I have been a police officer in London for the past 23 years. I remember the first time I saw a police officer carrying a gun was when I was on holiday in France and it was really disconcerting. Some police officers in the UK do carry guns but they are purely for calls where guns have been used or seen, but they are always available should they be needed. I have never been an armed officer and couldn't even imagine carrying a gun for work, it is just completely alien to me. We are trained to diffuse situations verbally and for that reason are generally viewed as very friendly and approachable.
Parents *used* to tell their kids to go to a policeman if they were lost or in trouble, they no longer tell them this and that's because they are no longer viewed as "friendly and approachable" The police "force" only have themselves to blame for this.
I live in the UK, I don't know if this is fair to say but one big difference I've noticed between UK and US police (purely based on news/US documentaries) is that UK police generally try and de-escalate volatile situations while US police seem confrontational which potentially ramps up a situation. They don't seem trained in talking down/calming a situation. I am generalising and I'm sure that's not always the case. I'd be interested to hear what other people think.
i think genuinely in england definatly as kids we are taught if we scared or lost or need help to go the police, there is certain amount of trust and respect taught, granted i grew up in the 80's. the whole way police are viewed is different here they not seen as a threatening but protecting.
@@nikkib8811 I live in the UK as well, when is the last time you had to deal with the police in the UK and the US or has what "you've noticed" come from a handful of youtube videos? I personally couldn't possibly comment on police in the US because I've never been there and have no knowledge of it outside of a handful of youtube videos and they show the police there to be all sorts of things other than the popular topic.
I honestly wonder if Canada's police would still carry guns if we didn't border a country that IS gun-happy (causing guns to be brought over the border so easily and regularly.)
i live quite near an area in east london where an east european attacked people with a sword one morning, nearly de-capitating a young 14 year old. those people around at the time (not many but people were going to work) ran away. the police got there, they were unarmed, no guns or tasers. they ran towards him. the police are much maligned but they do a job most of us wouldn't do in a million years and we ought to be thankful for them.
As a foreigner I've been to the UK over a dozen times since the late 60's up to 2022, including big cities like London and, while I know there are bad districts in every big city, I've never felt threatened, even walking at night. No way I would do that in the US. I live 5 miles from the US border and haven't crossed it in a decade. The US always had a wild west mentality but is getting worse. I admit, it seemed safer in the UK in the past and as a teen I would walk anywhere in London any time of day in the 60's. Still I feel safer there. There are loonies everywhere. I have always found the UK police decent people and not eager to pull a gun.
@@ShinyDitto it'll blow your mind then when a couple of months ago a mum and her two adult daughters were killed by someone (ex-boyfriend of one of the girls) with a crossbow.
@@aisha-syeda to be honest, we're an angry bunch and if there were as many guns here as there are in america there would be a huge number of shootings every day
I’m a retired UK police sgt. I once visited police in Kansas. All the department were armed (at that time, ‘97) with revolvers, apart from one guy that had a semi auto. I asked him why. He replied, “Son, I’m the worst shot in the dept. So when the sh*t goes down I like to et as much lead in the air as possible!”
The biggest difference in police between the UK and USA is training. British police are given much more training than their American counterparts and the training is focused on de-escalation and conflict resolution, where as American police sacrifice some of this element for firearms training. this tends to make American police depend on their guns when threatened which can have tragic consequences.
I mean, yes, and I'm all for improving their training in that regard... That said, the US is a fairly different crime environment too... People getting shot out of nowhere is relatively uncommon here in the UK... US police have to be able to respond too quickly to de-escalate more often than our police probably do... Their arms race between police and criminals is also at a higher point too... While their reliance on guns might lead to more tragedy, there is also potentially a higher risk to them if they don't neutralise a threat straight away... Tasers don't always stop people dead in their tracks... Not even bullets always do... ... And one example of dashcam footage I once saw, the cop was super nice, perfectly routine traffic stop... The guy in the car pretended to be complying, then shot the cop dead out of almost nowhere and drove off... You can't just de-escalate that... And once you get to that stage, it's tricky to take things back down, because the criminals aren't suddenly going to disarm themselves because the police have... Thankfully we didn't get that stage here, but yeah...
Not just training but the gun culture. THAT is the biggest difference. I do not know of any other country where members of government get ratings by the gun lobbyists.
Yeah, I think a lot of the reason is that not all the cops have guns. Armed police officer is a different job, and, I believe comes with a higher salary. And since it's unlikely that a recruit has ever fired a hand gun before, they HAVE TO be trained. And since it's not every cop, those applying for the position can be screened to weed out anyone who just wants to feel like a badass. Plus, you can't become an armed officer immediately. You HAVE TO serve as a regular police officer first, so they already know what you're about, and you've already learned how to not shoot someone in the face just because they make you a bit nervous.
@@shaunw9270 hes saying though that in the US they are desensitized to tazers because they get electrocuted by plug sockets too much I think, but they work in the UK because we aren't used to being electrocuted
There’s a wonderful scene in *Paul* with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as alien geeks crossing the US famous ufo sites in a camper, when the two meet a highway patrolman at a gas station. They exchange pleasantries. The patrolman asks ‘Your police don’t have guns right?’ Pegg and Frost confirm this. Patrolman looks visibly confused and asks ‘Well how are they going to shoot anybody?’.
You need to undersand that it's a severe crime to own a gun in Britain. I live in a house in a suburbs and one morning at 5am, I looked out of the window (had an early riser baby) to see 25 armed police officers quietly surrounding the neighbours' house, also 3-4 fierce looking police dogs, waiting for the word "go". Then they all broke into the house, shouting.The neighbour later told us that one of his "ex friends" had told the police he had a gun, and that's the procedure. He had had no guns, and they had found none. The dogs are trained to sniff out all firearms in a house. The police would have shot him if he had pulled out a gun and aimed at them. It's also illegal to carry knives on you, even if it's a small one. Police can stop you to check if you have a knife. So: some police have guns, if there is a reason for them.
I mean, I think you can have guns for very specific reasons if you get permission... I think you can even have cannons if you have permission... But yeah, having one illegally would be serious, I expect.
It's not a "severe crime" to own a gun, if it is an unlicensed firearm then it would be cause for alarm but I own several guns which I don't need a license for (air rifles under 12 ft lbs and air pistols under 6 ft lbs which can be bought by anyone over the age of 18). As for knives, you can carry a knife with a blade length of under 3 inches and it must not be a locking / fixed blade knife, as for the latter you can carry them in public but you need a very good reason to have one on you
With the right licence and the gun is of the right specifications you will be surprised to learn what guns can be owned in the uk from shotguns to rifles handguns ( provided they meet the requirements for sizes and calibre ) a MK.IV even an uzi if it’s a 22 rim calibre
@@michaelatkins4501 As far as semi autos go, (as far as I know) for pistols you need a brace and long barrel and that then counts as a "carbine", and you can only have a semi auto rifle if its a .22 lr (?) but as for shotguns I met someone who's got a 10 shot semi auto shotgun (on a firearms license as the magazine holds more than 2) which is pretty good at least I think a lot of people would be surprised by that
@ yes all true the handguns have to be I think 12 inches with that bar thing that sticks out the handle. There’s not many but a few British channels on UA-cam to do with guns. The one I’ve seen is boring by American standards. The safety and setting in which it’s all done even the MOD sends guns for him to show it’s all very serious 🧐 were as American ones are all let’s shoot a fridge You know as well as I do that you can own a guns just it has to be the right specs
There's another video where both the police is interviewed and showed to each other to record reactions of the counterparts. In that video, UK cops were very disturbed to see that USA cop is describing himself as a warrior.
