Ye i think so to, i been to Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, England and i live in Sweden, i have never seen a officer drive by himself. The only one i seen drive by himself was in the customs from Denmark to Germany. All police i seen on the roads always had 2 officers
@@jimmiekarlsson4458 In Denmark its regulation to be 2 officers as long as its a patrol car... undercover vehicles and detective vehicles are usually single manned
@@skodass1 Interesting, i have meet a share ammount of "civilian police" cars here in Sweden, and they have always been 2 people aswell. I live in a shit area in Sweden that is probably considered a ghetto with alot of crime, gun violence, drug dealing. So those kinda police are stopping u alot if u go outside here depending on the time of the day. But they are never alone, or maybe its me that never seen a "dective vechicle" the undercover"civilian cars whitout the word "police" and such , they are never alone here. But then again, Sweden is much worse than Denmark, Norway and Finland when it comes to like shootings,bombings , murders. Stockholm alone have more than 60 diffrent criminal organizations, we are the worst country in all of europe when it comes to such bullshit
This change in the color is still a little bit problematic. Back in the days, some people (who I don't have anything to do with) used to call the police "Schnittlauch" (chives) assuming they were green on the outside and hollow on the inside. Now they are still struggling to find a new nickname... The change from green to blue (cars as well as uniforms) was individually decided and planed by each federal state and took place over a period of twelve years with Hamburg being the first in 2004 and Bavaria the last in 2016.
I think 90% of europes first responder units (police) are double crewed. And no divider between front and back seat, also comes back to the double crewed units. The second officier normally sits next to the "guest" or they call in a van with cage in the back for transport. And Yes, that door holds a submachine gun.
Often enough when they have the noobs from the police academy in there they have the 3rd one sitting in the back. Wouldn't work in these USofA with their mould shell backseats.
police arent 2 people in 90% of the time. if they are in the car on patrol or any official duty reason like emergencies they are always at least to. 100% of the time. they have to be for safety and cant engage with anyone if they are alone. you might see some police cars only have 1 person in them but then they arent on patrol or doing anything but maybe transport something or buy something, maybe show some presence or look if somewhere something is of but they cant legaly do anything if something happens they have to wait for backup.
In germany it's more or less requiered to be at least double crewed. There is even a joke about it: "They need two officeres cause one can read and the other one can write."
I think this regulation exists to provide more safety to the officers, to make sure they are more attentive (two pairs of eyes see more than one) and to prevent them from misusing their authority which seems to happen not too rarely in the US where you usually have only one officer on patrol.
The space in the Door is for an MP5. In older Vehicles, the MP5 was placed in the Trunk. In Germany, there are usually two Officers in the Vehicle at any time. The Cage is to protect against flying Objects during heavy braking Maneuvers and to ensure that no one in the back seat can reach back. Tools for accident recording, first aid, etc. are also stored in the vehicles.
@@docugrafyou could recognize them from the outside, as in place of the sunroof they had some sort of box underneath or integrated into the light bar, much longer and wider than what you see today.
yep the good Heckler and Koch MP5 In the US you have to be special operations or SWAT to get your hands on something like that in Germany every plane police officer gets to handle one 😊 could you imagine a regular patrol officer having a MP5 submachine gun in the US 😮 he would probably annihilate half the town during a gunfight 😂
1. The holder is for the radio handheld device, which was removed because otherwise it would have access to the police radio, which is prohibited in Germany. 2. The software is a simple update. In the case of a police car from the factory, it is of course installed immediately. 3. The compartment is most likely for a submachine gun - usually an MP5. Rifles or automatic rifles are only used in police service by special departments such as SEK, OpE or similar. 4. In Germany there are always at least 2 officers in a unit. The only exceptions are K9 units, press spokespersons, high-ranking operations managers, etc. 5. Speperators are not necessary. Most people who are "captured" in a regular patrol car usually behave well. If a person is violent, a prisoner transport vehicle or a van can be ordered, which then has a partition to the passenger compartment. 6. In the trunk there is usually a shelving system with several drawers and holders for barrier material, drug tests, first aid, etc., etc. BTW: The federal state of Saarland is currently switching to Ford Explorers. If you ever want to see a US car in a German police version.
The siren for "town" is a higher pitch than for "country" as lower pitch sounds can travel farther while higher pitch is better audible among the typical city noises.
