@@justinphillips8317 i wasn't complimenting this line of sarcasm. I was mentioning the laziness of lack of thought. There are some hitters, this one was definitely not one.
@@Birdylockso They also probably don't do much. They're out of their jurisdiction, which means they aren't actually allowed to work as police officers (their training is probably not on the same level as the training of the regular police they're embedded with, especially in European countries or Australia).
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo "their training is probably not on the same level as the training of the regular police they're embedded with, especially in European countries or Australia)." Some how I think the NY trained cops will be much more trigger happy, so it's a good thing that they may not get to carry a gun while "chilling" in these posts. I do hope someone could enlighten us as to what they do in these postings.
Imagine being on an airplane thinking you got away, only to have a fucking NYPD cop stop you in SINGAPORE. Guy must have thought he was having a nightmare or something.
You know you're doing something wrong when the CIA & FBI and people who wants to defund the police are on the same side of an issue. No police agency should work outside of their jurisdiction.
If the CIA has a problem with it, it's probably because they have their own terrorists or drug runners they worry NYPD officers will beat into a confession.
I think it's fine. Don't forget that NYC is the only megacity in the USA (LA is different and much smaller, it doesn't count) so there really isn't much to learn from domestically. IMO it makes perfect sense for cities at this kind of scale to work together to figure out how to tackle problems that are very much unique to them.
It's the other way around, if the CIA and FBI (aka mr overthrow your government and mr burn children alive) are saying you're doing something wrong, that's when you know you're doing something 100%, undeniably and objectively correct.
This deserved it's on full fledged video to be honest. The program, the funding and the roles the officers have is more than half, as interesting as you make it out to be.
Ok. one question: Liaising between police forces to cordinate law enforcement internationaly sounds like a generaly good idea. But why does the NYPD have to do it on its own? Wouldn't it be great if we could create an official organisation - 'cough' Interpol 'cough' - that would do that in a more formalised official and internationaly respected way, so that individual police forces don't have to do it themselfes?
He gave several examples, including the "Mom", not to mention the CIA, FBI, Interpol,... NYPD being international is just a redundancy. This situation reminds of Sicario, where CIA agents need to dupe an FBI agent so they can "legally" operate between borders in Mexico.
As someone who has worked for the federal government overseas, a couple of local cops trying to interact with the host nation government trying to act like they have some sort of authority absolutely blows my mind. It can cause so much confusion and so many nightmare scenarios that have real political consequences.
3:57 damn... I'm Indonesian and I wasn't aware the NYPD was there. Interesting fact: because of the Bali bombing, the Indonesian Police founded their own Anti Terrorism unit called Densus 88 (Special Detachment 88), through funding from the US and Australia. Fun fact: it was supposed to be called Densus ATA (Anti Terrorism Act), but the senior Indonesian official misheard it for "88", he agreed right away. Typical Asian culture, the other junior officials didn't dare correcting the guy 😂
This video gave me the same vibes as these action movies where officers either get kicked off the force or operate outside their jurisdiction and for some reason get away with all sorts of crimes because of the cause that they accomplish in the end.
"federal government contractor" I love the vagueness of this phrase. The federal government has millions of different contracts across hundreds of different industries and practices. It could be anything! My favorite are the Tech Support Specialists for Raytheon. One week you can be in Waltham Ma and next you're at Point Marianne, British Indian Ocean Territory. Wild stuff
@@jacksevert3099 My father was a contractor for Raytheon back in the 80s & 90s, and I can vouch for this. He went from usually working around Metro Boston, to spending months at a time in Amchitka, Alaska or Kwajelein in the Marshall Islands.
@@William0271 Eh this channel isn't meant to be nuanced political commentary so I think it's fine that the script writer just throws in blanket opinions without explanation or caveat. Like if I say "Affirmative Action is stupid" that would probably get me an argument and a half and maybe pinned as racist, but I'm really only going to need to clarify that I think that affirmative action could be done in a better way and that the current system doesn't work as intended when it's in a conversation where it matters that I be specific
@@benpowell5348 no no no. Bad! Get in your cage. We all know you don't even attempt to listen to...gasp, nuance. Eeww fucking gross. I should just stop right there, before we get all excited and start acting like context matters, as well. All jokes aside, take a day to fully commit to attempting to notice all the generalizations we are flooded with on a daily basis. It's overwhelming. It's almost as if they don't want you to see the opposing side as human, as you are, but instead would rather label them as evil miscreants and anyone who even THINKS similar thoughts also falls under the same generalization and is equally bad. It's almost comical, you'll see people argue with a straight face that someone who holds conservative beliefs wants a gigantic authoritarian government controlling their every move. y'know, the people who constantly bitch about wanting as little govt as possible? As if that's not a gigantic oxymoron. But it's not just against conservatives, either, it's all across the board. We're reaching the endgame nowadays. Look at how people will refuse to even speak to someone whos ideas oppose them. I mean, if you're a gigantic, corrupt organization controlling the wealthiest nation in the world, I couldn't imagine youd wish for a population in any other state than how we are now. FAAAAAAAR easier to control the narrative and discredit and discourage any real critical thinking. Oh and, y'know, that pesky lil thing called unity. When the plebs realize they outnumber the elites. But that won't happen, not when everyone sees jimbo down the block as their real greatest threat and enemy. Meanwhile backdoor deals get signed, more laws added to the books, and you can't even slather yourself in Vaseline and inch down the block pretending you're a slug anymore without people going "Oh it's indecent exposure! "He's exposing the kids" Oh yeah Nancy? Well maybe your shit for brains toddler shouldn't be in my slime trail path. Anyway. Yeah shits pretty fucked man.
