registrations are possible as with just the M. But MUC looks like it's behind the seven mountains with the seven dwarfs anyway.
As to German license plates, I recommend the article "Vehicle registration plates of Germany" in the English Wikipedia. I know it's very comprehensive because I did some minor corrections there many years ago. Her telling about the car search: Police don't usually do that unless they are searching for someone or something. However, they won't tell you the reason. The one time it happened to me I could only guess the reason from next day's newspaper: There had been an armed robbery nearby, so most probably they were looking for the loot or the gun. Many times they only have a vague description of the car, like "it was some sort of white and the license plate started with a K", so they're searching everyone who matches the description. Problem is, there are 27 area codes that start with a K. (edit: added paragraph; grammar modified)
First it was while covid and in winter so this time there where areas with very high infection rates and some with lower rates. Because of this you where only allowed to go to a specific amount of km from your home. And with an license plate from cologne driving in Bavaria was clearly to far away. So that's why they pulled them over. The car search thing it's quite normal in border regions, they do it from time to time because of smuggling Drugs or other illegal stuff. And during covid everything was a little bit crazy out there and a lot of morons used false certificates and such stuff to break lockdown rules etc. And so the cops looked a little bit closer if there where a strange thing going on. So this event was not the typical thing in Germany.
Florida: 70 % latin people who get home during easter and Xmas and are used to drive like in Santo Domingo or Mexico City..... 30 % retiree who moved to florida because of the better climate conditions and recognize a car in front, at the moment when they hit it's bumper..... so what do you expect?! 😂
Licence plates in Germany tell you in what part of Germany the car is registered. K = Köln. HH = Hansestadt Hamburg. B = Berlin as examples. They where driving in the middle of the COVID lockdown. That was quiet strict in Bavaria. No wonder that they where stopped by police. And we realy can trust our police force. Their slogan is "Your friend and helper". And in my 68 year life i never had a bad experience with our police force. Even when i was speeding or had an accident they where friendly and showed humor. That is my experience. Still they are all humans.
It would have been really important to say that this happens while covid restrictions. She should have known it could be that way if they have a colon license tag.
This happened to me several times. I am from the Netherlands, and I had this sometimes when I worked in the south of the Netherlands, where the police is extra alert for drug dealers. They asked my passport (I am Dutch) and searched my whole car. I also had this in Spain, where they also searched my whole car. At that time, I lived in Spain and had a car with a Spanish license plate. This is prevention. It scared me, because in Spain they operate in couples, one female and one male policeman. The female searches your body and points a gun at me (because I am a woman, they do it the other way around with men) and the male searches the car. The car was a mess, with lots of different things, but they searched any way. Sometimes they search everybody that passes a certain road, sometimes they just chose me. This is never for traffic errors. This is to find criminals.
German here. Well, most people have a licence plate from the region they are from. But if you movie from one city to another, you don't necessarily need a new licence plate. So that could lead to confusion. And during covid there was a time where you only could go a certain distance. Also, you can't just drive around aimlessly.
The license plates in Germany come with the blue strip with a D (doesn't mean Denmark but Germany), your "Landkreis" which is the district and with a number you can choose yourself but you can also get it assigned.
In Switzerland I was once stopped at night by Police after being followed for a kilometer or so. They asked where I was going (I was in the Canton of St. Gallen, but My license plate was AR -- Appenzell Ausser Rhoden) I told them I was driving home. They immediately insisted on an alcohol test (0.0) but then wanted to know why I was driving on the public road (Landstrasse) and not the motorway (Autobahn) which would be much quicker. They accepted the fact that I much preferred the Landstrasse, superficially inspected my vehicle, then allowed me to continue on my way.
Germany has the same licence plates for all "Bundesländer" states but you can say where is somebody from because the starting letters indicate it. For example HH - Hamburg, M - Munich, N - Nuremberg, L - Leipzig and so on.
The German licence Plate is like : on the left the European union part (blue area with the international Country-letters. For Germany a D) then the German part starts. first the Regional code (1 to 3 Letters - K for Cologne, BN for Bonn, AW for the County "Ahrweiler" etc.) here you can identify where the car is registered. Then 1 to 2 Letters followed by a up to 4 digit number.
Yes K means Köln (Cologne)...but! You can now keep your license plate if you move to another city. But - again but - the natives of the town you settle in don't like it.... depending on the size of the city, it is better that you change your license plate if you want to be accepted. I moved from a larger city to a smaller city and kept my license plate. Now everyone says you don't want to stay here, you still feel like a stranger and you also document it with your license plate.
I am from Germany and wanted to help few friends and drive them to a music festival, about 30 km away. The police and Zoll (customs) stoped all the cars near a cementery outside a village, and took everything appart, with dogs, searching for drogs. We all had to go in the bushes and pee in a cup, under the police surveillance 😂. i never wanted to help my friends to drive at the rave festival.
The "Kennzeichen" on German cars go with "D" (white on blue) first, meaning Germany (Deutschland). Then followed by black on white letters for the City, e.g. K for Köln (Cologne). Then followed by another two letters and 1 to 4 figures.
For some context, she said this happened near the end of the whole corona situation. At that time there have been limitations on where you could go, and someone from cologne would not be allowed to visit neuschwanstein at that time. Also around that time if i remember right, there has been a situation where police been shot while controlling a car (for other reasons, but still)
10:46 It may be true that the training period for police officers in the USA is much shorter, but all the bodycam footage that I have seen shows how professional the police system is in the USA compared to Germany and how standardized everything is. And here the police are not well trained at all, even though the training period is so long.
3:58 it was PANDEMIC 5:13 6:00 6:15 During the three years of pandemic there was several rules, sometimes you have to stay at home sometimes you could travel with in the city sometimes comma sometimes you were only allowed to drive to your work and supermarket and doctor and nothing else etc
Nailed it. In my opinion US cops should also get a 3 years training. Actually in Germany after the police training you have a university degree and the focus is on law and de-escalation. You guys are also right with the comment that both sides can de-escalate. In Australia it went very well and my traffic valuation disappeared just because I had a very nice conversation with the officer. In Chicago I got once approached very unfriendly and intimidating from a undercover officer even though I haven’t done anything beside picking up my luggage up from the luggage belt…..
At first: D stands for Deutschland, DK for Denmark, NL for Netherlands, BE for Belgium, and so on.. In Europe the plate shows the country at first (in a blue colored field), followed with the letter ore letters for the town/region. The rest are only numbers and letters for sorting or identify.
They even searched in the wiper fluid container under the hood? Yeah, they definetly thought you were transporting drugs. Cop: "Cologne car in Bavaria? Must be some stoners who bought weed in the Netherlands!" edit: First letter of German license plate tells what city you're from "K" is Cologne(Köln), "B" is Berlin, "M" is Munich and so on. Smaller cities have two or three letters. For example "HSK" as in "Hochsauerland Kreis".
never been to the US, but I can feel that so much. German Cops could be a pain in the arse. At least, they will not shoot you on point blank...mostly. The pressure to prove themselves and a sick feeling of a comradery has let to a serios lack of trust in the Police in Germany. We have our own Police Problem dude, we reaaaaaaly have.....