For everyone who isn't used to dB, 10 dB more is percieved as double the loudness. So, more then 40 dB more is equal to 16 times louder. "much louder" really does mean "MUCH LOUDER"!
also the city siren spreads more in all directions, where the country siren blasts more forward. also a lot of emergency vehicle drivers use the pattern differences to "play music" where altering both sirens in the right moment almost makes a melody
BMW provide so many police cars around the entire world that they provide them fully kitted out on the assembly line. That’s why everything is so integrated. There is no need for a police department to buy the vehicles and retrofit them. It was the same with Ford Australia and Holden. Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores were used as police vehicles and each assembly line had integrated components which would be added during construction if they were to be provided to the police.
@@Nic04054it is kind of a specialized department or even sub company. VW has something like that as Well, as have at least Mercedes and I think Audi. Those companies usually do also do conversions for driving schools (a second set of pedals), preparations for Taxis and sometimes also certain preparations for accessibility features for handicapped drivers. For some this is all one department "Sonderfahrzeugbau" others have it more divided. They can also convert those cars back for reselling and for electronics, instead of additional wiring looms mostly the existing cars bus system is used to allow for that and easier changes
@@alexanderkupke920 I am not aware that there would be a special department for police vehicles in BMW - there definitely is not a sub company for that. I am also surprised that they would sell those around the world - there is a big enough customer base in Bavaria alone... I remember it was a big deal when BMW police cars showed up first I think a little over 20 years ago, because they are premium cars here as well. Before the police mostly had VW cars which back in the day were even more considered "cheap shit" than today. People were surprised that police officers now could drive premum cars. As far as I understand it the initiative came from BMW and they offered a complete package with montly fees that included not only financing, but also service and that turned out cheaper than the VWs actually in total cost (I think back then service had to be done by police workshops themselves and the VWs were bought). The cars are built on the same assembly lines as the other BMW and all the special equipment and software are just custom configurations like any other special configuration for these cars - with the only difference being that they can only be ordered by law enforcement.
Also in Germany Police is organized by the individual states, so within a state all departments get the same models. There is no customization on the district or city level. And with that it is much easier to get things done right at the factory in large batches.
In Germany the suspect always sits in the right backseat and the second Office sits on the left rear seat behind the driver. So he can control the suspect and protect the driver
The Martin horn is based on the Doppler effect which helps to recognize where it is coming from. The frequencies are given by the DIN 14610 with the deep and the high pitch being a fourth apart. The land signal is linear directed, because there are not as many side roads etc. (so the EV might either come from the front or rear) compared to the city. It is lower in pitch to carry far. The city pitch is higher and louder because of the city noises - and it is directed wider, so you can hear it from the side, too. Doppler helps to know from where the EV is coming.
In the US they stop you from the rear because the person that is stopped might have a gun. This isn't an accurrance here. So the police will overtake you and give the instruction on the sign. They'll also will never stop you on the hard shoulder. But drive somewhere safe to do the interview.
Not exactly right, I have seen an documentary were they police officer said they only overtake on the Autobahn because on any other street they want to follow you so you can not run away easily, like on an intersection.
@@Nic04054 yeah but its not common for the police to stop you anywhere else when they are in their car. if they pull you over on rural roads or in the city they mostly are stationary and have set up a checkpoint. if they pull you out when they are in a car themselves and on a smaller road then its because you were obviously speeding, drunk or your car matched the description of a wanted vehicle. or your plate gave them some reason to pull you over
@@sgxbot tell that to bayreuth police every time they see me come from work on Friday after midnight we have a talk in side the city 😂 I think they change them because it happened only once for me to see one of the officers that pulled me over a month ago. I know the reason tho the road where I come from has a disco(club) and they think I am comming from there😅
In Finland, they drive behind you and give a red signal light when they want you to stop. They will only overtake you if you're so old/drunk that you don't notice them.
I've been in at least 20 traffic stops (because of a rather loud exhaust), they always stopped me from behind my car, sometimes they even let me overtake them just to stop me immediately after. Works the same way, the have a display pointed to the front that says "Stop / Police"
Just like the Dutch neighbours, your cars are cooler though ❤ And the Dutch don't carry 1 MP5 per officer in the car, is that still a thing in Germany?
@@jimmiekarlsson4458 The yellow part used to be only on highway patrol cars, but I've started seeing it on a lot of police cars in general, so idk what's up with that
@@lyaneris Ahh, i only been to Germany down i Rostock and like places where u can take the ferry to Denmark or Sweden , when i bought alcohol thanks to our sick ass taxes for alcohol in Sweden. The only police cars i seen there was the old Green and white ones, and maybe some newer one with yellow or blue, the most common ones i seen in the customs where the old green and white ones atleast. I havent been down to Germany for 2 years now however, so i dunno if things have changed for the customs there in rostock
@@Atari-bz5uz No, police cars in Bavaria are also blue nowadays. They just kept the green a bit longer than any other German state and were the last one to adopt this.