@@evil993 Yep. People say "ah we'll be ready with our guns and our freedom when the government becomes corrupt and tries to take away our rights", or "ah if we hold enough protests and voting campaigns we can get permanent change" but guys, the war against is already raging on. It has been. And they're winning already. You've already been tricked to one side of another, and everyone's been shoved farther right than is normal, alternatively shoving some people far left without realizing which things are gonna work that are over in that range of politics or not. When the already corrupt government wants to take your rights, they don't do it where you can see for the most part, they don't do it with guns or laws that make the news, they do it with quiet bills passed through bribery in congress and propoganda everywhere else, and they've already engineered us to be unable to ever even have the principles of character that would allow us to rise up and change something. All hope isn't lost, but we're certainly farther from it than many believe, and not accepting that only makes it worse
Why is everyone ignoring the state purpose that this allows them to learn from others and exchange methods and experiences. It could be beneficial from both sides. They aren't there to arrest people.
@@wyskass861 Except that… they are. A learning and cooperation programme is excellent, and most police departments worldwide would benefit from it. But that’s not what this is. This is literally putting officers in other countries and giving them the same powers as at home. And yes, it’s very much working outside their jurisdiction. I’m pretty neutral on this issue, but I can definitely see why critics don’t like it.
@@12D_D21 "the same powers as at home" wtf are you talking about? And why tf would 17 people agree with you?? They don't have the same powers as at home. They don't have any power in these foreign countries. They solely rely on the local police voluntarily sharing information with them. The NYPD officers don't have any power in foreign countries. They are only there to exchange information with the local police.
@@wyskass861 There should be a police exchange program, run and funded by the DOJ and the State Department, and should embed in the police departments in the cities they are in, not privately funded and organized, and operating independently from the local police. If any other country did this to the US we would have a fit.
Ok, I get it. An NYPD police officer caught a criminal fleeing from NY to Singapore. Great success. We see it works great, so let’s scale it up, and have police officers from all major cities of the world, be stationed in all other cities in the world. So they can also catch criminals moving from London to Miami, Zurich to Mumbai, Beijing to Oslo etc… What a great idea! But I’m still not convinced…
The USA would never tolerate other countries to station foreign cops in their country. The USA only seeks to establish soft/hard power in the nations where its police, secret service and military operate. Allowing the reverse would defeat the purpose.
So... the NYPD is basically operating like if they were Interpol, without having any authority or international treaties to back them up to legally do so?
@@tictac2therevenge291 Nashville's is pretty alright. There's been a few incidents in recent memory but as far as I can tell the Chief has done an ok job at hashing it out and making things right. Not defending every action they make, just on a US scale MNPD seems like "not the worst". Which is admittedly sad that that's the best description possible.
@@unknownz1238 True enough, if by disappearing, you mean they're killed and it's not a secret. The main difference to western countries is what crimes get the needle. I'm not here to agree with it, but if you don't get caught with Heroin, you probably won't get killed.
@@Gokaes The NYPD have investigated and found out this truly was a very vivid suicide with no external interference or coercion from outside parties showing that Sam and only Sam was in his room tonight and out of nowhere shot himself in the back of the head 2 times.
I do think the idea of an international police exchange program would be pretty cool. Having police officers work in another country for a while seems like a good way to increase experience and compare different strategies and philosophies around policing. Difference is, they'd be essentially like foreign exchange students, under the authority and control of their host police force. Having police officers in other countries still under the authority of their home country (except under specific circumstances like border preclearance, international transit and mutual agreement) does sound like a recipe for trouble.
I'm worried at the prospect of global police more likely taking lessons from US cops than vice versa considering the whole global hegemon power dynamic at play
5 million? active duty and reserve military. Maybe. At least the Department of Defense says so. but I think 10th is a reasonable number. approximately 500,000 troops.
@@jeffreypierson2064 good point lol, I'm pretty sure any person from any country that borders that particular neighbor, * cough cough * Would have reason to worry
@@saultrevino2491 the money explicitly goes to the program, that's what you're donating too, if that Arab prince wanted to donate directly to the NYPD nothing is stopping him, if the NYPD used his money for normal police things it's called charity fraud
@@KingDogYT Yeah, but they could make the same founding for lacal activities, tho since it seems shady it probably wouldn't attract many investors. Tbh I wouldn't have much of a problem if it weren't for the fact that litterally nobody wants them there lol
I mean, it is a good idea, but it should be broader. Rather than just the NYPD, there should be an INTERnational POLice organization of some type to share that kind of information between police agencies. But what would you call it?
As a South African I find it hard to believe there’s a police station here that outnumbers the NYPD. Heck, just calling any station is a pain, and it’s a running joke in the country that the stations can’t help you in a crisis because they don’t have vehicles available 😑
@@kaitlyn__L NYPD showed up in literally 5 seconds when my manager at work called on a shoplifter, tbh it depends on what precinct and if u are in a rich area
@@icarus2k My grandmother got into a car accident right outside the precinct building in a rich area and it took 5 hours and a call from someone my dad knows with powerful connections within NYPD just for a cop to walk across the street and write a report. And I know countless other stories of them taking forever to respond
It’s great to know that Adam Chase came up with the gem, “Critics have been more critical”. Eh not everything that comes out his pen is excellent, even if he is easy on the eyes…
@@adog3129 there is some confusion going on. Wendover, the company, produces videos for at least three channels: Half as Interesting, Jetlag, and Wendover Productions (the channel) Adam works for Wendover, the company, and has worked on all three Wendover Production channels.
Decades-long, unaccountable, extra-legal "police actions" for the benefit of shady authoritarian forces and justified by vague jingoism seems pretty traditionally Amerikan to me.
They have no power, they can’t police another country. They’re basically paid to LARP as a cop in a foreign country. If they tried to arrest anyone they’d be committing a crime
Singaporean here, can confirm that Singapore is indeed a country where normal country things happen. For example, existing for no reason other than to be in the Top 10 Awesome List of countries of all time.
Not the same at all but it reminds me of how we have US Border Protection officers here in Canada, stationed at Canadian airports and cruise ship terminals.
At least Half As Interesting had the decency to put his promotional ad at the end of the video and not at the beginning. 👍👍 Which is why I watched it all the way through. 👍👍
Being from nyc and living here for all 20 years of my existence I’d like to apologize on behalf of my city to the 14 countries where the nypd are stationed
Maybe grow up, learn what the program actually is and not the BS in this video and then comment. These cops did not just show up, they were invited by these countries and act as liasons.
the thing is i live in one of the country where the nypd is stationed and but the thing is i never see one of them b4 like how small can singapore be huh
Going and just observing and reporting back seems like a great idea, not assuming your approach is the best just because it's yours, but instead having a look around to see what innovations others have made, and areas where there approach works better than yours.