Not ALL regular police officers even carry Tasers. Also, this video is from 2019 when Nick Ferrari of LBC was trying to start a campaign for ALL police officers in the UK to carry Tasers... Yet, not all of them wanted them! The number of Taser trained officers, including both AFOs and STOs _(Authorised Firearms Officers & Specially Trained Officers)_ throughout the Met POlice, in 2023 _(the last available figure)_ was 7,591.
I think the fact that the US police officer referred to carrying out patrols and responding to calls amongst the general public as being “at the mercy of the wolves”, says a lot about the mindset of US police officers. I know that the statement was made in regards to the idea of carrying out his role as a police officer without a gun but it’s still a statement that makes it clear he doesn’t feel that the general population are trustworthy and that he feels that they are no better that wild and vicious animals.
You wouldn't experiment with police officers' lives, you would have to remove the weapons from the populace first, as they did here in the UK after the Dunblane massacre. One school shooting was enough to change the laws, sadly the States seem to be used to multiple massacres. They love their guns too much to change 😢
Americans know, without a doubt, Hundreds of children Will be killed by gun violence every year....Will be killed. They feel, "it's a shame children have to die, but I'm not giving up my gun." Disgusting society. I could never live there.
In America to become a barber 💈 you need over 1000 hours of training to be qualified. To be a plumber you need over 1300 hours of training to be qualified more I’m told if it’s red band or red seal something like that….. to be a police officer in America, you will receive 725 hours of training then given a gun and told the police the streets 😢
@TylerRumple I have an idea for the next video you could react to. It's called "what if the american revolution never happened" by Possible History and I think it explores the concept of a British owned America INCREDIBLY well, plus It seems much more reasonable than the scenario you reacted to by the Infographics Show since it dives deeper into a many more things in a much more efficient way (At least as I see it, though others' opinions may differ, I suppose).
Considering that there are 4.6 guns per 100 British people and there are 120 guns per 100 Americans that's the main difference in why cops have to carry guns
About 7 years ago Jim Jefferies rode in the back of a UK Police car. His comparison between the UK and US Police was very interesting. The video is still available on UA-cam I’m sure.
Certain police in the UK do carry guns. Especially in sensitive areas such as ROYAL and POLITICAL locations and some airports. There are also specially trained police called Armed Response Officers who have access to firearms when needed, but are not on open show. Only trained officers are allowed to carry tasers. It is a personal preference by the officer if they want to carry one or not. UK police don't wear BULLET PROOF vests. They wear ANTI STAB vests. The American officer looks like ROBOCOP !! The American cop called the public " wolves" !! That just shows what they think of people ! American police shoot first and ask questions afterwards !!
Just to clarify for Americans reading as they often misunderstand: Knife crime is more common than gun crime in the UK, but even knife crime is less common than knife crime in the US
I live in the middle of nowhere wales UK and see armed cops in greggs quite often , There is always an armed responce unit not far away , if plod get into distress they tap a button and shit loads a cops turn up pretty quick . Armed cops dont mess about ,
If you live in a country where every security guard in every mall and bank has one what would be the point if police didn't? That's the scary part - that everywhere you go there is a security guard that's armed. 🍁
@@mw-wl2hm The UK follows the USA second amendment more the the USA does. It is highly regulated to the point that it's a hassle to own one and people think that it is only idiots that have one.
I think a lot of the difference is attitude towards the police. In the UK I think the vast majority of people when caught for something, or just being arrested, will go peacefully. The prison sentences in the US might be a factor as well, particularly states with a "three strike law".
I never can forget witnessing a brawl outside the Harrow Inn Abbey wood when I was a kid in the 60's and the police arrived, one constable went to intervene and the older sergeant held him back, told him that's how you get hurt, they do not know who it is trying to grab them and will strike out at you., just wait and it will finish of it's own accord, then we can move in and arrest them without a lot of hassle and they won't end up with the more serious charge of assaulting a policeman. Our police know how to not escalate situations.
Here in the UK we call them the POLICE SERVICE, and they are there to serve the public by upholding the law. In difficult situations they are trained to negotiate and to de-escalate an argument etc. You would never catch a British Police Officer holding down a criminal with a knee on the suspects neck. We have a saying in the UK: "Presumed innocent until proved guilty" So until the suspect goes to Court for their trial they are presumed to be innocent until a Jury finds them innocent or guilty.t In my opinion in the US the opposite seems to be the rule a suspect is assumed to be guilty until proved otherwise. Also you call your police a POLICE FORCE. Which in my mind means they are there to enforce the law, by any means.
Didn't Tyler already do a video about the differences between U.S. and U.K. police a while ago? I remember him asking questions about why police in Northern Ireland have guns, but not in the rest of the U.K. unless they're specialised units
If you want to remove guns in America first start restricting the piblics access to them, then the police, then completely ban certain types of guns, make it a privilege not a right and eventually there will be few guns about or needed
It's all to do with culture really when you think about it. In a country where you have your 2nd amendment, your average citizen can easily get a gun. So the people charged with upholding your laws are probably gonna want to have equal access to the same weapons as they're likely to encounter a gun whilst responding to a crime. Like, how is an unarmed cop reliably gonna be able to stop a crime where the perpetrator is armed with a gun? But over here in the UK, we have much stricter gun control. The average citizen has zero access to guns. Some criminals will still find a way sure but it means that officers responding to crimes are less likely to run into a gun meaning they don't really need one themselves. Non-lethal means such as tasers are usually enough for the average cop on patrol. But if they have credible information suggesting, or even just concerns/anonymous tips, that there might be a gun involved, then that's when firearm trained officers are deployed instead. Basically, it all boils down to keeping a level playing field between the people upholding the law and those breaking it no matter what side of the pond you're on. At least that's the way I look at it. Like, if we ever see the US end up with gun control as strict as in the UK, I bet your average beat patrol cops would stop having guns by default too and only have non-lethal weapons on them.
To add to this too to sort of answer the question posed at the end of the vid, I don't think you should take guns away from your cops over in America. At least not without getting rid of your 2nd amendment and creating some serious gun control laws first. However, that's just not realistic. So what y'all need to do, is train your cops better so they don't rely on their guns and are better at de-escalating conflicts without violence or use of lethal force. Their gun should only ever be a last resort. Seen too many situations where a lot of your cops are way too trigger happy or resort to violence way too quickly.
The situation in America with police is a sad indictment of American society today. Gun ownership is a privilege not a right Americans care more about guns than human life.
For the entire XX century UK policemen walked alone with one only weapon, a whistle with which to call for attention and reinforcement, and still they managed to keep order.
The police in the UK generally have the equipment as shown in the video. However more forces have fire arms officers who are armed with pistols and semi automatic rifles as well as the equipment that police officers normally carry.
One reason that the US would have trouble with not having police with guns, even past just having more guns is that nobody will become a police officer if they don't feel relatively safe, its just in the UK, you don't need a gun to feel safe, but in the US you might. It's also not as though its really hard to get a gun in the UK, you just need a legitimate reason (which doesnt include self defence), it needs to be kept securely and the police need to approve you for one, and also you must then buy one that meets the criteria that you are cleared for, so not just anyone can have one, its not that hard, but you have to be a sensible person with a reason, so usually the people with guns here aren't criminals and the like, they are farmers or people that are in shooting clubs and such. Also, the UK does still have some police that are licensed to use guns, but I believe that the figures last I saw were at less than 1000 of them in the UK, and if they also do normal policing they wouldn't bring them usually, the armed police are for things that are especially serious
As a Brit, I remember visiting family in Maine and the girl I was seeing got pulled over while I was in the car. The cop said ‘Step out of the vehicle’ and not knowing what was happening I did as well. The cop said to me loudly ‘Sir, get back in the vehicle!’ I hate being called sir, but I immediately obeyed…hell, you’re carrying a gun, call me whatever you want!