The speedometer don't needs to be certified. Our police don't give you a ticket by estimating your speed by comparing it to the own speed. They need real proof. Calibrated video or laser. Or speed cameras at the side of the road.
Mostly the Autobahnpolizei has cars, usually unmarked ones, that are equipped to measure speed by following other cars. The most common system is called ProVida and besides the calibrated speedometer (like you find in a taxi for the Taxameter) it holds cameras, screens and Recorders to take video evidence that can be shown to the stopped driver immediately on the car.
@@alexanderkupke920 "to take video evidence that can be shown to the stopped driver immediately on the car." Which makes for funny reality TV shows, depicting the surprised faces of offenders when they become aware what they actually did ;)
@@hartmutholzgraefe I don't know what looks funnier, the real surprise of those not realizing before, or the attempt to still deny that you were going 120 above the limit while keeping at most one twentieth of the distance you should to the car in front of you...
I dont think theres anywhere ive been in europe or other parts of the world where only one person would be in a police car, im actually kinda suprised to hear thats a thing in the usa but now i do kinda remember how'd when i would see that in movies id always be like 'wtf wheres the other cop'
I recommend to watch car chases over there. The standard patrol duty is one officer per car. That's one of the reasons why they are equipped so extensively whitch recording devices.
@@bencze465 I'd rather suppose the devices are Gen Z products and thus easily triggered when they are being approached in an uncomfortable way, so they freeze and temporarely malfunction... ;)
The car did actually come with all the buttons etc from BMW, thats why it looks so well integrated. When you look at BMW parts catalogues then you see that they have part numbers for all the special police parts, including the livery.
16:09 That "cage" is not a divider between front seats and back seats but the normal net between backseats and luggage compartment (count the side windows, besides the window has a vertical division, it is the window of the back door).
8:34 in Germany, there are always two officers in the police car. if you ever find one who is alone, you can assume it would be best to call the police, because he might be an imposter :D
In most of the big german cities it's normal that there are even more than two officers in one car. In my City it's normal to see at least three officers in one car
The big OEM manufacturers like BMW, Mercedes and VW build special vehicles like police cars themselves. That's why some of the things look so integrated.
Honestly 180ish Bhp from 1995cc diesel engine is plenty. With 4.7l/100km combined fuel consumption is an excellent deal. Its also a 10yr old car. I'm and audi enthousiast, but applaud BMW for not bringing any underpowered diesel to the market. They always got more power from the same displacement there.
In Germany, car chases are pretty rare exceptions. Police are to avoid them if possible due to their high risks to third parties and themselves. If there are cars running from the police, the next helicopter squadron gets alerted and launches a heli to track the running car and guide in other police vehicles to intercept it. The top speed of high end cars may exceed helicopter's top speeds, but even on the Autobahn, cars hardly ever can keep up full speed for long. In real life terms, cars have no chance of outrunning the police helicopters. That's why such faster police cars like the one shown in your video here are rather rare. Most are minivan-types nowadays. They win no races but hold loads of room for equipment and bad guys. 🙃
no car is as fast as radio waves to other units ahead :-) (and we don't have many dozens or hundreds of kilometers between towns) and even the Autobahn mostly is not rigidly straight, so that flying direct lines can cut off some part of the distance (and being slowed down by traffic in air is pretty rare :-)
Not entirely true, the helicopters the police use got a Max speed of 259 km/h with a maximum time of 2 hours 30 minutes at cruise speed so you can definitely outran them like the ATM robbers did
@iwrocker This was an older vehicle. The vehicle can be assigned to the Bavarian state police on the basis of the national emblem, the police star. The green and white patrol cars built until 2000 have been replaced by silver and green vehicles since 2000 and now by blue and silver vehicles in all federal states. The current vehicle livery of the 17 police forces is traffic blue (RAL 5017) in combination with silver or white. In Bavaria and Saarland, the green/silver paintwork was retained until mid-September 2016 for traditional reasons. Since 2013, the vehicles of some state police forces have also had neon yellow contrasting decals, particularly the freeway police. The crew of a patrol car usually consists of two officers, sometimes even three. There are no partitions for prisoners, only protective grilles for loads in the trunk (load securing). In extreme cases, special vehicles have to be requested to transport prisoners if they are unable to behave. As a rule, people are handcuffed and secured to their seats with the normal seat belt. The vehicle carries equipment for a wide variety of scenarios. For use in traffic accidents, this includes fire extinguishers, emergency hammers, first aid materials, warning lights, traffic cones, angle trowels, cameras, measuring tapes and grease crayons. In addition to a submachine gun, various other command and operational equipment is also on board for use in ad hoc situations with a threat situation, e.g. extended body protection equipment and an emergency shield, depending on the federal state. Some newer highway police patrol cars also have a video camera in the windshield, sometimes also in the rear window. Video cameras have long been standard in special civilian measuring vehicles, particularly with regard to recording traffic violations.