I had a coworker who had been deployed tell me about this. I had no idea this was a thing before that. It still makes little sense to me, but so do a lot of things.
1:20 besides the fact that I'm sure the comment section is going to respond in a very civil manner to that map, that's nowhere near where both tel aviv and lyon are, the tel aviv one is worse but the lyon one isn't great either
As a Singaporean, we curb terrorism by removing trashcans in close proximity to our MRT stations to prevent MRT stations from being targets. The idea, I guess, is so that the MRT stations have less area to hide a black duffel bag containing definitely not cash. Not too sure what the NYPD can learn from this to apply to anti-terrorism and encourage littering, but 😁.
Does Singapore have the same culture of collective responsibility as Japan? Because I know in Japan you just take your would-be litter home to put in the garbage there, and North America has nowhere near the culture that would make that possible.
@@sblack53 just like in USA, canada, and basically 99% of other countries. Some dirtbags litter, others don't. Some follow no smoking signs, other don't. I would say MUCH better than SFO or LA, a bit better than most of USA, worse than japan.
00:48 Liaison, comes from de French word Liaison which means "connection" between two parties. And in french the letters "ai" together make the sound \ɛ\.
You definitely predicted some salty comments correctly lmao. Some saying it’s totally justified, others saying it’s not news at all who seem almost angry that they knew it already. Heck I know about plenty of things you make other videos about, but I’m not like “this isn’t news if you’ve been paying attention”, that’s not what this channel is about. It’s interesting factoids (in the modern sense rather than the original one), not news!
The Sylvester Stallone movie Cop Land is about a group of crooked NYPD cops who have their own fiefdom over the river in Garrison NJ. In the end credits there's a disclaimer stating that it is against state law for NYPD officers to reside outside New York state. I guess they relaxed that rule, huh?
Looking at it, i got the feeling some people may say that it is no different to China when it comes to police forces stationed across the world as well (whether or not these allegations are true).
Man, when the _CIA_ is telling you to chill out because you don't have jurisdiction in foreign countries, it's probably best to just go home and hope you're not in too much trouble already. I don't know much about this particular controversy but this program seems like a scandal waiting to happen.
A. We don’t need a privately funded police force, that’s what the bad idea for multiple reasons. B. We don’t need police, violating their jurisdiction and going international, we have Interpol for a reason.
If Batman can act as cop at night in Gotham City and catch the joker, I am pretty sure NYPD can find a joker on streets of Singapore, for chewing a gum.
So NYC, which has barely any penalty for violent crime and thus has a huge issue with rise of crime, stations their police in one of the safest countries that gives death penalty for weed.
I would like to know what local governments think about this Like catching that criminal in Singapore is great but why couldn’t that be done by collaborating with the Singapore police & how can they have the power to catch someone in Singapore, like isn’t that the equivalent of me just walking up to someone & saying they’re under arrest
The NYPD is basically a military at this point New York could declare independence tomorrow and have the NYPD as it's military and have one of the largest militaries in the world
Presumably the second i got there from english linguists in the 18th century, occasionally adding letters to give english the looking different touch. I guess they were afraid that before germans could read and understand english without problems and french more or less too.
The army of Vietnam used to be in the top five. If you count all active personnel and reservists, then in some estimates it has THE biggest army in the world. Paper pushers count, too😉
The title, yeah i read about this in a security studies textbook once. Theyre all over the world, but it didnt give much detail because the chapter wasnt really about that
@@JamesBond-xx1lv tbh i dont remember anymore but it was in the beginning chapters of Security Studies: An Introduction by Paul D. Williams. But hopefully a man with your username would already know that.
@@readjordan2257 This is security we're talking about, so you should have paid more attention and remembered the details. All of them... Especially the main focus. Did you fail?
@@JamesBond-xx1lv fail what? I read nonfiction textbooks for fun. Fiction bores me like hell. I forgot because i decided to actually prepare for the SAT...for fun as well.
@@readjordan2257 I didn't bother to ask my coworker in MI6 anything about you before. I assumed you were reading the book for a professional education. Sorry to hear that you're just a dork.
Is it staffed by serving nypd officers? Are their salaries by nypd or the liaison office. If they’re not funded by nypd then aren’t they allowed to affiliate with nypd and use their computer systems? Seems like a big conflict of interest and security risk on many levels. Maybe a New Yorkers should protest to find out a bit more about what’s going on here.
Dude I’ve read that audible suggestion! What a fantastic book on how to drive wedges into the system to get your way has been indispensable to my career
While it seems like a crazy setup we can't really judge its usefulness without having the facts of what they have done over the years. If this liaison system has stopped or helped to stop even one terrorist attack or serious crime then surely it's worth it?
They did something like this (stationing officers overseas ) during prohibition. One NYPD officer was killed in Italy; in the line of duty, during that period. He remains the only NYPD officer to die overseas in the line of duty.
@@ttsweee how about giving back the millions of dollars that were defunded back in 2020. The money has been sitting as a city surplus until they get public support back to increase it back to what it was. It’s not gone, it’s just sitting collecting dust in a vault.
stationing your local police force worldwide is american af
Loads of countries have similar programmes tbh
@@123ricardo210 Not by -local- police forces though. The national police - yes.
@@user-lv6rn9cf8m NYPD is larger than most national police forces
NYPD opening their first base on the moon in 3 years
here in South Africa we got Chinese.. but whatever no any police can help this hopeless country 😂
"Critics, have been more critical", the writers really put a lot effort into that one lol
Thanks captain obvious 😉 this must be your first video you have watched for HAI
*whooooosh*
welcome to half as interesting
@@justinphillips8317 i wasn't complimenting this line of sarcasm. I was mentioning the laziness of lack of thought. There are some hitters, this one was definitely not one.