I want to know the way (I drive a 30 year old Nissan without navigation), I can ask the police for directions. I'm on a hike and the way home is too long: a policeman asks if he can give me a ride (sit in the front or back, he asks me :-)). There's a break-in in my old Nissan, all the police immediately try to give me good advice, escort me to a safe parking garage. I only experience helpfulness in Germany. No shit. I openly admit: also because firearms are not used here in Germany. Perhaps 1 in 1 million drivers carry a gun in their car.
I had 2 (minor; small fine or warning) issues with authorities in Germany and both times they didn't give a shit about me, behaved in a shitty way learning I'm not a local and don't speak German, intimidated me, made a big deal out of a very small thing, and made me feel that they abused their relatively infinite power compared to me, to just do what they want compltely regardless of the situation. (for example in 2019 threatening me with jail for using a 250w electric scooter which is and was legal in many EU countries at the time but not in Germany, turns out.. still hugely exagerrated.. 1 cop was outright hostile, other was polite and friendly so it completely depends on your luck; there's no system to it) Other issue was tax authorities who were technically right based on the law but also technically not really right but dismissed every information without discussing it; it is what it is. Also the fact that if you express frustration for being completely powerless with words or gestures you get a huge ass fine and forced into almost faking happiness for being screwed. It is bizarre in a way that they are armed with the power they have and you're powerless in front of them, so there's a huge imbalance where in that spot they literally do what they want to do and you can't influence the process or outcome, but you also can't say a bad word out of frustration (in a situation where yes you may get emotional) because you get like a 1000 euro fine? It's an interesting way to force people into compliance with even more power. Also afaik you're not allowed to film or record them - I don't mean in their personal lives when they are a private individual, but on the job when they wear the uniform and are exercising their power; so there can be no evidence of abuse to complain about. I'm sure the statistics show there's nothing to fix :) If you discuss anything about unsuitable police behaviour - say on Germany reddit - locals will basically get angry with you. I now understand nazi germany, it's something in the German people that makes them fully compliant no matter what - they are so compliant they are not even willing to discuss corruption and abuse of police force. So essentially you just do what you're told. Feels like things didn't change in 100 years and history could very well repeat itself... My encounters changed my oppinion about German police. I assumed they are same as everywhere else like in my own country where they are supposed to be professional, they are held accountable, you're not dealt with like a criminal necessarily in minor issues and get feel you are part of the whole process as a different but equal partner, and what you say is considered, not necessarily only against you. I can only sympathize in US where they are probably worse, at least in some states they can't just id and search you on a whim without any evidence whatsoever and you can record them to use as evidence if you feel you're being treated unjustly... so maybe somewhat different but all in all not that different...
What the actual f*ck.... Disrespecting a judge in court should NOT increase a sentence on a conviction. They can add contemt charges and whatever sentence comes with that. Adding on years to someones sentence for ¨disrespectfull behaviour¨ is a HUGE abuse of power. My mind is blown that you just casually trow that in and seem to think thats normal... Reacting from the Netherlands
A police officer can stop you without a reason and question you, but they also need to tell you why they have stopped you. In Portugal during corona you could not leave your municipality without a valid reason, I work in a different municipallity so during corona I could and would be stopped, and I had a document from my employer to circulate. This is normal, maybe they matched a description of a wanted person, hence they would confirm if they were not the searched person, and not explain anymore because they would be bounded to professional secrecy of an enquiry. Being Portuguese but half german this was explained to me by my granpas family. There is always logic and not vulgar display of power, you demonstrate power when you need it, not because you want it. Insult a cop here and if he or she is having a bad day or not enduring these behaviors, they will aplly the law and haul you to the precint to undergo procedures.
If you have no experience with the police just means you have done nothing wrong, so far, or/and you don't work as a police officer yourself! 😆 My opionion on american vs. german police: The german police seems to have less rights than the us police. But thats aid I've seen tons of videos on youtube that show that US police officers are abusint their rights and the racism-thing seems to play a role in some of those, as well. But to be fair I have to say that in some situations it seems that the youtuber involved provoked to situation for the sake to make a video with a lot of clicks. In others you don't know what the police might have done if no one would have filmed tha situation. Yes the police has body cams, but you also know it happened that they turn it off. And some "fun facts" regarding the german police: For a long time the german police uniform was green and beige. As some said it was like a fashion decision that didn't change even years later, it seems that the true reason was that those colors should have a psychological effect and calm people, as there is or was the saying "Die Polizei, dein Freund und Helfer!" which means "The police, your friend and helper!" and I would say that's true in most cases. But now the uniforms are darf blue like they are in most countries. Maybe you still see the old green and beige ones, but they are pretty much gone now. Even in germany you prefer not to deal with the police but we don't look at them as some sort of enemy, but still. However it is different if comes to traffic controls. You can imagine that normaly no one would admit he or she got stopped and recived a ticket for a good reason. Most people would say it was not justified, even if it was. That's just the mentality, I say. It's like no one would admit to be a bad driver even if he or she is. The peopke who violated traffic rules are always the others! 😂 Talking about traffic controls, another "fun fact": till a couple of years ago, the police stopped their car in front of the car they stopped, not as in the US behind the other car. It was clear that the police officers would in is disadvantage in case they get into a dangerous situation with even a gun fight. But as gun fights or attacks with any weopon are not something that happen on a daily basis, that protocol did not change, till a couple of years ago. Now alsi the german police stop their car behind they have stopped.
US cops have "qualified immunity" which is just insane, German/normal police are only allowed to take actions that the law explicitly prescribes them to do. Civillians are allowed to do anything that the law doesn't explicitly forbid.
only the "zoll" ( it´s like your border controll ) is allowed to check inside your car without permission. because all countries that belongs to the "schengen- raum" have no physical borders. their job is to controll the areas that are about 30km (about 20 miles) near to the border. any other part of police in germany isn´t allowed to check inside your car without your permission or without a warrent. the "zoll" in this case is most times looking for smugglers (drugs, cigarettes, alcohol ......).
hands on gun is VERY weird i agree that sounds like america, i feel like we are not getting the whole story, for police in GERMANY to put theire hands on the gun something really really crazy must have gone down :P
Nah. He probably just rested his hand on the holster. They usually are a little bit higher as the hips and during a longer conversation it's easier to put the hand on it to "rest". Have seen this many times at Train stations, when they just observe the place. No aggression from their side. It's nothing to worry about, as long, as the holster is closed.
Denmark / Dänemark = DK, Germany / Deutschland = DE, East-Germany / Ostdeutschland ("German Democratic Republic" / "GDR") = DDR 😀😮😎 I was brought up like this in Germany: "Police, your friend and helper" And in my long life I have only had positive experiences with the German police. She only ever helped me.
she said it was on their way to Neuschwanstein, so Bavaria. everyone has to know that Bavaria is a special part of Germany. with special people...my recommendation is: driving throughj is safe if you want to go to italy or somewhere but dont stop or step out of the car. bavaria is bats country ^^_^^
I tell you what as a german. You NEVER get pulled over on the Autobahn when you're not suspicious. Most of the time someone is calling the cops on you when you're on the Autobahn beacause there is almost no police partolling on our streets. So you might be right. Crazy driver 😂 (and no, not because of the skin color!!)
Actually happened to me one time. It was late at night, the cops were waiting besides the highway entrance for vehicles to check and my vehicle happened to be the only one around.