5:53 the sound pattern is different and the volume is lower in the city (this siren is used in cities and villages, the „land“ siren is used when youre outside of any villages/cities)
to me, the entire video looks like a civilian showing a former police car that was not yet completely changed back to a normal car (for resale), still having some switches, lights and the foiled colors, but not anything else that belongs to normal equipment of a police car. and thus yes, "here should be some rack", etc. ... and thus also having a *_false video title_* "what's in a german police car" a few seconds of looking up the original video *_(btw: thanks Ian, for the links in all your videos)_* gave this comment from the original uploader in that video's comments : _"I work for a company that stores new and used cars prior to transport to the next owner/ middle man. Some of our clients include the police, fire department and ambulances."_ *thus he really is a civilian who has almost no idea of what really is in a police car, and almost all of it (except foils and lights) had been removed already.* *ps : the original video was taken in 2015, but only published recently*
German Paramedic here, the sirene has different frequency-options (city and Land which is higher and lower pitch). The City option spreads the signal you can hear more to the sides and bounces between houses better, threre for you can hear it better. On "land" you dont need a signal that bounces between obstacles, its more important that the traffic in front of you can hear it.
I'm guessing this decommissioned, or placed in reserve or something, because it appears much of the movable equipment has been taken out (and it's also the old green livery). But usually the trunk is full of stuff. Usually a rack / shelf / drawer system with all sorts of things you might need to close off a crime scene or secure the place of an accident. Tapes, pylons, flashing marking lights etc.
8:10 In most of EU countries the smallest "standard" patrol unit is two man patrol. On foot, in a car or on a motorbike ( in case of motorbike it's a two officers and two motorbikes). As far as i know in my country (Poland) one man patrol was almost never used, only two man patrol or 5 man "squad" (in larger squad cars like VW Transporter, VW Crafter, Mercedes Sprinter, MAN TGE etc.)
On Germany Police officers on motorcycles indeed patrol alone, also here it is not mandatory to have two officers, but let's call it common or best practice. Sometimes you may find a third person, usually a police officer in training (Polizeianwärter). Other than that, I think Norway sometimes uses patrol cars with a single officer. But they also have their guns locked up in the trunk, unless they really think they might need them.
This BMW here is from Bavaria county. Normaly we do have silver/ blue/ neon-yellow in the rest of Germany. There's also a wide selection of cars. Some have Ford Focus, BMW 5er series station wagon, Porsche for Autobahnpolizei /Highway police, Opels and even some Mercedes variants. Thing with our cars here is they get purchased from the factory and all the "police" stuff is fitted afterwards by third party vendors. The stuff that makes it police special do get removed after it's service life comes to an end. They get auctioned off by the police and no one will ever know it was a former cop car.
they usually also are not painted but foiled for the special police colors, and base color is one of the colors that sells best afterwards, eg silver. and to be able to sell them, cars also need to have some "minimum luxus" installed right from the start, instead of needing costly "civilian retrofits". why not make all of this available too, for those who use the car each day ?
Kleiner Hinweis zu Örtlichkeiten: Was im Deutschen ein Bundesland ist, ist im Englischen ein Federal State. Das Land Bayern wäre dann also State of Bavaria. County benennt eine Verwaltungseinheit, die ursprünglich für "Grafschaft" stand, im Deutschen mit Landkreisen vergleichbar ist.
I haven't seen a police porsche since the 80s. It was a toy of mine. A Porsche 928. Also I've seen pictures of a 993 porsche 911. But that's it. Where did you see a modern one ?