Yeah he uses an online synonym generator by the same turds who supply his half-assed stock video footage!
"facts have never stopped the NYPD before" so true
😂🤣
Yeah, if Sam reads this comment, I'd love to see Wendover tackle this in-depth.
It must be one of the cushiest jobs in the world, imagine all the expat package?! I imagine one must know people to get that posting.
@@Birdylockso They also probably don't do much. They're out of their jurisdiction, which means they aren't actually allowed to work as police officers (their training is probably not on the same level as the training of the regular police they're embedded with, especially in European countries or Australia).
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo "their training is probably not on the same level as the training of the regular police they're embedded with, especially in European countries or Australia)."
Some how I think the NY trained cops will be much more trigger happy, so it's a good thing that they may not get to carry a gun while "chilling" in these posts. I do hope someone could enlighten us as to what they do in these postings.
Imagine being on an airplane thinking you got away, only to have a fucking NYPD cop stop you in SINGAPORE. Guy must have thought he was having a nightmare or something.
running to singapore is probably the worst idea after a crime because you have nowhere to hide and the laws are a lot more strict
The guy murdered a child. He should have been fed to a wood chipper.
@@AungTH1 he flew to Bankok, Thailand but the NYPD cop travelled there from singapore
@@____-pb1lg im just replying to the comment. yea in the video it said the guy flew to thailand
Also its an administrative center for interpol so not a great country to try and escape the police internationally
4:02 the NYPD officers were probably equally as astonished when the Indonesian officers starting speaking Italian and making hand gestures 😂😂😂
@@Ronaldo-eu1nz get a life, stop spamming people
Yeah and the names of the Indonesian officers who greeted them were Vinny, Pauly, Tony and Giani.
@@trekkienzl2862 could be true… since Indonesian names usually end with -ny -do -to -ya… 😂
@@trekkienzl2862 I know Indonesians with those names (well, not Pauly), so that could legitimately happen lmao
Speaking Malaya in New York accent which becomes trendy, known as Jarksel.
You know you're doing something wrong when the CIA & FBI and people who wants to defund the police are on the same side of an issue.
No police agency should work outside of their jurisdiction.
Why wouldn't it be useful for them to learn from other locations to help do a better job at home.?
Or maybe the FBI & CIA don't like the idea of having competition for executive force being applied outside of jurisdictions.
If the CIA has a problem with it, it's probably because they have their own terrorists or drug runners they worry NYPD officers will beat into a confession.
I think it's fine. Don't forget that NYC is the only megacity in the USA (LA is different and much smaller, it doesn't count) so there really isn't much to learn from domestically. IMO it makes perfect sense for cities at this kind of scale to work together to figure out how to tackle problems that are very much unique to them.
It's the other way around, if the CIA and FBI (aka mr overthrow your government and mr burn children alive) are saying you're doing something wrong, that's when you know you're doing something 100%, undeniably and objectively correct.
This deserved it's on full fledged video to be honest. The program, the funding and the roles the officers have is more than half, as interesting as you make it out to be.
Agreed ^
more than half?? but what, less than 100% as interesting? This comment makes no sense at all. How did 302 people agree I'm so confused
@@TeeGeeOfficial do you know the name of this channel...?
Ok. one question:
Liaising between police forces to cordinate law enforcement internationaly sounds like a generaly good idea.
But why does the NYPD have to do it on its own?
Wouldn't it be great if we could create an official organisation - 'cough' Interpol 'cough' - that would do that in a more formalised official and internationaly respected way, so that individual police forces don't have to do it themselfes?
Because they are Americans and on top of that New Yorkers.
He gave several examples, including the "Mom", not to mention the CIA, FBI, Interpol,... NYPD being international is just a redundancy. This situation reminds of Sicario, where CIA agents need to dupe an FBI agent so they can "legally" operate between borders in Mexico.
Funny you should say that, Interpol has an international command & coordination office in Singapore.
Interpol is a global police database and not an actual law enforcement agency.
@@Breitiger Why do we even need the FBI, CIA, Interpol, or even other local police departments. Only NYPD, It's all NYC now!
As someone who has worked for the federal government overseas, a couple of local cops trying to interact with the host nation government trying to act like they have some sort of authority absolutely blows my mind. It can cause so much confusion and so many nightmare scenarios that have real political consequences.
That program needs to be abolished immediately! It's unconstitutional to begin with.
3:57 damn... I'm Indonesian and I wasn't aware the NYPD was there. Interesting fact: because of the Bali bombing, the Indonesian Police founded their own Anti Terrorism unit called Densus 88 (Special Detachment 88), through funding from the US and Australia. Fun fact: it was supposed to be called Densus ATA (Anti Terrorism Act), but the senior Indonesian official misheard it for "88", he agreed right away. Typical Asian culture, the other junior officials didn't dare correcting the guy 😂
You should make the local NYPD in your area violently aware they aren’t wanted there
How do they explain the "88" part now?🤣 What does it "stand for"?
Good thing it has no negative connotation @@FrozenBusChannel
@@FrozenBusChannelWe here in SEA love random numbers.
This video gave me the same vibes as these action movies where officers either get kicked off the force or operate outside their jurisdiction and for some reason get away with all sorts of crimes because of the cause that they accomplish in the end.
Sam, I think this is the weirdest thing you have ever told me about. I am a federal government contractor and I am extremely confused.
"federal government contractor" I love the vagueness of this phrase. The federal government has millions of different contracts across hundreds of different industries and practices. It could be anything! My favorite are the Tech Support Specialists for Raytheon. One week you can be in Waltham Ma and next you're at Point Marianne, British Indian Ocean Territory. Wild stuff
@@jacksevert3099 The more vague they are, the more you can guess the sort of things they're doing.
@@jacksevert3099 vaguenesses is the governemnts middle name (not really but you get what i mean)
@@verdatum im a person
@@jacksevert3099 My father was a contractor for Raytheon back in the 80s & 90s, and I can vouch for this. He went from usually working around Metro Boston, to spending months at a time in Amchitka, Alaska or Kwajelein in the Marshall Islands.