Every County Police force in the UK have access to firearms, but can only be issued to Authorised Shots - highly trained firearm officers. These officers have to be ordered by the Home Secretary to be deployed. There are police officers who have to be armed all the time due to the work they are doing, such as protection duty at sensitive places - airports; some Embassies; bodyguard duties for certain high profile individuals / politicians etc.
It stands to reason that if the citizens that you're policing have almost unlimited access to guns, that your police must also have them. When very few have very restricted access to them however, it should be possible to police without guns most of the time.
In the UK, the general police officers on the streets don’t carry firearms, and this can be surprising to people from countries like the US where police are typically armed. However, the UK does have specialist units known as Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs) who are trained and equipped with firearms. These officers can be deployed quickly if a situation arises involving an armed suspect or a high-risk incident. For most routine situations, British police rely on other tools and tactics, like batons, pepper spray, and Tasers, combined with de-escalation techniques. But if there’s a credible threat involving firearms, these specialist units can respond fairly rapidly. It’s a different approach compared to many countries, but it reflects the UK’s historically low rate of gun violence.
We do have an Armed Police Unit that are deployed if we know guns and firearms are expected/suspected at an incident. It's not that Britain is safer than the US, it's more like we're more reactionary to crime.
The difference here is that guns being involved in a crime is the exception, whereas in the US if a crime is being committed, it's quite likely the criminals have guns
Crime isn't lower in the UK I believe, however there are far fewer unnecessary deaths, so few that if someone does happen to get shot by a police officer, its basically a big deal every time.
America would need to make changes to both their gun laws, police training and mindseto. How they approach and their role in society I think if they have any chance of achieving what UK's police currently have. It is interesting that none of the American police officers mentioned a camera or kevlar vest.
Also another massive difference between us. America is a very sparse population where alot of people live in isolated areas and need to arm themselves. Therefore weapons are very easy to come by in America. In Britain there are very VERY few areas where you can be isolated. You CAN, contrary to popular belief, own a gun in Britain. BUT there are a great many things that you have to do first. You have to have a clear mental health record, a clear reason to need one, a gun cabinet, and a separate ammunition cabinet before even attempting it. You then need to apply for a licence through the local police. They then sit down and basically grille you as to why you want one and how you're going to use it. They then go away and look into your entire history and the history of your family and friends, particularly those living in your household, before sitting you down and grilling you a second time and interviewing you a 2nd time. After this you will be given a decision. The whole process can take between 6 months to 2 years. It's very controlled. Therefore the people who legitimately own guns over here are competent and well adjusted at the time of purchase. We therefore don't have many guns in the public so MOST police don't carry them. But the ones who do are literally armed to the teeth and are HIGHLY trained
High gun control works, you can see that in countries like the UK. It's the difficulty of transitioning from lower control to higher control that's the problem, because as you rightly say, criminals won't give up their guns. Another problem is that high gun control probably doesn't work very well unless it's applied nationally. If a city or state bans guns, unless there's full border control at the city/state boundary, then someone can just go get a gun from the next city/state. I don't see it being possible for US police not carrying guns, because again as you say, the chance that a suspect is carrying a gun is just too high. Whereas in the UK the chance is miniscule.
We do have armed police in the UK, each county's police have an armed police section, London has many armed police sections, London has the most famous of armed police section called CO19 they are basically London's SWAT, you'll also see armed police in major security areas, airports, House of parliament, Buckingham Palace ect.
Not only does the public feel safer when police where body cameras but also the police feel safer as well when dealing with crime as they can show that they did their job to the best of the ability without being accused of breaking the law. not only that but also police can go back to the body cam footage to see if they missed any evidence
In Canada police typically carry a baton, taser, pepper spray, flashlight, hand cuffs and one gun. It's my understanding they're not allowed to carry a gun while off-duty.
We have armed officers and they are available 24/7, certain forces are permanently armed PSNI, The Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Military Defence Police and some sensitive sites Airports, embassies, Parliament, Downing St etc etc have a permanent armed police presence, on top of this every force in Britain has AFOs who usually patrol in vehicles as normal but, are available for any job's requiring firearms support, they generally carry side arms, Sub Machine guns, Rifles shotguns and baton guns (the types vary across the UK but usually Glock 17s, H&K MP5s, H&K G36, Benelli M3 and H&K HK69A1) as well as the standard kit....
Where is the American police officer BP vest and body cam, neither seemed to be mentioned, i feel much safer with our British police than an American officer.
my best friend is a defence attourney in Virginia. (I'm in the uk) So I have at times been her person to rant to when the stress gets high, so I hear a lot of 'fun 'stories about US police. CAtching them provably lying under oath, for example. (Proven by their bodycam footage) Hiding/hindering/trying to stop her getting access to said bodycam footage. Multiple times trying for 'you can only view the evidence from the police if you come t othe station to watch it there while we watch you'. which has all sorts of problems (As well as violating the law, but la)
I would like to point out that we do have armed officers here in the UK but they tend to be for occasions protecting a potential high value target / venue or for specific situations such as organised crime rings or anti-terror situations. It all really comes down to each of our respective police forces matching the threat they are up against. Also I believe there are harsher repercussions for our police in the UK using force, probably why that officer at the end sometimes leaves his taser, as it can have lethal consequences.
I feel like that just visiting the U.S. The majority of guns used by criminals in Canada are smuggled across our southern border, along with drugs. If any country needs to build a border wall, it's Canada.
Some police do have guns, at airports they have machine guns and there are certain. special squads that are called in if required, in London they The Specialist Firearms Command (MO19)
Not all uk police carry a taser. They need to undergo training before being allowed to carry it and it’s up to each individual officer if they wish to carry it or not (a lot don’t because of the risk of the subject falling and sustaining a serious head injury). Pepper spray and baton are standard I think. Also police wear stab proof vests, not bullet proof vests. There are armed response units who carry guns (MP3’s I think, but I’m no gun expert) that can be called out to a situation where firearms are necessary, but the cops on the streets, pulling you over etc don’t carry gun in Britain. (Ireland and Northern Ireland the rules are different).
In the UK, the only people who are aloud guns also are the only people who are aloud live ammunition while theyre working amd are legally allowed to shoot whenever they think is right and thats the Queens/Kings men
Big difference. The UK does not have a gun culture and they are very difficult to obtain. Penalties for being caught with an illegal firearm are very severe, and many hardened criminals do not tend to use them. Consequently the likelihood of a police officer encountering an armed criminal is extremely rare so there just isn't the need to routinely arm police. If they did this would up the ante for criminals and more would carry firearms. Officers attending armed incidents here can quickly call on armed response and would contain the situation from a distance until they arrive. In the US, more people own firearms legally and which can be open to misuse, more weapons are readily available to even those who do not legally hold them, therefore the police have to be more prepared to draw a weapon on the assumption that a suspect is more likely to be armed
The main reason police in the UK don’t carry guns (Except for specially trained armed police, who are trained by the SAS, the most highly trained soldiers in the world) is that the UK has the strictest gun laws in the world. The penalty for being caught with an unlicensed firearm is 5 years in prison (No parole) and a gun license is very hard to get. You have to register your interest in getting a gun license with a local police station. They carry out an exhaustive criminal record check, and the slightest hint of a record will mean you can’t have one. Even after that, they inspect your premises to make sure you have a proper gun safe and every 3 months they will do it again.