4:48 rear signal transmitter (led letters) selection signal transmitter (highlighted in red) work lights side lights left side light right additional funktions announce (external speaker)
City vs. countryside: the directional pattern is different. It's surround for built-up areas in cities where traffic can approach from any direction, and front for the countryside, where because of the higher velocities traffic ahead should hear the sirens as best as possible.
at @4:48 the display basically reads "back signage; select signage; main spotlight; spotlight left/right; additional functions; loudspeaker" "siren city/countryside" (basically) means siren blasts 360° vs forward-focused: if you're downtown, everyone around you should be made aware, side streets and all. if you're on a country road, it really just matters to people infront of you, no need to freak out the village you're just passing by ("stadthorn" vs "landhorn")
At least in my town, there are three police officers in the patrol car from 10 p.m. onwards. The fact that there is no "cage" in the car is because the German police operate something different. The police come in a "kind" of first responder and if someone is arrested and has to be transported away, they call a "GREEN MINNA" (old slang for a "prisoner transporter"). These days, this is usually a VW van with seven seats and a table where statements can be taken directly or evidence can be examined. It is rare that someone is transported directly into the patrol car. Where does the term “green Minna” come from? The name “Green Minna” is derived from the green color of the carriages, but also from the Rotwelsch word “Greaner” for “crook”. “Making someone a Minna”, i.e. treating them in an authoritarian manner, is probably the root of the name for the prisoner transports.
In the UK the police van was known as a Black Maria, the black as that was the colour, Maria is Latin for Mary, maybe a subtle sarcastic reference to a black (criminal, not their colour) person normally believed above reproach, i.e. the mother of Jesus.
@@tonys1636 nice to learn something new ;) ! the reference to black reminds me of the german children's game "who's afraid of the black man?" the colour does not refer to a "so-called" POC minority from a southern continent, but to the shadow in the dark of a criminal who kidnaps children
I know the old ones named "Wanne" but mostly they were not in every incident involved only when a mass beawl happend. Then also came the riotpolice ,in myt Police stations here at one Unit (2 up to 10 yong men and women) of them is in a shift as support.
Sometimes when you see a third person staffing a patrol car, also during the day by the way, the third person might be a "Polizeianwärter", a police officer who is far enough into the training and studies to also participate on patrol duties. At that time they already spent more time in training and studies btw. than the regular overal length of a US police training.
The door compartment is for an HK MP5 mashine pistol. On older 5 series police cars the compartment used to be in the roof under the light bar, which is fitted to where normally a sun roof would be.
The compartment in the doorpannel is a Gunsafe and it has a lock inside the handle, they are always locked unless the police actually needs a rifle and the rifles stored are either Police-MP5 versions or normal pistols in that compartment, tasers are not a thing in germany yet but pepperspray for crowdcontroll etc. are also in there.
It looks like it's from factory because it is from factory. Most if not all EU/asian manufacturers build police cars on assembly lines. This way it's all integrated, looks clean and can be serviced in regular service no need for specialized garage like in USA.
I did electrical installations at the BMW Werk 2.4 - the largest European BMW factory and I've seen several that were made for police in the actual factory. So yea, it seems they do custom-made service vehicles. Even saw a black, unmarked one once which was pretty cool. They also have their own fire brigade there (BMW Feuerwehr). It was definitely an interesting working enviroment. :)
A couple of years ago there was a trend of emergency agencies posting drone pictures - to Twitter or Instagram - of their vehicles with their loadout (including personnell) nicely draped around the vehicle itself
@@thesillypig785 I should know. When we're on call (volunteer firefighter) and I'm the engineer I have to keep track of every item on the engine...and there are many items.
In Germany there are always two officers in the car, mostly mixed female and male. So the female can check bodies of women. The ground color was white but changed to silver, because it is better for resale after duty. The green and now blue are glued strips that will removed on resale. The info on the sign on the roof is in mirror script to the front.
The country horn is usually in the range 362 to 483 Hz, the city horn from 410 to 547 Hz. The physical properties of the frequencies as well as the perception of the human ear ensure that the country horn carries further and radiates more to the front than to the sides. The city horn, on the other hand, is generally a little louder (urban background noise) and can be heard more closely and around the vehicle.
3:55 : I think a major difference between German and US police is that when an American police car pulls you over, it is the duty of the driver to find a safe spot to stop. In Germany, a police car has to flash you to follow them and the police is the one that finds the safe spot. So, for the american police, it is enough to flash the lights to indicate to a driver "find a place to stop", while the German police car needs to provide more information for the driver to follow them.
The sirens in town are basicly making sound into the direction of the front of the verhicle. Because its mostly necessary for traffic infront. The siren for the landside is going into all directions.