I love when the distaste bleeds through heavily and is only veiled as mockery it's so entertaining
@@William0271 lib, owned!
But, that would mean he's gonna become a major news network! Or, an average UA-cam commenter.
@@William0271 Eh this channel isn't meant to be nuanced political commentary so I think it's fine that the script writer just throws in blanket opinions without explanation or caveat. Like if I say "Affirmative Action is stupid" that would probably get me an argument and a half and maybe pinned as racist, but I'm really only going to need to clarify that I think that affirmative action could be done in a better way and that the current system doesn't work as intended when it's in a conversation where it matters that I be specific
@@benpowell5348 no no no. Bad! Get in your cage. We all know you don't even attempt to listen to...gasp, nuance. Eeww fucking gross. I should just stop right there, before we get all excited and start acting like context matters, as well.
All jokes aside, take a day to fully commit to attempting to notice all the generalizations we are flooded with on a daily basis. It's overwhelming. It's almost as if they don't want you to see the opposing side as human, as you are, but instead would rather label them as evil miscreants and anyone who even THINKS similar thoughts also falls under the same generalization and is equally bad. It's almost comical, you'll see people argue with a straight face that someone who holds conservative beliefs wants a gigantic authoritarian government controlling their every move. y'know, the people who constantly bitch about wanting as little govt as possible? As if that's not a gigantic oxymoron. But it's not just against conservatives, either, it's all across the board. We're reaching the endgame nowadays. Look at how people will refuse to even speak to someone whos ideas oppose them. I mean, if you're a gigantic, corrupt organization controlling the wealthiest nation in the world, I couldn't imagine youd wish for a population in any other state than how we are now. FAAAAAAAR easier to control the narrative and discredit and discourage any real critical thinking. Oh and, y'know, that pesky lil thing called unity. When the plebs realize they outnumber the elites. But that won't happen, not when everyone sees jimbo down the block as their real greatest threat and enemy. Meanwhile backdoor deals get signed, more laws added to the books, and you can't even slather yourself in Vaseline and inch down the block pretending you're a slug anymore without people going
"Oh it's indecent exposure! "He's exposing the kids"
Oh yeah Nancy? Well maybe your shit for brains toddler shouldn't be in my slime trail path.
Anyway. Yeah shits pretty fucked man.
@@evil993 Yep. People say "ah we'll be ready with our guns and our freedom when the government becomes corrupt and tries to take away our rights", or "ah if we hold enough protests and voting campaigns we can get permanent change" but guys, the war against is already raging on. It has been. And they're winning already. You've already been tricked to one side of another, and everyone's been shoved farther right than is normal, alternatively shoving some people far left without realizing which things are gonna work that are over in that range of politics or not. When the already corrupt government wants to take your rights, they don't do it where you can see for the most part, they don't do it with guns or laws that make the news, they do it with quiet bills passed through bribery in congress and propoganda everywhere else, and they've already engineered us to be unable to ever even have the principles of character that would allow us to rise up and change something. All hope isn't lost, but we're certainly farther from it than many believe, and not accepting that only makes it worse
Watching this before the end and I'm thinking to myself isn't that what the FBI and CIA are for.
Nope, the FBI is for domestic federal crime and the CIA is for destabilizing any foreign country that is successfully doing socialism.
Why is everyone ignoring the state purpose that this allows them to learn from others and exchange methods and experiences. It could be beneficial from both sides. They aren't there to arrest people.
@@wyskass861 Except that… they are. A learning and cooperation programme is excellent, and most police departments worldwide would benefit from it. But that’s not what this is. This is literally putting officers in other countries and giving them the same powers as at home. And yes, it’s very much working outside their jurisdiction.
I’m pretty neutral on this issue, but I can definitely see why critics don’t like it.
@@12D_D21 "the same powers as at home" wtf are you talking about?
And why tf would 17 people agree with you??
They don't have the same powers as at home. They don't have any power in these foreign countries.
They solely rely on the local police voluntarily sharing information with them.
The NYPD officers don't have any power in foreign countries.
They are only there to exchange information with the local police.
@@wyskass861 There should be a police exchange program, run and funded by the DOJ and the State Department, and should embed in the police departments in the cities they are in, not privately funded and organized, and operating independently from the local police. If any other country did this to the US we would have a fit.
Ok, I get it. An NYPD police officer caught a criminal fleeing from NY to Singapore. Great success.
We see it works great, so let’s scale it up, and have police officers from all major cities of the world, be stationed in all other cities in the world. So they can also catch criminals moving from London to Miami, Zurich to Mumbai, Beijing to Oslo etc…
What a great idea! But I’m still not convinced…
*bankok
*Interpol has joined the chat*
The office is there to gather information about terrorist activities in the region to prevent the terrorists reaching NY or other parts of US.
Brazil, Morocco, London to Ibiza
Straight to LA, New York, Vegas to Africa
The USA would never tolerate other countries to station foreign cops in their country. The USA only seeks to establish soft/hard power in the nations where its police, secret service and military operate. Allowing the reverse would defeat the purpose.
So... the NYPD is basically operating like if they were Interpol, without having any authority or international treaties to back them up to legally do so?
Damn, if the US had to export a police force they could've at least exported a good one.
Zing! Good one, but are those even a thing?
@@NotThatGuy_YepThatGuy not in the US
So none of theirs
@@tictac2therevenge291 Nashville's is pretty alright. There's been a few incidents in recent memory but as far as I can tell the Chief has done an ok job at hashing it out and making things right. Not defending every action they make, just on a US scale MNPD seems like "not the worst". Which is admittedly sad that that's the best description possible.
@@NotThatGuy_YepThatGuy Yes. Most of them.
You uploaded at the EXACT same time as Real Life Lore
youtubers schedule their videos to hit key time slots
I’m sure they know. They’re cool with each other lol
I am sure you just upload it then tell youtube when to show it so the creator can go on vacation or give your patrons pre access
...whoa, that one is totally news to me. Seems like a very odd project fitting in with other bizarre projects relating to US police forces.