As with many of these American reaction videos I feel you are getting a picture of British society based on perhaps the last 50 years. That is, the foundations we're laid down of what, you may call, the civilised culture, post-war. Our beautiful country has begun to change. I even saw some US tourists shocked at the piercing sirens and congestion in once lovely Bristol. They complained " (after all) It isnt New York" I said " It is now!"
Unfortunately, American officers get nowhere near the same amount of training compared to UK officers... And ALL are allowed to carry real handguns - DUH !? 🤔 Whereas UK police are trained in 'de-escalation' and those officers who DO carry firearms, undergo regular training & psych eveluations etc. 👍
Okay I am now seriously confused. How is it that I a Welshman from and living in the UK knew that most Police officers in the US carry a secondary firearm but Tyler an American who lives in the US had no idea? 🤔🤔
It depends where you are. In central London, and in airports, the cops walk around carrying a H&K MP5 and have a SIG 9mm side arm. Around Buckingham Palace, you even see cops with M4s, which I really don't get. That's not the best choice for shooting at people who likely have innocent people behind them.
I think the attitude of the American copper, 'at the mercy of the wolves'... not an ideal thing to say in my opinion about the people he is there to 'Protect and serve'
We do have the SWAT team or firearms unit, which are basically armed police that have guns and rifles along with body armour to deal with the more severe situations!
In America they have such easy access to guns that its reasonable they should carry guns. Its expected a suspect may be armed where uk its way more difficult to attain a gun so its unexpected. The kit is for the most common experience in each force
WE DON'T HAVE GUNS IN THE UK!!!!!!! It's very rare to have guns in the UK. It does happen SOMETIMES but not often like in America 😡😡😡😡😡😡 But we're PROUD of it!!!!
Uk firearms officer's are highly trained. Apart from protection which an be Royal, diplomatic, airport's, tourists attractions especially where military are involved also there are ministry of defence police (MOD police) which defend important and clarified military and defence establishments. There are police that patrol in armed response vehicles (ARV) who are generally armed with Glock 17 and MP5 carbine. They patrol cities and towns and amount of vehicles decent on the size of the areas and normally can respond to incidents in a mater of minutes. There us not to much problems from firearm related crime as restrictions on firearms is very stringent especially on high velocity, and hand guns have to be low velocity and of a size that makes it difficult to be concealed on a person shotguns are restricted to have no more than 2 cartridges loaded in them, semi auto weapons can be no more than .22 rim fire cartridges.
we have armed police in the uk but they are only called out if someone is suspected or has a weapon or weapons, most of the time the uk police are able to talk someone 'down' and are arrested without incident. A couple of years ago we had armed police and police dogs in our street the armed police were there just for precaution weren't needed in the end
Your police are all armed with a sidearm and a shotgun in the trunk. Most of ours don't...... but dont get it twisted. The ones who do are armed with mp5s shotguns and sidearms. Most of our police are very good at disarming a situation with words or physical combat. But the armed police? They are badasses not to be messed with
While UK police don’t routinely carry guns that doesn’t mean they are not available if needed. Quite a lot of police vehicles (more than the general public probably realise) are designated as armed response vehicles which means the police officers on board are specially trained and have guns locked in a special compartment in the car. While doing normal policing they wouldn’t remove the guns from the car but they would if they were going to be dealing with someone they believed may be armed.
The first time I visited the States, I was in San Francisco CA, and I saw a police officer carrying TWO guns openly, one on either side. Whether the UK has far less CRIME than the USA is debatable, but the UK in the 20th & 21st centuries has always (during peacetime) had a far lower HOMICIDE rate than the USA. That all said, in the Americas, I think only Canada, Chile and Uruguay have lower homicide rates than the USA. (I overlooked El Salvador (recent times only) and perhaps Nicaragua... - Ed.)
THe difference is training matters, too. As a member of the public, I would repeat peels 'rinciple with the phrase 'The public are the police'. (There are more principle sthan that, I am aware) US police it's us vs them.
Our police haven't even had tasers in the near past. If America wants to have police like ours, then your people need to be like ours, unarmed. Our worst threat is knife crime.
To be fair, Tyler's not the only American🇺🇸 Reactor who suffers from verbal diarrhoea! (Steve: 'Reacting to my Roots' is a prime example) ...and many defend the habit by saying "they're reacting!" Hm...?! 🤔 (...but not all talk non-stop, do they...?!)
@yazza5857 Brits (apparently) love sport... Tyler "fits the bill" of a "spectator sport", and besides which, we can learn through _watching him_ _and with him_ ... And, if he reads his comments section more often, as he asks us to "leave a like, or a comment..." We could learn _from each other_ *... (That means* _you_ too, Tyler, if you're reading these comments at all🇺🇸🤞?!) 👍🙂🏴💕🇬🇧🤭🖖
I have been a police officer in London for the past 23 years. I remember the first time I saw a police officer carrying a gun was when I was on holiday in France and it was really disconcerting. Some police officers in the UK do carry guns but they are purely for calls where guns have been used or seen, but they are always available should they be needed. I have never been an armed officer and couldn't even imagine carrying a gun for work, it is just completely alien to me. We are trained to diffuse situations verbally and for that reason are generally viewed as very friendly and approachable.
Parents *used* to tell their kids to go to a policeman if they were lost or in trouble, they no longer tell them this and that's because they are no longer viewed as "friendly and approachable" The police "force" only have themselves to blame for this.
I live in the UK, I don't know if this is fair to say but one big difference I've noticed between UK and US police (purely based on news/US documentaries) is that UK police generally try and de-escalate volatile situations while US police seem confrontational which potentially ramps up a situation. They don't seem trained in talking down/calming a situation. I am generalising and I'm sure that's not always the case. I'd be interested to hear what other people think.
i think genuinely in england definatly as kids we are taught if we scared or lost or need help to go the police, there is certain amount of trust and respect taught, granted i grew up in the 80's. the whole way police are viewed is different here they not seen as a threatening but protecting.
I’m younger than 25 we are taught in school still to go to the police if we are lost etc…
@@nikkib8811 I live in the UK as well, when is the last time you had to deal with the police in the UK and the US or has what "you've noticed" come from a handful of youtube videos? I personally couldn't possibly comment on police in the US because I've never been there and have no knowledge of it outside of a handful of youtube videos and they show the police there to be all sorts of things other than the popular topic.
Not every country is a gun happy country
I honestly wonder if Canada's police would still carry guns if we didn't border a country that IS gun-happy (causing guns to be brought over the border so easily and regularly.)
i live quite near an area in east london where an east european attacked people with a sword one morning, nearly de-capitating a young 14 year old. those people around at the time (not many but people were going to work) ran away. the police got there, they were unarmed, no guns or tasers. they ran towards him. the police are much maligned but they do a job most of us wouldn't do in a million years and we ought to be thankful for them.
okay i know this is like a serious story, but attacking people with a sword has got to be the most european crime ive ever heard
As a foreigner I've been to the UK over a dozen times since the late 60's up to 2022, including big cities like London and, while I know there are bad districts in every big city, I've never felt threatened, even walking at night. No way I would do that in the US. I live 5 miles from the US border and haven't crossed it in a decade. The US always had a wild west mentality but is getting worse. I admit, it seemed safer in the UK in the past and as a teen I would walk anywhere in London any time of day in the 60's. Still I feel safer there. There are loonies everywhere. I have always found the UK police decent people and not eager to pull a gun.