When I was in Germany with my wife for a little trip in 2020 Toll stop us twice when I entered and exit from country( 2 days difference). When I entered they stop us and ask if we wear : guns, alcohol,money(cash), cigarettes, drugs same for my wife.They search every corner in my car and bags. At return at the border with Austria and Germany they stop us and they ask if we use drugs(me and my wife don't use drugs), so police officer believe us but we have to make a test drug so we said yes sure. We made the test(negative ofc) and let us go. After this experience I was like (this type of control should make all countries in Europe,good for Germany).For all Americans who come in Europe can you please stop the drama and complaining about EU police.
@@behemothokunCome to Germany and try it 🤣🤣🤣. Joking aside, please do never insult a judge, police officer or any official.. And nope, they have no special rights, any official has also no right to insult you.
@@krccmsitp2884 Die Beleidigung wird mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu einem Jahr oder mit Geldstrafe und, wenn die Beleidigung öffentlich, in einer Versammlung, durch Verbreiten eines Inhalts (§ 11 Absatz 3) oder mittels einer Tätlichkeit begangen wird, mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu zwei Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe bestraft. Und das gilt auch bei Beleidigung eines Beamten. In diesem Sinne wünsche ich dir noch einen schönen Abend.
Aahhh, the old story - Bavarian cops (already "special") spotting a "foreigner" from out of Bavaria, and especially from Cologne (near to the Netherlands = weed) ...
Well, the reason might be that there are some foreigner groups (from eastern Europe) who steal cars and try to go to Poland, Austria and so on to get it to a country where they can sell it. If you have an expensive car with the K in Bavaria during lockdown times, they would take a look. When we were sitting in our comunity garden that time there was a relatively small guy jumping over the fence, walking towards us, shouting "Police, don´t worry". He was chasing some thiefs who broke into comunity garden houses, when he saw us sitting there. Btw.. if you say "what the f... are you, pulling me over" you´ll get right to prison. For every F.. they wuld fine you. And in Denmark they would confiscate and sell your car ;)
Thats not normal! In Germany youre allowed to drive everywhere! There must have been another reason, why those people were in the interest of the police...
It was during the covid-time, there was times of restrictions of how far you could go and also an curfew at night. You had to have a good reason to get out. And castle Neuschwanstein is in the border region to Austria, so this was special, too. One police officer will lead the conversation, the other one will always have the hand on his weapon, for security reasons, but the shit must really hit the fan before they will open the holster. In Germany I guess 90% of the police will never shoot a weapon in their career, besides on the shooting range, perhaps even more.
Judge / Justice ... huge topic and difference between US and EU. Might want to check that out, too!? I saw videos, where americans went to the judge because of a speeding or wrong-parking ticket!? And me just: "??? why ???" o_O And the judge like: "ok! you did a mistake, but you had a good explantion ... so I won't fine you!". < that's strange!
Okay first of all, that girl is cute. Listen, what you gotta understand about Germany is that it is the hub in Europe for criminality due to its many borders, its central location and established logistics. Smuggling and money laundering not only have their connections inside Europe but also to Africa and Asia. The HUB of the Italian Mafia is Germany, and then you have the Balkans, Russians, Lithuanians etc. Cops here will regularly check vehicles for any number of reasons, and they are not about to spill the reason to us. Cops in Germany also get a lot of disrespect, but nothing as crazy as with you guys in the states. I guess things are just crazier over there because of ethnic disputes, but I reckon the main reason is because the US has about four times as many citizens as we do which means many more occurences with police which make it into the news, and when even just one of those cases displays police brutality against a Black guy for example, well we all know how that ended last time. Also, you have such a high population in the big cities. There are probably many people who feel like they are drowning in a sea of humans and want to stand out more to be noticed perhaps because they are being ignored which can lead to dangerous results. The "Falling down" syndrome is more prone in the states.
Yeah😂 us cops and German cops are basically the same💀 by her definition every cop in the world is the same and us cops and German cops going trough the same training/certification is just complete nonsense
EU licens plates start with a little EU flag whearin is the letter of the country. D for germany, DK for D-Mark... In germany than follows a letter for the City, one for the big cities, two for smaler cities, three for less dens populated regions. B for Berlin, K for Köln, M for München...
the thing about respect towards police in the us though is...respect is not given. it is earned, and it is certainly not up to an untrained civilian in a stressfull situation to difuse said situation. ...but to be fair i just learned that the police officier might be almost as untrained ...
Yeah from on incident diring corona near the border you sure can tell the differences 😂 And during corona it sure was a wyestion why they where there during restrictions not to travel/stay in town.. Why should they say sorry for doing ther job and securing the border... Yeah, they should tell you why they stopped you, but they did it indirectly by asking ehat makes a car from cologne here during Corona, cause of the restriction not to travel and stay at home..
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German Police Officer here. To explain the hand on the gun the whole time - this is the way how we get trained. It is part of the so called "Eigensicherung" - Intrinsic safety.
Thank you for clearing that out and for your service. Keep safe.
I assume you could also confirm that these cops were probably looking for drugs. What other reason to check the container for wiper fluids?
@@hurtigheinz3790 how would he know..... but most probably! What else?
German convict here. In my experience you can tell a lot about how the officer sees you by just looking at the gun hand. If the officer is completely relaxed around you the hand is usually either hooked into the collar of the vest or hanging loosely down the side. I often see the palm of the hand resting on the hammer of the gun. To me that's a sign of being wary that you might go to said gun and the officer wants to put an additional layer of protection to it. If the hand rests on the handle but the strap is on the officer might suspect you of pulling something. That's the point where you cease any unsuspected sudden movements like shrugs or overly expressive gesticulation. If the strap comes off the officer fully expects you to pull something and if asked for your ID you announce where the officer can find it. If there gun comes out you already fucked up.
@@DaemonwarriorJulius Mach du mal deine Mathehausaufgaben, Julius. "German convict"😂😂
She is talking about her experience during the Covid Restrictions (thats what I heard at the beginning). That might be why! Normally you are allowed to drive wherever whenever you want no matter where you are from! But I think police in Germany could act like this, if they want to…
Exactly.. It was not allowed to travel without urgent reasons. To travel just for "sightseeing" was not allowed during the the Lockdown. For this reason even the restaurants and hotels were closed.
Ah yes, you were able to move within a set radius of your home for recreational purposes (walks, jogging, etc.).
However, you needed confirmation of your stay in another federal state or district.
My employer has issued such confirmations for employees with residential addresses outside of the city.
In Haley's case, Cologne is far outside Bavaria ;)
Sie konnten garnichts sie hatten keine Grundrechte,sie wurden zur Injektionen gezwungen.
Yeah... the rules were quite strict during the first lockdown.
In my area in the North (Frisian coast) people from the outside weren't allowed to visit, and even the locals weren't allowed to drive to the tourist hotspots by car.
In the back view, it's been quite a good time for many of us, bc we had the chance to see the tresures we have again and without any tourists involved.
Btw.... I, and many people at the time, went to the *forbidden* places and beaches just by bike.
And it was SOOO cool!
Yeah, I also was pulled over because my car had a licence plate from another city (company car). I explained them that I live nearby and was good to go.
7:25 To put this in perspective: This was apparently the Federal Police, which carries out checks in the border area, and Neuschwanstein Castle is close to the German-Austrian border. It is precisely via the so-called "Brenner Pass" that smuggling activities have been increasingly observed and combated for years. This certainly explains why the police officer always had his hand on his gun in the holster.