Can you tell me what is that flag ive seen it in the street dont know what it means tho
@@jebipasadegene the flag of ligmania
@@jebipasadegene its the bisexual flag
@@jebipasadegene Bisexual flag, a flag a part of the LGBT where it represents someone who is sexually attracted to men and women
@@SiPakRubah And as abridged Perfect Cell would say, that technicolor rainbow in between
Fun fact: Vietnam's army includes it's police, who almost never kill anyone before their trial.
After the trial is a different story
@@DJstarrfish
After the trail the people seemingly always go missing for some reason…
@@unknownz1238 True enough, if by disappearing, you mean they're killed and it's not a secret. The main difference to western countries is what crimes get the needle. I'm not here to agree with it, but if you don't get caught with Heroin, you probably won't get killed.
@@unknownz1238 I think he is referring to the Death Penalty. Well I think. Vietnam probably still has that kind of punishment.
@@unknownz1238 they go to prison if they are guilty, if that's what you are insinuating.
So sad to hear about Sam's suicide tomorrow night following the posting of this video.
Genuinely a tragedy that in no way involved the NYPD.
NYPD has taken it upon themselves to solve this crime, although it is outside their jurisdiction
@@Gokaes The NYPD have investigated and found out this truly was a very vivid suicide with no external interference or coercion from outside parties showing that Sam and only Sam was in his room tonight and out of nowhere shot himself in the back of the head 2 times.
Who is sam?
@@luisa.espinoza48 Sam makes these videos.
Wouldn't be surprised if NYPD officers responded to a potential report of an Oil deposit
Naw, that is the CIA.
I do think the idea of an international police exchange program would be pretty cool. Having police officers work in another country for a while seems like a good way to increase experience and compare different strategies and philosophies around policing. Difference is, they'd be essentially like foreign exchange students, under the authority and control of their host police force. Having police officers in other countries still under the authority of their home country (except under specific circumstances like border preclearance, international transit and mutual agreement) does sound like a recipe for trouble.
I'm worried at the prospect of global police more likely taking lessons from US cops than vice versa considering the whole global hegemon power dynamic at play
So you would have absolutely no problem being pulled over and arrested by a French or Mexican police officer in your hometown. Got it.
This happens all the time with something called “interpool”
@@dangerous1580 Exactly what I was going to mention.
@@dangerous1580 Does Interpol have an exchange program? I was not aware of one.
I'm a Vietnamese and this is the first time I learnt that Vietnam has the 7th largest army in the world, wtf?
5 million? active duty and reserve military. Maybe. At least the Department of Defense says so. but I think 10th is a reasonable number. approximately 500,000 troops.
Remember your neighbor to the North? They invaded in 1979 and have a large military.
@@jeffreypierson2064 good point lol, I'm pretty sure any person from any country that borders that particular neighbor,
* cough cough *
Would have reason to worry
9th largest active duty in the world in 2022, but huge number of reservists.
Kinda brings new meaning to the term "policing the world"
I always did regard the U.S as playing world police.
No, it doesn’t bring a new term to *policing the world.* It clarifies we police the world 🤦♂️
The NYPD loves spending money on anything except doing their job or protecting and serving
I'm happy to announce ( by watching the video) that it's all privately funded, so your money is safe
@@technetium9653 Doesn't change the fact that they could be expending that money and effort in their actual job
@@saultrevino2491 once again... Privately funded. Money doesnt goto the NY NYPD but to the program.
@@saultrevino2491 the money explicitly goes to the program, that's what you're donating too, if that Arab prince wanted to donate directly to the NYPD nothing is stopping him, if the NYPD used his money for normal police things it's called charity fraud
@@KingDogYT Yeah, but they could make the same founding for lacal activities, tho since it seems shady it probably wouldn't attract many investors. Tbh I wouldn't have much of a problem if it weren't for the fact that litterally nobody wants them there lol
I mean, it is a good idea, but it should be broader. Rather than just the NYPD, there should be an INTERnational POLice organization of some type to share that kind of information between police agencies. But what would you call it?
Hence the NYPD officer being stationed in Lyon, France.
National ICE?
@@davidb5205NICE
Nah
As a South African I find it hard to believe there’s a police station here that outnumbers the NYPD. Heck, just calling any station is a pain, and it’s a running joke in the country that the stations can’t help you in a crisis because they don’t have vehicles available 😑
TBH even the NYPD doesn’t help in a crisis, they show up hours (at BEST) later and talk about how they can’t help you
@@kaitlyn__L NYPD showed up in literally 5 seconds when my manager at work called on a shoplifter, tbh it depends on what precinct and if u are in a rich area
South Africa is a beautiful country with kind people that has been bastardized by evilness and corruption by officials.
@@icarus2k My grandmother got into a car accident right outside the precinct building in a rich area and it took 5 hours and a call from someone my dad knows with powerful connections within NYPD just for a cop to walk across the street and write a report.
And I know countless other stories of them taking forever to respond
@@armadillolover99 Doubt that
I thought the "NYPD is the 7th largest army" thing was based on budget, not manpower. Is it accurate from that perspective?
Yes vietnam only has $5.5 billion as military budget compered to the nypd's $10 billion.
I mean a big rich country has a lot of money to waste
@@odoimia Good grief, how much is that per officer? That must be the most inefficient ratios in the world for dollars to armed man.
The NYPD has an annual budget larger than many small countries.
@@odoimia wtf are they spending all of that money on
“Facts haven’t stopped the NYPD before” 😂😂
It would be surreal to flee the police only to have the same police waiting for you on the other side of the planet
😳
It’s great to know that Adam Chase came up with the gem, “Critics have been more critical”. Eh not everything that comes out his pen is excellent, even if he is easy on the eyes…
i like how his linkedin lists his employer as wendover and not hai
@@adog3129 eh. HAI is a Wendover production, so they are his employer.
@@NickCBax lol, ofc not. one makes videos about random facts and the other makes videos about planes
@@adog3129
there is some confusion going on. Wendover, the company, produces videos for at least three channels: Half as Interesting, Jetlag, and Wendover Productions (the channel)
Adam works for Wendover, the company, and has worked on all three Wendover Production channels.