Ya, just because we dont have guns doesn’t mean we dont have a lot of knife crimes
@@ShinyDitto it'll blow your mind then when a couple of months ago a mum and her two adult daughters were killed by someone (ex-boyfriend of one of the girls) with a crossbow.
@@aisha-syeda to be honest, we're an angry bunch and if there were as many guns here as there are in america there would be a huge number of shootings every day
There's a massive difference between the US and the UK. In the US policing is by force, in the UK it's policing by consent.
Police in the UK are a lot more friendly.
Police in the US treat everyone like illegal aliens.
We do absolutely not police by consent in the UK. We don’t need your consent to agree to anything
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@@mikesullivan3420 We are policed by consent, consent is given when votes are tallied.
@@mikesullivan3420you completely misunderstand what policing by consent means
Majority of British citizens don't have guns, plus in the US it's a police force and in the UK it's a police service.
I’m a retired UK police sgt. I once visited police in Kansas. All the department were armed (at that time, ‘97) with revolvers, apart from one guy that had a semi auto. I asked him why. He replied, “Son, I’m the worst shot in the dept. So when the sh*t goes down I like to et as much lead in the air as possible!”
I'm glad I don't live there
Good grief - that's terrifying.
The biggest difference in police between the UK and USA is training. British police are given much more training than their American counterparts and the training is focused on de-escalation and conflict resolution, where as American police sacrifice some of this element for firearms training. this tends to make American police depend on their guns when threatened which can have tragic consequences.
I mean, yes, and I'm all for improving their training in that regard... That said, the US is a fairly different crime environment too... People getting shot out of nowhere is relatively uncommon here in the UK... US police have to be able to respond too quickly to de-escalate more often than our police probably do... Their arms race between police and criminals is also at a higher point too... While their reliance on guns might lead to more tragedy, there is also potentially a higher risk to them if they don't neutralise a threat straight away... Tasers don't always stop people dead in their tracks... Not even bullets always do...
... And one example of dashcam footage I once saw, the cop was super nice, perfectly routine traffic stop... The guy in the car pretended to be complying, then shot the cop dead out of almost nowhere and drove off... You can't just de-escalate that... And once you get to that stage, it's tricky to take things back down, because the criminals aren't suddenly going to disarm themselves because the police have... Thankfully we didn't get that stage here, but yeah...
Not just training but the gun culture. THAT is the biggest difference. I do not know of any other country where members of government get ratings by the gun lobbyists.
Yeah, I think a lot of the reason is that not all the cops have guns. Armed police officer is a different job, and, I believe comes with a higher salary. And since it's unlikely that a recruit has ever fired a hand gun before, they HAVE TO be trained. And since it's not every cop, those applying for the position can be screened to weed out anyone who just wants to feel like a badass. Plus, you can't become an armed officer immediately. You HAVE TO serve as a regular police officer first, so they already know what you're about, and you've already learned how to not shoot someone in the face just because they make you a bit nervous.
A tazer is enough in the uk because we have proper plugs, so are no used to being electrocuted.
😅 UK mains 240 volts.
UK Police Tasers (depending on model) 1000 - 50000 volts.
@@shaunw9270 theres a thing called sarcasm
@@VVZyt Wow , is there ?
@@shaunw9270 hes saying though that in the US they are desensitized to tazers because they get electrocuted by plug sockets too much I think, but they work in the UK because we aren't used to being electrocuted
@@elfishmoss1457 Thanks for explaining lol.
Only Tyler can make a 17 minute video out of 4 minutes of content
Unfortunately his “brain” crashes and needs to reboot every 2 minutes.
@@hydroankylolll
I keep fast forwarding. The questions he poses are answered if he continued the video ...
There’s a wonderful scene in *Paul* with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as alien geeks crossing the US famous ufo sites in a camper, when the two meet a highway patrolman at a gas station. They exchange pleasantries. The patrolman asks ‘Your police don’t have guns right?’ Pegg and Frost confirm this. Patrolman looks visibly confused and asks ‘Well how are they going to shoot anybody?’.
You need to undersand that it's a severe crime to own a gun in Britain. I live in a house in a suburbs and one morning at 5am, I looked out of the window (had an early riser baby) to see 25 armed police officers quietly surrounding the neighbours' house, also 3-4 fierce looking police dogs, waiting for the word "go". Then they all broke into the house, shouting.The neighbour later told us that one of his "ex friends" had told the police he had a gun, and that's the procedure. He had had no guns, and they had found none. The dogs are trained to sniff out all firearms in a house. The police would have shot him if he had pulled out a gun and aimed at them. It's also illegal to carry knives on you, even if it's a small one. Police can stop you to check if you have a knife. So: some police have guns, if there is a reason for them.
I mean, I think you can have guns for very specific reasons if you get permission... I think you can even have cannons if you have permission... But yeah, having one illegally would be serious, I expect.
It's not a "severe crime" to own a gun, if it is an unlicensed firearm then it would be cause for alarm but I own several guns which I don't need a license for (air rifles under 12 ft lbs and air pistols under 6 ft lbs which can be bought by anyone over the age of 18).
As for knives, you can carry a knife with a blade length of under 3 inches and it must not be a locking / fixed blade knife, as for the latter you can carry them in public but you need a very good reason to have one on you
With the right licence and the gun is of the right specifications you will be surprised to learn what guns can be owned in the uk from shotguns to rifles handguns ( provided they meet the requirements for sizes and calibre ) a MK.IV even an uzi if it’s a 22 rim calibre
@@michaelatkins4501 As far as semi autos go, (as far as I know) for pistols you need a brace and long barrel and that then counts as a "carbine", and you can only have a semi auto rifle if its a .22 lr (?) but as for shotguns I met someone who's got a 10 shot semi auto shotgun (on a firearms license as the magazine holds more than 2) which is pretty good at least I think a lot of people would be surprised by that
@ yes all true the handguns have to be I think 12 inches with that bar thing that sticks out the handle. There’s not many but a few British channels on UA-cam to do with guns. The one I’ve seen is boring by American standards. The safety and setting in which it’s all done even the MOD sends guns for him to show it’s all very serious 🧐 were as American ones are all let’s shoot a fridge
You know as well as I do that you can own a guns just it has to be the right specs
There's another video where both the police is interviewed and showed to each other to record reactions of the counterparts. In that video, UK cops were very disturbed to see that USA cop is describing himself as a warrior.
Have you got a link for that video?
Not ALL regular police officers even carry Tasers. Also, this video is from 2019 when Nick Ferrari of LBC was trying to start a campaign for ALL police officers in the UK to carry Tasers... Yet, not all of them wanted them! The number of Taser trained officers, including both AFOs and STOs _(Authorised Firearms Officers & Specially Trained Officers)_ throughout the Met POlice, in 2023 _(the last available figure)_ was 7,591.
I think the fact that the US police officer referred to carrying out patrols and responding to calls amongst the general public as being “at the mercy of the wolves”, says a lot about the mindset of US police officers. I know that the statement was made in regards to the idea of carrying out his role as a police officer without a gun but it’s still a statement that makes it clear he doesn’t feel that the general population are trustworthy and that he feels that they are no better that wild and vicious animals.