Main reason they look "stock" or "factory" is that German police do not drive their cars into the ground, but that they are mostly leased, driven for a year and then go into the civilian resale market. That's also, why the have nice packages on all the vehicles. All the markings on the outside are PVC "warp" and can get peeled, after that you have a regular metallic BMW and the reflash the software and done.
6:02 you got the city siren that is more wide spread to reach into intersections. And then there is the siren for countryside which is more focused on distance to warn traffic more effective for example on the autobahn.
The silver-green livery is the old one of the Bavarian Police. The vehicles are gradually being re-wrapped with the standard hi-vis blue/yellow and silver.
Customs Officer here : In Germany it’s by law that you always have to be with another officer when on patrol. In Germany we call it “Eigensicherung” Or “Eigenschutz”. It basically is just that for example Officer 1 is searching the suspect where officer 2 is securing his back. Also as Germany has 16 states where every police force is different, the cars are often different. For example my State (Rhineland - Palatinate) uses the AUDI A6 with an Inline 6 diesel. Northrine-Westfalia uses Ford S-Max Vans. Bavaria mostly uses BMW. The customs department is State Regulated and belongs to the ministry of finance, whereas the police departments belong to the ministry of interior from each state.
AFAIK the German police also has to be in numerical advantage to engage (e.g. chasing a single suspect). Also, there should usually be a man and a woman as officers since e.g. a woman has the right to be searched by another woman and vice versa, etc.
Greetings from Austria. Former Social Worker, I was working quite a lot with Police. All Patrols are 2 Man. The only exception I saw in Years was once: Searching for a Guy who ran around with intent to harm himself. I rode along with a Guy in some sort of Leadership Position. He was alone and riding an aged bmw. Not even the Radio was integrated, I had to hold it or we would have it sliding around all over the passenger side floor. Still a pretty fun memory and he was a chill guy.
The city sirens are going in all directions around you and have a different frequency, while the country mode ones are focused nearly straight forward to be noticed by civilian drivers over longer distances at higher speeds on country side roads.
In the trunk the rack is missing and the car has no license plates, so it is maybe close to be sold. They took out the mayor things and left in the hardwired stuff. Its the same with Ambulances and Firetrucks, movable things are taken and the rest stays in there. Also in Taxis. The lights and the radio will be extracted when they sell it to civilians. You can buy these, a friend of mine had a firetruck and a coroner car. I work as Taxidriver sometimes, my boss refurbished the old Taxi of his dad. He can still use it when he pays the insurance, but it has an H at the end, means Historic Car, to get that the car has to be in original condition or close to it. That Mercedes 124 was build as Taxi, so it can be it forever, but when you want to have the Taxisign on top, you need a license, insurance and the Taxidrivers license. Anyway, i guess in the US you can also buy police cars, a bit stripped!
Can't check all the comments, but: the "unknown button" in the console is the switch for the radio (the one integrated in the car, officers do also carry one at their body)
Will try and find a similar video done by a UK traffic police officer where they did a full car and kit tour Safe to say the majority of the boot (trunk) of this traffic policing SUV was full of stuff like folding cones, oil absorber and similar items for dealing with car crashes
The difference between City Siren and Land siren is not the volume but the amplitude. City sirens are high in amplitude to carry better through narrow streets, while Land sirens are lower in amplitude to carry better over the more open terrain of rural and unbuilt land.
Regarding your guess towards the volume of the sirens, you are absolutely correct, the city version is a little quieter due to sound reflections (I also think the actual sound is different but am not entirely sure)
I don't know if they have the same in the USA but one of the warning signals says "Rettungsgasse" or "rescue lane". This means that if there is a traffic jam, you must make a lane between the seconds and third lane for emergency vehicles - on 6 lane roads. I once asked the ADAC why they don't just use the hard shoulder on the right but they said that this might have broken down cars on it or it sometimes disappears if there is a narrow bridge. The warning tells people to do this.
A lot of german police cars can be switched into the standard variant usually by getting some equipment (mostly the rack in the trunk and the signal system on top) out, switching a few panels and ripping off the film with the police insignia. Thats actually intentional to make resale easier.
also the car is actually a bit older. you can see that because the color of police cars has been blue in germany for like half a decade to a decade. and ofc because the model itself is older
Backup is a very important thing in the german police strategy. So 2 officers each car is normal. Sometimes they sit in with 3 people if they are called to come over (not on patrol).