@@NickCBax idk what you're talking about dude. sam from wendover and sam from hai don't get along at all, they'd never work together.
Decades-long, unaccountable, extra-legal "police actions" for the benefit of shady authoritarian forces and justified by vague jingoism seems pretty traditionally Amerikan to me.
Happens for all countries, so...
@@tevarinvagabond1192 United Fruit didn't topple governments for "all countries."
They have no power, they can’t police another country. They’re basically paid to LARP as a cop in a foreign country. If they tried to arrest anyone they’d be committing a crime
Singaporean here, can confirm that Singapore is indeed a country where normal country things happen. For example, existing for no reason other than to be in the Top 10 Awesome List of countries of all time.
Isn't Singapore a province of China?
@@tambakoverlanders , Clear no. It is a small country in South East Asia, South of Malaysia.
@@tambakoverlanders yes it is
@@linhwang6651 guy's from SG, I'm certain this is just a troll or joke
@@tambakoverlanders nah boy China IS THE province of Singapore. Wake up.
Not the same at all but it reminds me of how we have US Border Protection officers here in Canada, stationed at Canadian airports and cruise ship terminals.
I literally have an annotated copy of The Power Broker on the book shelf five feet from me. So was surprised I already read the book you named.
As a Singaporean I can confirm that Singapore is a country.
We are indeed one of the countries of all time
That's crazy
I am almost certain you are mistaken.
At least Half As Interesting had the decency to put his promotional ad at the end of the video and not at the beginning. 👍👍
Which is why I watched it all the way through. 👍👍
Being from nyc and living here for all 20 years of my existence I’d like to apologize on behalf of my city to the 14 countries where the nypd are stationed
Heck im in one of the country where NYPD is stationed and didnt even know about this. Freaking wild.
@@deathempire70 same
Maybe grow up, learn what the program actually is and not the BS in this video and then comment. These cops did not just show up, they were invited by these countries and act as liasons.
the thing is i live in one of the country where the nypd is stationed and but the thing is i never see one of them b4 like how small can singapore be huh
@@psychocadet still wild that a NYC cop is in another country.
All things aside,that ad's opening was smooth like butter
Last time I was this early Half as Interesting was still completely interesting
Going and just observing and reporting back seems like a great idea, not assuming your approach is the best just because it's yours, but instead having a look around to see what innovations others have made, and areas where there approach works better than yours.
*their
You know you can edit comments right ?
@@shigekax *right?
@@andymiller6661 actually I'm french and we put a space between words and "!" or "?"
@@shigekax Good for you. Yet you're writing in English, which has different rules and such.
POV: you are looking for the firestorm in the comments
how did you know
0:48
This second "i" got in there due to the goddam french!
Liaison is a french term for well, links and exanges
*CIA:* "Hey! _We_ are the one supposed to destabilize governments and give the U.S. a bad and untrustworthy reputation abroad, not you!"
I had a coworker who had been deployed tell me about this. I had no idea this was a thing before that. It still makes little sense to me, but so do a lot of things.
As a South African 🇿🇦 I can’t tell you how weird it feels seeing the badge of our police services on Half as interesting
1:20 besides the fact that I'm sure the comment section is going to respond in a very civil manner to that map, that's nowhere near where both tel aviv and lyon are, the tel aviv one is worse but the lyon one isn't great either
The Lyon one is frankly alright.
The map almost feels like a deliberate wind up
As a Singaporean, we curb terrorism by removing trashcans in close proximity to our MRT stations to prevent MRT stations from being targets. The idea, I guess, is so that the MRT stations have less area to hide a black duffel bag containing definitely not cash. Not too sure what the NYPD can learn from this to apply to anti-terrorism and encourage littering, but 😁.
what they can learn is how to make nyc's metro system a more pleasant experience for riders
that explains the pile of smokes in all the bushes around the MRT stations, no trashcans near by :D
Does Singapore have the same culture of collective responsibility as Japan? Because I know in Japan you just take your would-be litter home to put in the garbage there, and North America has nowhere near the culture that would make that possible.
@@sblack53 No. I think we still have _some people_ who litter.
@@sblack53 just like in USA, canada, and basically 99% of other countries. Some dirtbags litter, others don't. Some follow no smoking signs, other don't.
I would say MUCH better than SFO or LA, a bit better than most of USA, worse than japan.
That little cop doing a Fortnite dance made me laugh a lot for some reason 😂
And it still took a year to get a police report from the NYPD when his camera was stolen to claim on the insurance.
00:48
Liaison, comes from de French word Liaison which means "connection" between two parties. And in french the letters "ai" together make the sound \ɛ\.
It sounds like a pretty sweet gig for the officers that get sent, though
0:45 "...a phrase I misspell every time I type it..." including just a moment prior at 0:42, which is either a great joke or a great irony.
You definitely predicted some salty comments correctly lmao. Some saying it’s totally justified, others saying it’s not news at all who seem almost angry that they knew it already. Heck I know about plenty of things you make other videos about, but I’m not like “this isn’t news if you’ve been paying attention”, that’s not what this channel is about. It’s interesting factoids (in the modern sense rather than the original one), not news!
The edits on these videos are truly next level.
The Sylvester Stallone movie Cop Land is about a group of crooked NYPD cops who have their own fiefdom over the river in Garrison NJ. In the end credits there's a disclaimer stating that it is against state law for NYPD officers to reside outside New York state. I guess they relaxed that rule, huh?
No, they still can’t.
It is not against the law. New officers need to live close to NYC in case of an emergency. It is a policy, not a law. Many live outside of the city.
Imagine wanting to be a cop for your city and you get stationed in the middle east lol
If it came to that it would probably be better to just refuse to go/quit altogether at that point
Well, you would be buying your mid -shift hotdogs from the exact same dudes really, so it’s not that different.
The second "I" in liaison is there because it's a french word and without it it would be pronounced "lee-ah-zon" instead
Looking at it, i got the feeling some people may say that it is no different to China when it comes to police forces stationed across the world as well (whether or not these allegations are true).