You wouldn't experiment with police officers' lives, you would have to remove the weapons from the populace first, as they did here in the UK after the Dunblane massacre. One school shooting was enough to change the laws, sadly the States seem to be used to multiple massacres. They love their guns too much to change 😢
Americans know, without a doubt, Hundreds of children Will be killed by gun violence every year....Will be killed. They feel, "it's a shame children have to die, but I'm not giving up my gun." Disgusting society. I could never live there.
In America to become a barber 💈 you need over 1000 hours of training to be qualified. To be a plumber you need over 1300 hours of training to be qualified more I’m told if it’s red band or red seal something like that….. to be a police officer in America, you will receive 725 hours of training then given a gun and told the police the streets 😢
@TylerRumple I have an idea for the next video you could react to. It's called "what if the american revolution never happened" by Possible History and I think it explores the concept of a British owned America INCREDIBLY well, plus It seems much more reasonable than the scenario you reacted to by the Infographics Show since it dives deeper into a many more things in a much more efficient way (At least as I see it, though others' opinions may differ, I suppose).
Considering that there are 4.6 guns per 100 British people and there are 120 guns per 100 Americans that's the main difference in why cops have to carry guns
About 7 years ago Jim Jefferies rode in the back of a UK Police car. His comparison between the UK and US Police was very interesting. The video is still available on UA-cam I’m sure.
Certain police in the UK do carry guns. Especially in sensitive areas such as ROYAL and POLITICAL locations and some airports.
There are also specially trained police called Armed Response Officers who have access to firearms when needed, but are not on open show.
Only trained officers are allowed to carry tasers. It is a personal preference by the officer if they want to carry one or not.
UK police don't wear BULLET PROOF vests. They wear ANTI STAB vests.
The American officer looks like ROBOCOP !!
The American cop called the public " wolves" !! That just shows what they think of people !
American police shoot first and ask questions afterwards !!
In the UK gun crime is very low, knife crime is much more common (that's why the police where stabproof vests)
Just to clarify for Americans reading as they often misunderstand: Knife crime is more common than gun crime in the UK, but even knife crime is less common than knife crime in the US
British Police by consent of the British people, so they don't need to wave guns about
I live in the middle of nowhere wales UK and see armed cops in greggs quite often , There is always an armed responce unit not far away , if plod get into distress they tap a button and shit loads a cops turn up pretty quick . Armed cops dont mess about ,
The lack of a guns by police in the UK doesn't say something good about the UK but says something bad about the USA.
I mean, it could be both lol.
If you live in a country where every security guard in every mall and bank has one what would be the point if police didn't? That's the scary part - that everywhere you go there is a security guard that's armed. 🍁
@@mw-wl2hm The UK follows the USA second amendment more the the USA does. It is highly regulated to the point that it's a hassle to own one and people think that it is only idiots that have one.
I think a lot of the difference is attitude towards the police. In the UK I think the vast majority of people when caught for something, or just being arrested, will go peacefully. The prison sentences in the US might be a factor as well, particularly states with a "three strike law".
I never can forget witnessing a brawl outside the Harrow Inn Abbey wood when I was a kid in the 60's and the police arrived, one constable went to intervene and the older sergeant held him back, told him that's how you get hurt, they do not know who it is trying to grab them and will strike out at you., just wait and it will finish of it's own accord, then we can move in and arrest them without a lot of hassle and they won't end up with the more serious charge of assaulting a policeman. Our police know how to not escalate situations.
Here in the UK we call them the POLICE SERVICE, and they are there to serve the public by upholding the law. In difficult situations they are trained to negotiate and to de-escalate an argument etc. You would never catch a British Police Officer holding down a criminal with a knee on the suspects neck.
We have a saying in the UK:
"Presumed innocent until proved guilty"
So until the suspect goes to Court for their trial they are presumed to be innocent until a Jury finds them innocent or guilty.t
In my opinion in the US the opposite seems to be the rule a suspect is assumed to be guilty until proved otherwise. Also you call your police a POLICE FORCE. Which in my mind means they are there to enforce the law, by any means.
Didn't Tyler already do a video about the differences between U.S. and U.K. police a while ago? I remember him asking questions about why police in Northern Ireland have guns, but not in the rest of the U.K. unless they're specialised units
In Northern Ireland the police will carry firearms, but thats due to the the tensions here, and for their safety.
No armed local gardaí in ireland either. Armed squad called in when needed
If you want to remove guns in America first start restricting the piblics access to them, then the police, then completely ban certain types of guns, make it a privilege not a right and eventually there will be few guns about or needed
It's all to do with culture really when you think about it. In a country where you have your 2nd amendment, your average citizen can easily get a gun. So the people charged with upholding your laws are probably gonna want to have equal access to the same weapons as they're likely to encounter a gun whilst responding to a crime. Like, how is an unarmed cop reliably gonna be able to stop a crime where the perpetrator is armed with a gun?
But over here in the UK, we have much stricter gun control. The average citizen has zero access to guns. Some criminals will still find a way sure but it means that officers responding to crimes are less likely to run into a gun meaning they don't really need one themselves. Non-lethal means such as tasers are usually enough for the average cop on patrol. But if they have credible information suggesting, or even just concerns/anonymous tips, that there might be a gun involved, then that's when firearm trained officers are deployed instead.
Basically, it all boils down to keeping a level playing field between the people upholding the law and those breaking it no matter what side of the pond you're on. At least that's the way I look at it. Like, if we ever see the US end up with gun control as strict as in the UK, I bet your average beat patrol cops would stop having guns by default too and only have non-lethal weapons on them.
To add to this too to sort of answer the question posed at the end of the vid, I don't think you should take guns away from your cops over in America. At least not without getting rid of your 2nd amendment and creating some serious gun control laws first. However, that's just not realistic. So what y'all need to do, is train your cops better so they don't rely on their guns and are better at de-escalating conflicts without violence or use of lethal force. Their gun should only ever be a last resort. Seen too many situations where a lot of your cops are way too trigger happy or resort to violence way too quickly.
The situation in America with police is a sad indictment of American society today. Gun ownership is a privilege not a right Americans care more about guns than human life.
Health care is a privilege not a right.
Some Americans.
They do care about human life - just not after it is born.
@@annfrancoole34 Are you being sarcastic? Or do you really believe what you have written? Are you a Brit or an American?
@@RevPeterTrabaris I was being sarcastic but I obviously didn't word it very well.
For the entire XX century UK policemen walked alone with one only weapon, a whistle with which to call for attention and reinforcement, and still they managed to keep order.
The police in the UK generally have the equipment as shown in the video. However more forces have fire arms officers who are armed with pistols and semi automatic rifles as well as the equipment that police officers normally carry.
I work for a supermarket and the managers on the shop floor wear body cams.
There are specialists firearms officers.
USA police shoot first and question later, if the suspect is not already dead. UK police will question first and shooting, well, that is a rarity.
Apart from a big difference in the amount of training the two countries get, the British police are a service, the American police are a force.