THIS + COVID tension
And to clarify: There is no such thing as a limitation for travel distance in Germany or Europe. I could drive a car with a french plate from Warsaw to Barcelona and no European cop would pull you over for just the fact that your car was licensed in Lion, for example.
But still a shitty behavior from the cops not explaining anything even after the search!
im sure it was mainly because of the covid restrictions and their cologne plate. The officers where confused why someone from cologne was so far out their traveling zone.
it was on the autobahn deep in Bavaria near the castle. the autobahn is being patrolled by police forces from the lander (or federal states). the federal police is *not* policing these roads but the borders (as you mentioned), the airspace, the federal railroads and the federal institutions.
@@embreis2257 The state police are not allowed to search vehicles. Customs and federal police are allowed to do so up to 30 km after the border.
The "cops" that stopped her were most likely the "Zoll" (Customs) not the "normal" police. German police is generally not allowed to search your car without a reason(actual suspicion of a crime, not just a hunch) or a search warrant. The "Zoll" on the other hand can do this without a reason in the area close to the border(30km, called "grenznahe Bereich"). So getting stopped by customs near the border is nothing special and happens from time to time. It's not so different from the customs at the airport we all know.
They were near Neuschwanstein that is around 5 Km from the border to Austria, they had a license plate from Cologne(a city that is 600km away) during the Corona-lockdown, that imposed a restriction on how far you can go for a recreational trip.
Those factors made them suspicious so they checked if they were smugling something.
Could have been federal police doing dragnet controls too. I'm from Wiesbaden (close to Frankfurt) and lived in Innsbruck (in Austria) for a while. I got checked thrice. I didn't even care... they asked their questions and had a quick look at the inside of the car (not as intense as the check in the video). They are usually looking either for drugs or for hidden/illegal people.
Customs has Zoll Written on the jacket, police has Polizei written on it. If you're dealing with police you can tell if it's state police or federal police by looking at their sleeve. Specifically at the Polizei patch. State Police has the state emblem of their jurisdiction in the center, federal police has the Bundesadler (black stylized eagle on yellow) in the center. Sometimes state police from different states can be "borrowed" for big events, one example for that it's the security conference in Munich where we have state police officers from all states acting in the city.
Don't forget... It was in Bavaria...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure that it was Bundespolizei, but even if it was Zoll (Customs) there are federal laws for it.
@@mariokrings First... I'm from Bavaria and I know our "Tschakos" very well. 2nd... She stayed long enough in Germany, to recognize the diffrence between federal- (she saw them ervery time on the airport) and Bavarian state police...
To be fair, German cops don't need to always assume you have a gun. No wonder US cops are constantly on edge. This is just one of the many horrific ripple effects of US gun culture, the people have to live in fear of police.
Another difference is that German cops don't need a reason to pull you over if they only want your papers and a breathalyzer test. Driving is a privilege, not a right, so the burden is on the drivers to prove everything is okay. Not the other way around where cops have to prove something is wrong to stop you. That's why US drivers automatically get defensive in a traffic stop, Germans generally don't, at most they get annoyed.
Sad truth!
Very true. However if they at least spent the time and money to train cops properly, they would be a lot less deadly. German police undergo a rigurous selection process before they are accepted for training. They train for at least 3 years. A leadership position requires further Training. Cops only have 21 weeks of Training.
They also don't always assume the worst when interacting with citizens. I Saw a police officer struggling to tear off some lockout tape and just casually walked up to her offering my box cutter, blade extended handle towards her, telling her "here, that might make it easier." She didn't miss a beat after looking at it, thanked me while grabbing it and cut off the tape. Then she handed it back the same way she received it: blade out, handle first.
You don´t seem to listen what people tell you in their videos! Haley said that this story happened during COVID. There was a time during this period when in Germany existed a complete lockdown. You were allowed to go outside for buying groceries, (or other necessities) or to visit your doctor, go to the pharmacy and so on. And you were also allowed to go outside for fresh air. But you were not allowed to leave your general living area. So, as Mikes car did have a license plate which was from Cologne, it meant, the car came from a region more than 300 kilometers away. Of course the policemen wanted to know why they were on the highway deep down in the Alps in Bavaria. (Close to Neuschwanstein). Such a thing never happens in Germany during normal times. Of course you can go where ever you want, but not at this point.
And, by the way - this complete lockdown was not exclusively a German thing. Similar regulations were existing in Spain, Italy, Belgium and the UK (and that's only the ones I know of.)
German licence plates have this system: The blue frame (EU) with a D on the left, inside:
First letter(s) are a code for the city or county, it's 1 to 3 letters
then there is a dash and tax plaques
then two random letters
then random numbers, max. 4 digits
The biggest cities have one-letter codes. Some examples: B is Berlin, K is Köln (Cologne), M is Munich, S is Stuttgart. Rural counties can have 3 letters.
If you want a personalized plate, the city/county code in the beginning is still mandatory, you can't change that part.
ETA: Coolest plate I ever saw was the German president's (just a symbolic figurehead, no actual power, but technically the highest office). Early 2000s and it just said "D - 1"
The city states of Hamburg and Bremen have the symbols: HH; HB. The preceding H stands for Hanseatic city. Even Rostock (HRO) has the Hanseatic city characteristic on its license plate.
@@manub.3847As well as Lübeck or Stralsund 🤟
@@maireweber not D-1, but 0-1 !!! :-) (D is for Düsseldorf, and my guess would be its mayor or some other official from D)
federal president gets 0-1, federal chancellor gets 0-2, minister of foreign affairs gets 0-3,
chancellor of the Bundestag gets 1-1, and foreign diplomatic officials get other plates starting with 0-...-...
X-... is reserved for NATO, and Y-... for Bundeswehr (miliary),
and some other officials and ministries might have specific letters instead of region/city codes too, eg BW for the "Bundes-Wasserstrassen- und Schifffahrts-Verwaltung" (federal waterway and shipping administration), btw fun fact: because this BW was first, the military could no longer get BW for Bundeswehr, and got the Y instead that was completely unused as first letter
ps: don't trust edge and bing when searching for something. that "wonderfull AI supported system" learns all the errors and bad information that people make, eg telling you that BW (and not Y) is for Bundeswehr, and that Y (and not some 0-...) is for diplomatc corps.
the information at the start of my comment is from the much more reliable wikipedia and my own experience/knowledge.
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during Corona lockdown germany had limitations to where you could go from your hometown.i think it was like 50km. so yes Köln would be way more far away to where they wanted to go. the cops did their job by stopping them and searching the car. just to make sure her husband wasn't lying. the hand on the gun happens either as in us for safety and protection, or as she said just put his hand there as a rest. indicating is if the cop unlocked his holster or not
Exactly. Crazy time back then for Real 😅
To become a police officer in Germany, you have to go through 3 intense years of training and schooling. To be accepted for this "Ausbildung" you need to have high-degree school graduation in first place. Then you have to pass interviews and examinations. In addition, you have to pass a hard test of your physical fitness.
This long time of training and schooling is implemented to make sure that they know the law and rules. interpret situations the right way, deescalate, and don't use their guns too quickly and unnecessarily. As soon as you shoot someone as a police officer, hurt or kill a person, you have to pass your gun, and an investigation takes place. This investigation is done by police from a different town or city.