How have I never heard of this? Thanks for sharing HAI, this was fascinating. God bless you :)
It's more known than you think. Hell, it's mentioned in Blue Bloods.
Liaison is a french word and in french the first i sound like /e/ so it's the ai that makes the ia sound
Man, when the _CIA_ is telling you to chill out because you don't have jurisdiction in foreign countries, it's probably best to just go home and hope you're not in too much trouble already. I don't know much about this particular controversy but this program seems like a scandal waiting to happen.
What controversy? What potential scandal?
You are aware both the FBI and CIA do the same thing, and have even more international offices.
Look at their website.
1:35 That’s quite an enormous tourist form Japan. Youkoso!
Lol if i was in Singapore and an NyPd officer tried to ticket me id be like dude your in the wrong city
Hahaha, I don't think they are handing out tickets.
So in other words "Beverly Hills Cop - New York Edition".
Reminds me of the multiplication of security agencies in 1930's Germany.
A. We don’t need a privately funded police force, that’s what the bad idea for multiple reasons.
B. We don’t need police, violating their jurisdiction and going international, we have Interpol for a reason.
And here I thought Seattle Police putting hiring billboards in Hawaii was sketch
I did heard about this and singaporean really proud to have NYPD station in their city as one of the precint of NY.
The Power Broker is legit an amazing book.
I’m surprised they haven’t done a TV cop show with this.
If Batman can act as cop at night in Gotham City and catch the joker, I am pretty sure NYPD can find a joker on streets of Singapore, for chewing a gum.
4:07 never thought my profession would be in an HAI episode but here we are.
So NYC, which has barely any penalty for violent crime and thus has a huge issue with rise of crime, stations their police in one of the safest countries that gives death penalty for weed.
I would like to know what local governments think about this
Like catching that criminal in Singapore is great but why couldn’t that be done by collaborating with the Singapore police & how can they have the power to catch someone in Singapore, like isn’t that the equivalent of me just walking up to someone & saying they’re under arrest
Thank goodness there US police in England! They can help track down any hit-and-run suspects who might try and flee the country....
*snort*
I am from Singapore and i think most dont know about this. I know there is an Interpol building though
The NYPD is basically a military at this point
New York could declare independence tomorrow and have the NYPD as it's military and have one of the largest militaries in the world
The largest military would have something to say about that.
It may have the numbers, but it doesn't have the equipment, infrastructure or training to be an army.
Presumably the second i got there from english linguists in the 18th century, occasionally adding letters to give english the looking different touch. I guess they were afraid that before germans could read and understand english without problems and french more or less too.
ah yes, Singaporean police from America
3:50 - To be fair to MIB, they actually make light of The NYPD Officer being, uh, the odd one out.
"One of these is not like the other" as they say.
Can you make a video on how the second i in Liaison got there please? I can't sleep at night because of it.
The army of Vietnam used to be in the top five. If you count all active personnel and reservists, then in some estimates it has THE biggest army in the world. Paper pushers count, too😉
How can global warming be a thing with all this shade?
Can you make a video about how the 49 year war between Denmark and Canada over Hans Island just ended?
More facts to annoy my friends and family with.
The title, yeah i read about this in a security studies textbook once. Theyre all over the world, but it didnt give much detail because the chapter wasnt really about that
What was it about?
@@JamesBond-xx1lv tbh i dont remember anymore but it was in the beginning chapters of
Security Studies: An Introduction by Paul D. Williams.
But hopefully a man with your username would already know that.
@@readjordan2257 This is security we're talking about, so you should have paid more attention and remembered the details. All of them... Especially the main focus. Did you fail?
@@JamesBond-xx1lv fail what?
I read nonfiction textbooks for fun.
Fiction bores me like hell.
I forgot because i decided to actually prepare for the SAT...for fun as well.
@@readjordan2257 I didn't bother to ask my coworker in MI6 anything about you before. I assumed you were reading the book for a professional education. Sorry to hear that you're just a dork.
Is it staffed by serving nypd officers? Are their salaries by nypd or the liaison office. If they’re not funded by nypd then aren’t they allowed to affiliate with nypd and use their computer systems? Seems like a big conflict of interest and security risk on many levels.
Maybe a New Yorkers should protest to find out a bit more about what’s going on here.
Nypd and conflicts of interest? that cant be lmao
They are staffed by people hired to do that job
I listened to The Power Broker on Audible - it was also very long.
Maybe this explains why so many people think I'm actually the NYPD when driving the NYPD car in Glasgow, Scotland.
A bit disappointed the answer wasn't "NYPD merch". Because that would make actual sense
Dude I’ve read that audible suggestion!
What a fantastic book on how to drive wedges into the system to get your way has been indispensable to my career
"The donors are probably fine..." 🤣🤣🤣
While it seems like a crazy setup we can't really judge its usefulness without having the facts of what they have done over the years. If this liaison system has stopped or helped to stop even one terrorist attack or serious crime then surely it's worth it?
This has got to be one of the most videos of all time.
"Because they're an enormous overpaid army with more money than purpose."
Says nobody who deal with NYC crime on a daily basis. Shooting in my hood have gone up from almost never to daily since the NYPD budget was cut.
@@psychocadet Blame DeBlasio. Your enormous overpaid army isn't any good if they have to stand around because bothering criminals is illegal.
@@dansands8140 i do blame deblasio. I don't think it is enormous or overpaid.
They did something like this (stationing officers overseas ) during prohibition. One NYPD officer was killed in Italy; in the line of duty, during that period. He remains the only NYPD officer to die overseas in the line of duty.
I was a critic until I heard the FBI & CIA hate it. I've been a fan of many many many things those two agencies have historically hated.
You should hate it, because it’s resources they could use better protecting NYC
@@ttsweee I'm not a New Yorker and based on historic events, that wasted resources L train left the platform a loooooooong time ago, lol.
@@ttsweee how about giving back the millions of dollars that were defunded back in 2020. The money has been sitting as a city surplus until they get public support back to increase it back to what it was. It’s not gone, it’s just sitting collecting dust in a vault.
That MIB reference was perfect.