One reason that the US would have trouble with not having police with guns, even past just having more guns is that nobody will become a police officer if they don't feel relatively safe, its just in the UK, you don't need a gun to feel safe, but in the US you might. It's also not as though its really hard to get a gun in the UK, you just need a legitimate reason (which doesnt include self defence), it needs to be kept securely and the police need to approve you for one, and also you must then buy one that meets the criteria that you are cleared for, so not just anyone can have one, its not that hard, but you have to be a sensible person with a reason, so usually the people with guns here aren't criminals and the like, they are farmers or people that are in shooting clubs and such. Also, the UK does still have some police that are licensed to use guns, but I believe that the figures last I saw were at less than 1000 of them in the UK, and if they also do normal policing they wouldn't bring them usually, the armed police are for things that are especially serious
As a Brit, I remember visiting family in Maine and the girl I was seeing got pulled over while I was in the car. The cop said ‘Step out of the vehicle’ and not knowing what was happening I did as well. The cop said to me loudly ‘Sir, get back in the vehicle!’
I hate being called sir, but I immediately obeyed…hell, you’re carrying a gun, call me whatever you want!
The only part of the United Kingdom whose police service carries firearms is Northern Ireland .
Every County Police force in the UK have access to firearms, but can only be issued to Authorised Shots - highly trained firearm officers. These officers have to be ordered by the Home Secretary to be deployed. There are police officers who have to be armed all the time due to the work they are doing, such as protection duty at sensitive places - airports; some Embassies; bodyguard duties for certain high profile individuals / politicians etc.
It stands to reason that if the citizens that you're policing have almost unlimited access to guns, that your police must also have them. When very few have very restricted access to them however, it should be possible to police without guns most of the time.
in the UK, we have special firearm officers who carry guns
If there's a gun situation in the UK then they send out the Armed police.. these are specially trained police that carry big guns..
In the UK, the general police officers on the streets don’t carry firearms, and this can be surprising to people from countries like the US where police are typically armed. However, the UK does have specialist units known as Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs) who are trained and equipped with firearms. These officers can be deployed quickly if a situation arises involving an armed suspect or a high-risk incident.
For most routine situations, British police rely on other tools and tactics, like batons, pepper spray, and Tasers, combined with de-escalation techniques. But if there’s a credible threat involving firearms, these specialist units can respond fairly rapidly. It’s a different approach compared to many countries, but it reflects the UK’s historically low rate of gun violence.
We do have an Armed Police Unit that are deployed if we know guns and firearms are expected/suspected at an incident. It's not that Britain is safer than the US, it's more like we're more reactionary to crime.
The difference here is that guns being involved in a crime is the exception, whereas in the US if a crime is being committed, it's quite likely the criminals have guns
Actually, by all measures the UK is safer than the US, even on stabbings.
People killed by police in the US in a 24 day period: 59.
People killed by the police in the UK in the past 24 years: 55.
Crime isn't lower in the UK I believe, however there are far fewer unnecessary deaths, so few that if someone does happen to get shot by a police officer, its basically a big deal every time.
America would need to make changes to both their gun laws, police training and mindseto. How they approach and their role in society I think if they have any chance of achieving what UK's police currently have. It is interesting that none of the American police officers mentioned a camera or kevlar vest.
Also another massive difference between us. America is a very sparse population where alot of people live in isolated areas and need to arm themselves. Therefore weapons are very easy to come by in America. In Britain there are very VERY few areas where you can be isolated. You CAN, contrary to popular belief, own a gun in Britain. BUT there are a great many things that you have to do first. You have to have a clear mental health record, a clear reason to need one, a gun cabinet, and a separate ammunition cabinet before even attempting it. You then need to apply for a licence through the local police. They then sit down and basically grille you as to why you want one and how you're going to use it. They then go away and look into your entire history and the history of your family and friends, particularly those living in your household, before sitting you down and grilling you a second time and interviewing you a 2nd time. After this you will be given a decision. The whole process can take between 6 months to 2 years. It's very controlled. Therefore the people who legitimately own guns over here are competent and well adjusted at the time of purchase. We therefore don't have many guns in the public so MOST police don't carry them. But the ones who do are literally armed to the teeth and are HIGHLY trained
High gun control works, you can see that in countries like the UK. It's the difficulty of transitioning from lower control to higher control that's the problem, because as you rightly say, criminals won't give up their guns.
Another problem is that high gun control probably doesn't work very well unless it's applied nationally. If a city or state bans guns, unless there's full border control at the city/state boundary, then someone can just go get a gun from the next city/state.
I don't see it being possible for US police not carrying guns, because again as you say, the chance that a suspect is carrying a gun is just too high. Whereas in the UK the chance is miniscule.
If you carry a gun, you're a soldier. In Britain we have Constables not Cops / Copulators.
We do have armed police in the UK, each county's police have an armed police section, London has many armed police sections, London has the most famous of armed police section called CO19 they are basically London's SWAT, you'll also see armed police in major security areas, airports, House of parliament, Buckingham Palace ect.
Not only does the public feel safer when police where body cameras but also the police feel safer as well when dealing with crime as they can show that they did their job to the best of the ability without being accused of breaking the law.
not only that but also police can go back to the body cam footage to see if they missed any evidence
In Canada police typically carry a baton, taser, pepper spray, flashlight, hand cuffs and one gun. It's my understanding they're not allowed to carry a gun while off-duty.
Try this video as the Czech Republic have the second amendment to bare arms
Gun laws in Czech Republic vs. US
We have armed officers and they are available 24/7, certain forces are permanently armed PSNI, The Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Military Defence Police and some sensitive sites Airports, embassies, Parliament, Downing St etc etc have a permanent armed police presence, on top of this every force in Britain has AFOs who usually patrol in vehicles as normal but, are available for any job's requiring firearms support, they generally carry side arms, Sub Machine guns, Rifles shotguns and baton guns (the types vary across the UK but usually Glock 17s, H&K MP5s, H&K G36, Benelli M3 and H&K HK69A1) as well as the standard kit....
Where is the American police officer BP vest and body cam, neither seemed to be mentioned, i feel much safer with our British police than an American officer.
Next US police kit upgrade will involve anti-tank JAVELIN rockets lol /s
Police in Britain de escalate situations, they don't provoke or bully.
The prospectus is clearly different.
my best friend is a defence attourney in Virginia. (I'm in the uk) So I have at times been her person to rant to when the stress gets high, so I hear a lot of 'fun 'stories about US police. CAtching them provably lying under oath, for example. (Proven by their bodycam footage) Hiding/hindering/trying to stop her getting access to said bodycam footage. Multiple times trying for 'you can only view the evidence from the police if you come t othe station to watch it there while we watch you'. which has all sorts of problems (As well as violating the law, but la)
I would like to point out that we do have armed officers here in the UK but they tend to be for occasions protecting a potential high value target / venue or for specific situations such as organised crime rings or anti-terror situations. It all really comes down to each of our respective police forces matching the threat they are up against. Also I believe there are harsher repercussions for our police in the UK using force, probably why that officer at the end sometimes leaves his taser, as it can have lethal consequences.
if i had to walk down the street knowing many people have guns i would be so stressed out!
I feel like that just visiting the U.S.
The majority of guns used by criminals in Canada are smuggled across our southern border, along with drugs. If any country needs to build a border wall, it's Canada.
Some police do have guns, at airports they have machine guns and there are certain. special squads that are called in if required, in London they The Specialist Firearms Command (MO19)
We do have police that are trained to use guns. It just isn't an everyday thing.
Not all uk police carry a taser. They need to undergo training before being allowed to carry it and it’s up to each individual officer if they wish to carry it or not (a lot don’t because of the risk of the subject falling and sustaining a serious head injury). Pepper spray and baton are standard I think. Also police wear stab proof vests, not bullet proof vests. There are armed response units who carry guns (MP3’s I think, but I’m no gun expert) that can be called out to a situation where firearms are necessary, but the cops on the streets, pulling you over etc don’t carry gun in Britain. (Ireland and Northern Ireland the rules are different).