Jep. State police even longer. My son is in Hessen.
Yes, thats what I was thinking. There is no way anybody can be a cop with just a 5 months training in germany. Thats not right what she said. Its way more complicated.
Here in Germany we often say: The police is you friend and helper. In the most parts we have to do with the police we need help. So we are thankful for helping us an the police also is thankful if they can help. Here it is not that kind of contol. We have to say there a no guns in Germany in the most parts of missions. It is an other part of crime. I would not say in Germany everythink is better or we don’t have crime. But it is an other level.
Normal during lockdown/COVID
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I once was picked out by police the same way as she and her friend were. I was in the car of my customer and we were on our way to file a document with a solicitor. When we parked they blocked our car off from any escape route, we weren't allowed to leave the car and they approached us from two sides with the hands at their holsters. 'this is a routine control. Please open the window. Who are you? What are you doing here? Your documents please ...' I handed them my business card first and answered 'I think we both can agree that nothing here is routine right now, officer. Can you please explain whats happening?'. We handed them the IDs and explained our situation. Earlier the day an inmate has escaped from a local prison nearby and my customer matched a description they had.
About Haleys experience I only can guess that they were after a drug dealer, else searching the car isn't the usual thing to do on 'routine control'. License number from a city far away in a border control area where they fish for drug dealers under Covid travel restrictions ... seems a reasonable scenario to explain what happened.
Oh, here it's in the most cases two officers. There are almost no guns on the streets (ca. one fourth of us has guns). There's no death penalty. The whole situation is way more relaxed here.
The numbers on German license plates start with one to 3 characters (followed by a dash) denominating the district which issued it - which is the same district the owner was registered as inhabitant at the time of issuing. (After the dash follows a random series of first characters and then numbers.) The situation she talks about presumably only occurred during COVID as travel was partly restricted - but Neuschwanstein is also within the region where Bavarian and Federal police is looking for illegal immigrants and trafficking gangs (because near the Austrian border).
7:27 During the Covid-19 pandemic the freedom of going to other places was limited. And yes, especially at that time it was strange for Germans to go for a trip to a famous castle during week, especially with this bad weather. The officers hand was probably just resting on the hoslter. As long as he or she doesnt open the holster everything is fine. I can understand very well that they felt quite uncomfortable with this hole situation, though. Shootings in Germany are very rare compared to the USA. And police officers don't always have to beware of civilians being armed with guns, that's a rare incident. Unless there is a violent situation already going on of course.
That’s definitely understandable seeing the circumstances
DK = Denmark; D = Deutschland(Germany)
Besides, in Haley's case, it was federal police who controlled the highway.
Neuschwanstein is close to the Austrian border.
Denmark is DK, germany is D. When you look at a license plate that would be on most left part of the plate. Then (on a german plate) more right comes the city or district code like K for Köln (cologne yes) or M for munich, B for Berlin etc. Then more to the right the TÜV and state emblems then 1-2 random letters followed by 1-4 random numbers. Other countrys handle the letters and numbers slightly different.
What Hailey is talking about is definitely from the time when freedom of movement was restricted due to the "Crazy Year" and the fact that the policeman's hand was on the gun is simply explained...! The operational uniform with all the equipment is uncomfortable, unwieldy and often hinders your freedom of movement and the only place to relax your hands/arms is on your hip, exactly where the weapon hangs
and NO, we have a law that prohibits "UNNECESSARY DRIVING." That's why the two were checked. The license plate from "Cologne" in deep southern Bavaria was "simply" noticeable at the time
That wasn't the case in my state. (In Germany, the federal states are responsible for such measures) Instead, Minister President Mal Dreyer made an urgent appeal to the citizens of Rhineland-Palatinate: "Don't travel, don't go on long trips, don't meet extra people" - that was it. About other federal states I do not know much, especially as it was also dependent on the incidence of COVID in specific regions.
I think this story was something typical CSU-Bavarian. My thought on this is: conservatives like to portray themselves as tough dogs, put on funny hats and like to overshoot the mark as loudly as possible, in a tone of conviction - and completely silly. If it wasn't often so serious, I'd just have to laugh.🤷♂️
Regarding the license plates: German plates start with 1-3 letters identifying the district the car was registered. Usually standing for the big city there. Like "K" for Köln, "M" for Munich, "STA" for Starnberg,...
After that you have 1-2 letters and up to 4 numbers.
Like: M - RS 1234
For some years now they changed that you have to change the plate when moving to another district, so you can keep your Munich plate even though you reregister your car when moving to Köln for example...
Not everyone knows that yet. Lots of people in our little village still look at me funny and sometimes think I got lost because I kept my Munich plates when moving into the outback 5 years ago..
The german liscence plate tells you following things:
EU-flag on the left - the car is registered in the EU.
D under the EU flag - the car is registered in Germany.
2-3 letters - the car is registered in a specific city or area.
coloured and numbered sticker - the car has a valid TÜV
county sticker - the car has a valid registration
The rear letters and numbers usually are random, but always follow this format: [AAA]-XYZ-123.
"but always follow this format: [AAA]-XYZ-123"
This is not entirely correct: The city (the district) is labelled with one to three letters (not only two or three), followed by one or two random letters (never three) and then one to four (and not one to three) random numbers. So, for Munich it might be: M AB 1234 (without hyphens)
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@@Michel-7.7.7 please always include to which comment you are answering with such a short "wrong" !
i saw it under a comment that corrected the original incorrect post ...
@@zwiderwurzn5908 thanks for the correction.
afaik there are some additional rules _(which are less important for daily use)_ like not having more than 8 letters and digits total, which is easy to achieve by only giving 1-3 digit numbers to a plate from a smaller region that starts with a 3-letter code and two other letters (which still would allow for XXX-XX-NNN and XXX-X-NNNN), or the rules that prohibited specific letters/digits in specific places to avoid confusion between O and Ö and Q and 0, or I and J and 1 (some of which might now be allowed after they changed the font to make plates harder to quickly fake when adding black or white tape over parts of them, eg R/P)
@@Anson_AKB Ah, that explains why I've seen licence plates from Fürstenfeldbruck with four numbers, but then only with one letter, e.g. FFB H 9876.
However, if it is a historic vehicle or an electric car, that would mean that four digits are no longer possible, e.g. for the Trabi from Rostock: HRO A 123H.
Then there may be difficulties in the future, as for Munich MUC has recently also been authorised. If this already has three letters, not as many registrations are possible as with just the M. But MUC looks like it's behind the seven mountains with the seven dwarfs anyway.
As to German license plates, I recommend the article "Vehicle registration plates of Germany" in the English Wikipedia. I know it's very comprehensive because I did some minor corrections there many years ago.
Her telling about the car search: Police don't usually do that unless they are searching for someone or something. However, they won't tell you the reason. The one time it happened to me I could only guess the reason from next day's newspaper: There had been an armed robbery nearby, so most probably they were looking for the loot or the gun. Many times they only have a vague description of the car, like "it was some sort of white and the license plate started with a K", so they're searching everyone who matches the description. Problem is, there are 27 area codes that start with a K.