The button at 11:50 is the main on/off switch for the radio. If you park the car for a longer time you can switch off the radio that it doesnt kill ur battery
In the Netherlands this red Led Screen has been integrated for quite some time now (20 years already). All undercover cars are equipped with that led screen in the sunscreen for the front side and an electric screen in the back which goes upward electrically when put on by the officer.
in germany the brands like Mercedes , BMW , AUDI offer to the police the cars with the modifications direct from the factory, the are not aftermarkt modificications but original police configuration from de production line, the same they offer to firedepartments, ambulances , etc
In the Czech Republic you can even see 3 policemen in one car. The emergency motorized units intervenes mainly in the more serious cases. They are the first on the scene and have better equipment.
The difference between country horn and city horn is that the city horn is higher pitched and is better heard around corners, while the country horn is lower pitched and travels further. There is no difference in loudness.
I prefer my key to these modern fobs. The self locking cars are pretty cool on the one hand, and switching the car on by pressing the button is fun for a while, but on the other hand, I have heard of things go wrong (an almost brand new Mercedes C locked itself with the fob and a baby inside!!) and there's just something special about turning the key and making the car go "wroom!"
The city horn has an other frequency, which makes it easier to determine the direction of the sound and therefor of the police car, when it is coming. This is advantagous especially at intersections, where you often dont know is the police behind me or on my right i. e.... The landhorn can be heard further away.
the extra Button is Engine heater, because doing speed chases with a cold diesel will damage the engine. so the driver turns that on to have fast power available. this a regular on diesel police cars
Well, i dunno if it all got answered but i try to pick up everything and answer it still. So first thing that i really noticed, the difference between City and Country siren, They're Different Patterns soundwise, the Country version is also used on the Highway and is i would say 80% directed sound to the front, so you hear it further in the distance when they rush to an accident etc. On the other Hand, the City version is completly spreaded, for a more even distribution of Sound, so cars from any direction as example on a Intersection can Hear the Emergency Vehicle coming and like break or move out of the way for them. The sound itself is also different with different wavelenghts to hear it in the enviroment. The Side lights in the Lightbar are basically search lights/ Work lights for the Side and work at night on the Highway etc. Yes the door panels are specially made for quick access to the MP in the cars for the more serious situations, just as a kinda Comfort and safety for the officers cause before that they where stored in the Trunk. Atleast talking from Germany standards, it is required in normal Duty that the car ALWAYS has 2 Officers in the car, by now its from my experience always 1 Men, 1 Woman as a duo, Reason for that is simple, shitty case, i dunno like Abusive Boyfriend abuses the Girlfriend, Cops get called, as a Woman you would probably feel safer while in distress when you can talk to another woman. Ofc also for every other maybe more sensitive case where you feel uncomfortable with a male police officer. Also for searches when arresting someone, Womans get searched by Womans, Men by Men, to make the distress as low as possible and the "comfort" if you wanna call it that, as high as possible. To the car itself, well yes, diesel is the more economic choice afterall, more durability, less problems, high milage, but thats just one of the MANY different Police cars used over Germany, as example, since the cases of really fast cars just get more, Some departments have Porsche or really highly tuned Bmw's at their hands. Keywise Both officers have the same keychain with them. Also they use the default Keys of the car, cause after the Duty time of the car, they get all the police stuff taken out, get the normal Software on the car and get Auctioned off as an Ex Police car without the special features. The Trunk is very normal in the case, most of them have shelves with Traffic cones, lights, like alcohol tester stuff etc etc, the equipment the police uses in general. So yea i hope that clears the air what and why it is how it is/was, since thats an old gen of police car.
In germany most police cars are also very often the base models of whatever car they order, it's just that the base models already come with more things included and taking those out would be more expensive than just keeping it in. The cars are also modified by the makers of the cars, not directly in the factory, they get shipped to a different place, but it's a place directly by that same car company. The unmarked police cars interior also looks pmuch exactly like the civilian version of the car, they hide the buttons very well.
8:10 Yes, it's often with 2 or 3 ppl in one car, especially when they are called for emergency. At least in Berlin they are usually (mostly) a mixed male and female crew with a 3rd person in civil clothes. They don't know what amount of violence is waiting for them when they're called as responders for a crime. The mixed crew can physically search on m and f suspects, the 3rd officer in civil clothes (with gun, handcuffs and radio under the jacket or shirt) can secure the back of the other 2 or is a witness for the interaction between suspects and the other 2. The style of equipment in the policecar, the brand and even the appearance varies from state to state (like in the U.S.). Mercedes-Benz and BMW had always been supportive of institutions or groups of customers with special needs (police, taxi, diplomatic service, government etc.), but they are a bit retreating from that for "saving costs". The result (for example currently in Berlin): you have many Toyotas in police and fire rescue livery). Toyotas are now also more or less the standard vehicle for taxis in Berlin.