In the UK, the only people who are aloud guns also are the only people who are aloud live ammunition while theyre working amd are legally allowed to shoot whenever they think is right and thats the Queens/Kings men
We do have specific armed police who are specialised and trained to use fire arms
Big difference. The UK does not have a gun culture and they are very difficult to obtain. Penalties for being caught with an illegal firearm are very severe, and many hardened criminals do not tend to use them. Consequently the likelihood of a police officer encountering an armed criminal is extremely rare so there just isn't the need to routinely arm police. If they did this would up the ante for criminals and more would carry firearms. Officers attending armed incidents here can quickly call on armed response and would contain the situation from a distance until they arrive. In the US, more people own firearms legally and which can be open to misuse, more weapons are readily available to even those who do not legally hold them, therefore the police have to be more prepared to draw a weapon on the assumption that a suspect is more likely to be armed
The main reason police in the UK don’t carry guns (Except for specially trained armed police, who are trained by the SAS, the most highly trained soldiers in the world) is that the UK has the strictest gun laws in the world.
The penalty for being caught with an unlicensed firearm is 5 years in prison (No parole) and a gun license is very hard to get.
You have to register your interest in getting a gun license with a local police station.
They carry out an exhaustive criminal record check, and the slightest hint of a record will mean you can’t have one. Even after that, they inspect your premises to make sure you have a proper gun safe and every 3 months they will do it again.
As with many of these American reaction videos I feel you are getting a picture of British society based on perhaps the last 50 years. That is, the foundations we're laid down of what, you may call, the civilised culture, post-war. Our beautiful country has begun to change. I even saw some US tourists shocked at the piercing sirens and congestion in once lovely Bristol. They complained " (after all) It isnt New York" I said " It is now!"
he British police have less need to carry guns because the general public don't carry guns and they are not readily available either.
In the UK machine guns and RPGs are considered a bit random and excessive for Police action.
We do have armed divisions but they are activated in certain circumstances. There are armed police around Parliament, for example.
American police have access to better equipment than most British soldiers do.
To be fair though British soldiers are better trained
Unfortunately, American officers get nowhere near the same amount of training compared to UK officers... And ALL are allowed to carry real handguns - DUH !? 🤔 Whereas UK police are trained in 'de-escalation' and those officers who DO carry firearms, undergo regular training & psych eveluations etc. 👍
Okay I am now seriously confused. How is it that I a Welshman from and living in the UK knew that most Police officers in the US carry a secondary firearm but Tyler an American who lives in the US had no idea? 🤔🤔
Because as Tyler says...I'm...just an aaaverage American....hear to react and learn etc
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@@andrewasker2823 That is about the UK but I would have thought he would have had a bit more knowledge regarding his own country 🤣🤣
It depends where you are. In central London, and in airports, the cops walk around carrying a H&K MP5 and have a SIG 9mm side arm. Around Buckingham Palace, you even see cops with M4s, which I really don't get. That's not the best choice for shooting at people who likely have innocent people behind them.
I think the attitude of the American copper, 'at the mercy of the wolves'... not an ideal thing to say in my opinion about the people he is there to 'Protect and serve'
We do have the SWAT team or firearms unit, which are basically armed police that have guns and rifles along with body armour to deal with the more severe situations!
In the UK we have the normal police officers and the armed police officers
In America they have such easy access to guns that its reasonable they should carry guns. Its expected a suspect may be armed where uk its way more difficult to attain a gun so its unexpected. The kit is for the most common experience in each force
WE DON'T HAVE GUNS IN THE UK!!!!!!! It's very rare to have guns in the UK. It does happen SOMETIMES but not often like in America 😡😡😡😡😡😡 But we're PROUD of it!!!!
Uk firearms officer's are highly trained. Apart from protection which an be Royal, diplomatic, airport's, tourists attractions especially where military are involved also there are ministry of defence police (MOD police) which defend important and clarified military and defence establishments. There are police that patrol in armed response vehicles (ARV) who are generally armed with Glock 17 and MP5 carbine. They patrol cities and towns and amount of vehicles decent on the size of the areas and normally can respond to incidents in a mater of minutes. There us not to much problems from firearm related crime as restrictions on firearms is very stringent especially on high velocity, and hand guns have to be low velocity and of a size that makes it difficult to be concealed on a person shotguns are restricted to have no more than 2 cartridges loaded in them, semi auto weapons can be no more than .22 rim fire cartridges.
we have armed police in the uk but they are only called out if someone is suspected or has a weapon or weapons, most of the time the uk police are able to talk someone 'down' and are arrested without incident. A couple of years ago we had armed police and police dogs in our street the armed police were there just for precaution weren't needed in the end
Your police are all armed with a sidearm and a shotgun in the trunk. Most of ours don't...... but dont get it twisted. The ones who do are armed with mp5s shotguns and sidearms. Most of our police are very good at disarming a situation with words or physical combat. But the armed police? They are badasses not to be messed with
Firearms related incidents in the UK make up only 0.2% of all reported crime...as per the Firearms act (2015)
While UK police don’t routinely carry guns that doesn’t mean they are not available if needed. Quite a lot of police vehicles (more than the general public probably realise) are designated as armed response vehicles which means the police officers on board are specially trained and have guns locked in a special compartment in the car. While doing normal policing they wouldn’t remove the guns from the car but they would if they were going to be dealing with someone they believed may be armed.
The first time I visited the States, I was in San Francisco CA, and I saw a police officer carrying TWO guns openly, one on either side.
Whether the UK has far less CRIME than the USA is debatable, but the UK in the 20th & 21st centuries has always (during peacetime) had a far lower HOMICIDE rate than the USA.
That all said, in the Americas, I think only Canada, Chile and Uruguay have lower homicide rates than the USA. (I overlooked El Salvador (recent times only) and perhaps Nicaragua... - Ed.)
Yeah, just a taser... Mind you, they aim for the eyeball.
There are guns on the black market, if the nobbies are in that situation the armed police would teleport them selves instantly.
THe difference is training matters, too. As a member of the public, I would repeat peels 'rinciple with the phrase 'The public are the police'. (There are more principle sthan that, I am aware)
US police it's us vs them.
You don't believe New Jersey isn't that bad, allow me to introduce to you Trenton NJ
9:06 ffs 😂😂😂😂
Look at a video on our knife crime though. Especially glasgow
Our police haven't even had tasers in the near past.
If America wants to have police like ours, then your people need to be like ours, unarmed. Our worst threat is knife crime.
Not all police carry a Taser either. I don't think I've seen one locally carrying one for that matter
"I'll try to keep quiet."
If only!
To be fair, Tyler's not the only American🇺🇸 Reactor who suffers from verbal diarrhoea! (Steve: 'Reacting to my Roots' is a prime example) ...and many defend the habit by saying "they're reacting!" Hm...?! 🤔 (...but not all talk non-stop, do they...?!)
Maybe not watch him then.
@yazza5857
Brits (apparently) love sport...
Tyler "fits the bill" of a "spectator sport", and besides which, we can learn through _watching him_ _and with him_ ...
And, if he reads his comments section more often, as he asks us to "leave a like, or a comment..."
We could learn _from each other_ *...
(That means* _you_ too, Tyler, if you're reading these comments at all🇺🇸🤞?!)
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@@brigidsingleton1596 😂
We do have armed police in UK but they are a last resort if offenders have weapons