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First it was while covid and in winter so this time there where areas with very high infection rates and some with lower rates. Because of this you where only allowed to go to a specific amount of km from your home. And with an license plate from cologne driving in Bavaria was clearly to far away. So that's why they pulled them over. The car search thing it's quite normal in border regions, they do it from time to time because of smuggling Drugs or other illegal stuff.
And during covid everything was a little bit crazy out there and a lot of morons used false certificates and such stuff to break lockdown rules etc. And so the cops looked a little bit closer if there where a strange thing going on.
So this event was not the typical thing in Germany.
to be fair crazy drivers from florida dont know they are crazy drivers, so she aint lying :P
Florida: 70 % latin people who get home during easter and Xmas and are used to drive like in Santo Domingo or Mexico City..... 30 % retiree who moved to florida because of the better climate conditions and recognize a car in front, at the moment when they hit it's bumper..... so what do you expect?! 😂
Freedom of speech should mean freedom to speak the truth, to point out injustice, etc. but it should not mean to insult or to defame people.
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@@giobozzdeMy pleasure. I like your channel.
i don't think you can't say every cop is the same, no matter what country.
Licence plates in Germany tell you in what part of Germany the car is registered. K = Köln. HH = Hansestadt Hamburg. B = Berlin as examples. They where driving in the middle of the COVID lockdown. That was quiet strict in Bavaria. No wonder that they where stopped by police. And we realy can trust our police force. Their slogan is "Your friend and helper". And in my 68 year life i never had a bad experience with our police force. Even when i was speeding or had an accident they where friendly and showed humor. That is my experience. Still they are all humans.
It would have been really important to say that this happens while covid restrictions. She should have known it could be that way if they have a colon license tag.
Yes. Cologne is in German Köln / Koeln.
It is still a remnant of the Roman Empire 2000 years ago. Calling this city a colony.
Almost 2000 years ago (50 AD) Emperor Claudius named the city: _Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium_
This happened to me several times. I am from the Netherlands, and I had this sometimes when I worked in the south of the Netherlands, where the police is extra alert for drug dealers. They asked my passport (I am Dutch) and searched my whole car. I also had this in Spain, where they also searched my whole car. At that time, I lived in Spain and had a car with a Spanish license plate. This is prevention. It scared me, because in Spain they operate in couples, one female and one male policeman. The female searches your body and points a gun at me (because I am a woman, they do it the other way around with men) and the male searches the car. The car was a mess, with lots of different things, but they searched any way. Sometimes they search everybody that passes a certain road, sometimes they just chose me. This is never for traffic errors. This is to find criminals.
German here. Well, most people have a licence plate from the region they are from. But if you movie from one city to another, you don't necessarily need a new licence plate. So that could lead to confusion. And during covid there was a time where you only could go a certain distance. Also, you can't just drive around aimlessly.
The license plates in Germany come with the blue strip with a D (doesn't mean Denmark but Germany), your "Landkreis" which is the district and with a number you can choose yourself but you can also get it assigned.
In Switzerland I was once stopped at night by Police after being followed for a kilometer or so. They asked where I was going (I was in the Canton of St. Gallen, but My license plate was AR -- Appenzell Ausser Rhoden) I told them I was driving home. They immediately insisted on an alcohol test (0.0) but then wanted to know why I was driving on the public road (Landstrasse) and not the motorway (Autobahn) which would be much quicker. They accepted the fact that I much preferred the Landstrasse, superficially inspected my vehicle, then allowed me to continue on my way.
Germany has the same licence plates for all "Bundesländer" states but you can say where is somebody from because the starting letters indicate it. For example HH - Hamburg, M - Munich, N - Nuremberg, L - Leipzig and so on.
The German licence Plate is like :
on the left the European union part (blue area with the international Country-letters. For Germany a D) then the German part starts. first the Regional code (1 to 3 Letters - K for Cologne, BN for Bonn, AW for the County "Ahrweiler" etc.) here you can identify where the car is registered. Then 1 to 2 Letters followed by a up to 4 digit number.
HH - Hansestadt Hamburg. In Germany the licence plates, in Germany, indicates where your car is resgistered. DK - in Denmark - it is random numbers.
Yes K means Köln (Cologne)...but! You can now keep your license plate if you move to another city. But - again but - the natives of the town you settle in don't like it.... depending on the size of the city, it is better that you change your license plate if you want to be accepted. I moved from a larger city to a smaller city and kept my license plate. Now everyone says you don't want to stay here, you still feel like a stranger and you also document it with your license plate.
A german police officer has at least 2.5 years of training . In the us of a 16 weeks 😂😂😂😂 D ist for Deutschland DK is for Denmark 🤬🤬
That's what she did‼️She did say that happened during COVID in the beginning of the Video!
DE is for Germany
I am from Germany and wanted to help few friends and drive them to a music festival, about 30 km away. The police and Zoll (customs) stoped all the cars near a cementery outside a village, and took everything appart, with dogs, searching for drogs. We all had to go in the bushes and pee in a cup, under the police surveillance 😂. i never wanted to help my friends to drive at the rave festival.
That’s intense.
We had nothing illegal so it was annoying and amusing at the same time.
@@giobozzde It's also more of an exception than the rule. ;)
The "Kennzeichen" on German cars go with "D" (white on blue) first, meaning Germany (Deutschland). Then followed by black on white letters for the City, e.g. K for Köln (Cologne). Then followed by another two letters and 1 to 4 figures.
Im from Germany and the cops in Germany are pretty Same to the American cops But they dont Shot normaly because Nobody Here hast guns
German License Plates display the County or Large City the Plate was issued in, for example K for Koeln, HH for Hamburg, M for Munich.
For some context, she said this happened near the end of the whole corona situation. At that time there have been limitations on where you could go, and someone from cologne would not be allowed to visit neuschwanstein at that time. Also around that time if i remember right, there has been a situation where police been shot while controlling a car (for other reasons, but still)
If you mean Kusel, that was later - in 2022.
@@marge2548 ah my bad, i somehow hought that happened earlier. Thanks.
@@Thurasiz Very welcome. 🙂
10:46 It may be true that the training period for police officers in the USA is much shorter, but all the bodycam footage that I have seen shows how professional the police system is in the USA compared to Germany and how standardized everything is. And here the police are not well trained at all, even though the training period is so long.
3:58 it was PANDEMIC
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During the three years of pandemic there was several rules, sometimes you have to stay at home sometimes you could travel with in the city sometimes comma sometimes you were only allowed to drive to your work and supermarket and doctor and nothing else etc
@giobozzde The link to the original video in the description seems to be wrong
As a German I can only say one thing:She is a Beauty,with and without Hairs
Nailed it. In my opinion US cops should also get a 3 years training. Actually in Germany after the police training you have a university degree and the focus is on law and de-escalation. You guys are also right with the comment that both sides can de-escalate. In Australia it went very well and my traffic valuation disappeared just because I had a very nice conversation with the officer. In Chicago I got once approached very unfriendly and intimidating from a undercover officer even though I haven’t done anything beside picking up my luggage up from the luggage belt…..
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our police here in germany are professionals we do trust in our police they can do everything in need we call the polizei
At first: D stands for Deutschland, DK for Denmark, NL for Netherlands, BE for Belgium, and so on.. In Europe the plate shows the country at first (in a blue colored field), followed with the letter ore letters for the town/region. The rest are only numbers and letters for sorting or identify.
They even searched in the wiper fluid container under the hood? Yeah, they definetly thought you were transporting drugs.
Cop: "Cologne car in Bavaria? Must be some stoners who bought weed in the Netherlands!"
edit: First letter of German license plate tells what city you're from "K" is Cologne(Köln), "B" is Berlin, "M" is Munich and so on. Smaller cities have two or three letters. For example "HSK" as in "Hochsauerland Kreis".
never been to the US, but I can feel that so much. German Cops could be a pain in the arse. At least, they will not shoot you on point blank...mostly. The pressure to prove themselves and a sick feeling of a comradery has let to a serios lack of trust in the Police in Germany. We have our own Police Problem dude, we reaaaaaaly have.....
5:00 sound like an actual case in Köln that day that only happen in Germany when car fits on a major crime. That isn’t normal
I want to know the way (I drive a 30 year old Nissan without navigation), I can ask the police for directions.
I'm on a hike and the way home is too long: a policeman asks if he can give me a ride (sit in the front or back, he asks me :-)).
There's a break-in in my old Nissan, all the police immediately try to give me good advice, escort me to a safe parking garage.
I only experience helpfulness in Germany. No shit.
I openly admit:
also because firearms are not used here in Germany. Perhaps 1 in 1 million drivers carry a gun in their car.
I had 2 (minor; small fine or warning) issues with authorities in Germany and both times they didn't give a shit about me, behaved in a shitty way learning I'm not a local and don't speak German, intimidated me, made a big deal out of a very small thing, and made me feel that they abused their relatively infinite power compared to me, to just do what they want compltely regardless of the situation. (for example in 2019 threatening me with jail for using a 250w electric scooter which is and was legal in many EU countries at the time but not in Germany, turns out.. still hugely exagerrated.. 1 cop was outright hostile, other was polite and friendly so it completely depends on your luck; there's no system to it)
Other issue was tax authorities who were technically right based on the law but also technically not really right but dismissed every information without discussing it; it is what it is.
Also the fact that if you express frustration for being completely powerless with words or gestures you get a huge ass fine and forced into almost faking happiness for being screwed. It is bizarre in a way that they are armed with the power they have and you're powerless in front of them, so there's a huge imbalance where in that spot they literally do what they want to do and you can't influence the process or outcome, but you also can't say a bad word out of frustration (in a situation where yes you may get emotional) because you get like a 1000 euro fine? It's an interesting way to force people into compliance with even more power. Also afaik you're not allowed to film or record them - I don't mean in their personal lives when they are a private individual, but on the job when they wear the uniform and are exercising their power; so there can be no evidence of abuse to complain about. I'm sure the statistics show there's nothing to fix :)
If you discuss anything about unsuitable police behaviour - say on Germany reddit - locals will basically get angry with you.
I now understand nazi germany, it's something in the German people that makes them fully compliant no matter what - they are so compliant they are not even willing to discuss corruption and abuse of police force. So essentially you just do what you're told. Feels like things didn't change in 100 years and history could very well repeat itself...
My encounters changed my oppinion about German police. I assumed they are same as everywhere else like in my own country where they are supposed to be professional, they are held accountable, you're not dealt with like a criminal necessarily in minor issues and get feel you are part of the whole process as a different but equal partner, and what you say is considered, not necessarily only against you.
I can only sympathize in US where they are probably worse, at least in some states they can't just id and search you on a whim without any evidence whatsoever and you can record them to use as evidence if you feel you're being treated unjustly... so maybe somewhat different but all in all not that different...
What the actual f*ck.... Disrespecting a judge in court should NOT increase a sentence on a conviction. They can add contemt charges and whatever sentence comes with that. Adding on years to someones sentence for ¨disrespectfull behaviour¨ is a HUGE abuse of power. My mind is blown that you just casually trow that in and seem to think thats normal... Reacting from the Netherlands
A police officer can stop you without a reason and question you, but they also need to tell you why they have stopped you. In Portugal during corona you could not leave your municipality without a valid reason, I work in a different municipallity so during corona I could and would be stopped, and I had a document from my employer to circulate. This is normal, maybe they matched a description of a wanted person, hence they would confirm if they were not the searched person, and not explain anymore because they would be bounded to professional secrecy of an enquiry. Being Portuguese but half german this was explained to me by my granpas family. There is always logic and not vulgar display of power, you demonstrate power when you need it, not because you want it. Insult a cop here and if he or she is having a bad day or not enduring these behaviors, they will aplly the law and haul you to the precint to undergo procedures.
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This is german Police, normalerweise. "Freund und Helfer"
If you have no experience with the police just means you have done nothing wrong, so far, or/and you don't work as a police officer yourself! 😆
My opionion on american vs. german police:
The german police seems to have less rights than the us police. But thats aid I've seen tons of videos on youtube that show that US police officers are abusint their rights and the racism-thing seems to play a role in some of those, as well. But to be fair I have to say that in some situations it seems that the youtuber involved provoked to situation for the sake to make a video with a lot of clicks. In others you don't know what the police might have done if no one would have filmed tha situation. Yes the police has body cams, but you also know it happened that they turn it off.
And some "fun facts" regarding the german police: For a long time the german police uniform was green and beige. As some said it was like a fashion decision that didn't change even years later, it seems that the true reason was that those colors should have a psychological effect and calm people, as there is or was the saying "Die Polizei, dein Freund und Helfer!" which means "The police, your friend and helper!" and I would say that's true in most cases.
But now the uniforms are darf blue like they are in most countries. Maybe you still see the old green and beige ones, but they are pretty much gone now.
Even in germany you prefer not to deal with the police but we don't look at them as some sort of enemy, but still. However it is different if comes to traffic controls. You can imagine that normaly no one would admit he or she got stopped and recived a ticket for a good reason. Most people would say it was not justified, even if it was. That's just the mentality, I say. It's like no one would admit to be a bad driver even if he or she is. The peopke who violated traffic rules are always the others! 😂
Talking about traffic controls, another "fun fact": till a couple of years ago, the police stopped their car in front of the car they stopped, not as in the US behind the other car.
It was clear that the police officers would in is disadvantage in case they get into a dangerous situation with even a gun fight. But as gun fights or attacks with any weopon are not something that happen on a daily basis, that protocol did not change, till a couple of years ago. Now alsi the german police stop their car behind they have stopped.
US cops have "qualified immunity" which is just insane, German/normal police are only allowed to take actions that the law explicitly prescribes them to do. Civillians are allowed to do anything that the law doesn't explicitly forbid.
Germinator a German Police Chief in TX. Nice too watch Ich😅
only the "zoll" ( it´s like your border controll ) is allowed to check inside your car without permission. because all countries that belongs to the "schengen- raum" have no physical borders. their job is to controll the areas that are about 30km (about 20 miles) near to the border. any other part of police in germany isn´t allowed to check inside your car without your permission or without a warrent. the "zoll" in this case is most times looking for smugglers (drugs, cigarettes, alcohol ......).
hands on gun is VERY weird i agree that sounds like america, i feel like we are not getting the whole story, for police in GERMANY to put theire hands on the gun something really really crazy must have gone down :P
Nah. He probably just rested his hand on the holster. They usually are a little bit higher as the hips and during a longer conversation it's easier to put the hand on it to "rest". Have seen this many times at Train stations, when they just observe the place. No aggression from their side.
It's nothing to worry about, as long, as the holster is closed.
Denmark / Dänemark = DK,
Germany / Deutschland = DE,
East-Germany / Ostdeutschland ("German Democratic Republic" / "GDR") = DDR
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I was brought up like this in Germany:
"Police, your friend and helper"
And in my long life I have only had positive experiences with the German police. She only ever helped me.
she said it was on their way to Neuschwanstein, so Bavaria. everyone has to know that Bavaria is a special part of Germany. with special people...my recommendation is: driving throughj is safe if you want to go to italy or somewhere but dont stop or step out of the car. bavaria is bats country ^^_^^
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I tell you what as a german. You NEVER get pulled over on the Autobahn when you're not suspicious. Most of the time someone is calling the cops on you when you're on the Autobahn beacause there is almost no police partolling on our streets. So you might be right. Crazy driver 😂 (and no, not because of the skin color!!)
Actually happened to me one time. It was late at night, the cops were waiting besides the highway entrance for vehicles to check and my vehicle happened to be the only one around.
Yep, i lived 16 years in Florida, i can confirm: Batshit crazy drivers!!! 😂
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When I was in Germany with my wife for a little trip in 2020 Toll stop us twice when I entered and exit from country( 2 days difference). When I entered they stop us and ask if we wear : guns, alcohol,money(cash), cigarettes, drugs same for my wife.They search every corner in my car and bags. At return at the border with Austria and Germany they stop us and they ask if we use drugs(me and my wife don't use drugs), so police officer believe us but we have to make a test drug so we said yes sure. We made the test(negative ofc) and let us go. After this experience I was like (this type of control should make all countries in Europe,good for Germany).For all Americans who come in Europe can you please stop the drama and complaining about EU police.
You can't call names to cops here. Call them a bitx or something like that, they can sue you.
To be fair, everyone has that right. It's somewhat of a myth that police has some special right there
@@behemothokun no it's not. Are you from Germany? In Deutschland nennt sich sowas "Beamtenbeleidigung".
@@behemothokunCome to Germany and try it 🤣🤣🤣.
Joking aside, please do never insult a judge, police officer or any official.. And nope, they have no special rights, any official has also no right to insult you.
@@Mayoo1977 German here. There is no such thing as "Beamtenbeleidigung" in the criminal code (StGB). This is one of the typical legal myths.
@@krccmsitp2884 Die Beleidigung wird mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu einem Jahr oder mit Geldstrafe und, wenn die Beleidigung öffentlich, in einer Versammlung, durch Verbreiten eines Inhalts (§ 11 Absatz 3) oder mittels einer Tätlichkeit begangen wird, mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu zwei Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe bestraft.
Und das gilt auch bei Beleidigung eines Beamten. In diesem Sinne wünsche ich dir noch einen schönen Abend.
Aahhh, the old story - Bavarian cops (already "special") spotting a "foreigner" from out of Bavaria, and especially from Cologne (near to the Netherlands = weed) ...
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3:26 as a german i giggled a bit
Well, the reason might be that there are some foreigner groups (from eastern Europe) who steal cars and try to go to Poland, Austria and so on to get it to a country where they can sell it. If you have an expensive car with the K in Bavaria during lockdown times, they would take a look. When we were sitting in our comunity garden that time there was a relatively small guy jumping over the fence, walking towards us, shouting "Police, don´t worry". He was chasing some thiefs who broke into comunity garden houses, when he saw us sitting there.
Btw.. if you say "what the f... are you, pulling me over" you´ll get right to prison. For every F.. they wuld fine you. And in Denmark they would confiscate and sell your car ;)
It was not unreasonable to restrict travel during covid, idk why that shocked him
Because she didn't say that this happened during the COVID lockdown and he didn't realize her video was released during this time.
@@Flo-vn9ty she mentioned it was near the end of Corona right at the beginning of telling her story. And Bavaria had very strict rules at the time.
This photo shows the GSG9 thats the special forces in your country
It was the situation during corona destriction…the rools were different during lock downs…it is Not a normal situation…
Yeah there are good cops in the US.
I just wanna know where they are at when the bad cop misbehaves 🤔
they thought they was drug trafficing
Thats not normal! In Germany youre allowed to drive everywhere! There must have been another reason, why those people were in the interest of the police...
It was during the covid-time, there was times of restrictions of how far you could go and also an curfew at night. You had to have a good reason to get out. And castle Neuschwanstein is in the border region to Austria, so this was special, too. One police officer will lead the conversation, the other one will always have the hand on his weapon, for security reasons, but the shit must really hit the fan before they will open the holster. In Germany I guess 90% of the police will never shoot a weapon in their career, besides on the shooting range, perhaps even more.
@@Laxness187 Totally true!
This situation must have been due to the crazy times of COVID. Nothing else.
Judge / Justice ... huge topic and difference between US and EU. Might want to check that out, too!?
I saw videos, where americans went to the judge because of a speeding or wrong-parking ticket!? And me just: "??? why ???" o_O
And the judge like: "ok! you did a mistake, but you had a good explantion ... so I won't fine you!". < that's strange!
Okay first of all, that girl is cute. Listen, what you gotta understand about Germany is that it is the hub in Europe for criminality due to its many borders, its central location and established logistics. Smuggling and money laundering not only have their connections inside Europe but also to Africa and Asia. The HUB of the Italian Mafia is Germany, and then you have the Balkans, Russians, Lithuanians etc. Cops here will regularly check vehicles for any number of reasons, and they are not about to spill the reason to us.
Cops in Germany also get a lot of disrespect, but nothing as crazy as with you guys in the states. I guess things are just crazier over there because of ethnic disputes, but I reckon the main reason is because the US has about four times as many citizens as we do which means many more occurences with police which make it into the news, and when even just one of those cases displays police brutality against a Black guy for example, well we all know how that ended last time. Also, you have such a high population in the big cities. There are probably many people who feel like they are drowning in a sea of humans and want to stand out more to be noticed perhaps because they are being ignored which can lead to dangerous results. The "Falling down" syndrome is more prone in the states.
Yeah😂 us cops and German cops are basically the same💀 by her definition every cop in the world is the same and us cops and German cops going trough the same training/certification is just complete nonsense
EU licens plates start with a little EU flag whearin is the letter of the country. D for germany, DK for D-Mark...
In germany than follows a letter for the City, one for the big cities, two for smaler cities, three for less dens populated regions. B for Berlin, K for Köln, M for München...
the thing about respect towards police in the us though is...respect is not given. it is earned, and it is certainly not up to an untrained civilian in a stressfull situation to difuse said situation. ...but to be fair i just learned that the police officier might be almost as untrained ...
She‘s talkin so much trash bout german police 🥲😂
Yeah from on incident diring corona near the border you sure can tell the differences 😂
And during corona it sure was a wyestion why they where there during restrictions not to travel/stay in town..
Why should they say sorry for doing ther job and securing the border...
Yeah, they should tell you why they stopped you, but they did it indirectly by asking ehat makes a car from cologne here during Corona, cause of the restriction not to travel and stay at home..
The Bavarian police are special
Only bla bla went to germany and see the truth
C. Hat gezeigt wo die Reise hingeht und wie weit wir schon wieder sind .