First BMW has special department to make all adjustments for official vehicles (police, first responder, etc.). So you get all this directly from BMW, but this was a quite old vehicle. It is normal setup to have two officers in the vehicle. One to drive, one to watch. They police officers have mounting cases which are stored not in the car, but the officers will take them from their station to their shift into the vehicle.
The compartment in the Passenger Side holds the MP5. Other manufactureres use the Sunroof with a compartment on top for the MP5. It pretty much depends on the Manufacturer and the Federal State. Bavaria gets a lot of Cars from BMW and Audi (mostly 5 Series and A6), Baden Württemberg from Mercedes (E-Class and B-Class), Niedersachsen mostly VW ( Passat Kombi), Hessen from Opel (Zafira, the Insigna was too tight and got replaced by 5 Series BMWs) but this might change as Opel belongs to PSA now. Most commonly owned in all States are VW Busses T6 and newer, except for Berlin they also have Mercedes Busses for Groups of Police officers as it is a big city and ganging up is a problem in fights. Yes, its demanded in Germany to be 2 Officers in the Car, for safety and as a eyewitness. Also the two-person rule applies to that. There are Car chases but as the Standard to own a Car are so high. First of all, you are registered somewhere, its not like in the US where you CAN have a ID, in Europe you NEED to have an ID. You also need to pay your Car Tax to the State and need to have a Insurance for your car. So your License Plate leeds to your Home and or at least to somewhere you are known. Also a PIT Manover on the German Autobahn would be way more Dangerous and costly than on wide Highways with an intermediate. Also most Car chases are done by Helicopter as it is more safe and easier. As far as i read the Ground Crew is only following until the Helicopter is on the target and will then break up. 11:14 most german Police Cars are also equipped with a parking heater, makes sense if the cars needs to be parked outside you dont have time to scrap the ice off the Windows 11:16 this should be the onboard Control for the Parking Heater. 12:30 You can buy these Cars, www . vebeg . de is the Auction side for pretty much everything from Municipal Service Trucks and Cars, Rettungswagen, Firetrucks, Boats, Cloathing from all Services like Municipal Service, Bundeswehr and Disaster help (THW), Trailers, you name it. 13:58 yeah, well, its an old Car, the new ones have Blue Police Foil, so i guess the Equipment got removed thats why the trunk is empty.
3:29 as a matter of fact, the police cars (at least in Bavaria) come directly from BMW! There is no dealer in between and my internship was in the next department to "Vertrieb an Behörden" (sales to authorities)
1. Speedometers don't need to be calibrated/certified in regular cars, as they don't do radar checks while driving. There are special undercover cars for that. 2. Siren City versus rural: City = Higher pitch, so it is better reflected off walls and other obstacles, but doesn't reach that far. Rural = lower pitch but better audible over long distances 3. Gun storage: Usually regular police cars only have a MP5 as "advanced armament" in case the regular pistol is not sufficient. Rifles and Shotguns are not used by regular police force 4. Yes in Europe most Police departments will have two officers in the car. Makes it a lot easier to keep controll of a situation without the need to project excessive force, because there is always someone to cover your back.
This one is an older one. They changed a bit. The storage indeed is for a MP5. In Germany there is no divider between front and back seats. If you arrest somebody and put him in the back the sceond officer has to sit next to him. The button you didn't regonize was the on/off button for the radio.
With the partition between the backseat is mostly like for the dog section here in the uk they have specialist companies that convert the cars from stock to police cars.
The BMW from the first clip even surprised me, and I am german. I didn´t knew they even have a specialised software version for those cars. Usually the police cars here also have these aftermarket control panels. And yes, our police officers in germany never go alone! It´s always two of them, so they can cover each other. And if nesessary they come in bigger groups.
6:00 It's noticeably lower volume in the city because otherwise noone in the city would every be able to sleep because there are always ambulances etc. around because of the numbers of people in a city. Like here in the countryside if an ambulance or a cop car drives past you with sirens you actually have to hold your ears because it's so damn loud (because we see it much more rarely to it isn't an issue) but in the city it's much more pleasant volume wise.
At minute 11:17 that button is for the activation for the radio to the dispatch center. So you can toggle this button to activate or deactivate the radio. (radio= comunication to the Dispatch center) :D
In germany, the car companies and police departments work closer together. Mercedes, for example, offers various configurations from the factory. They have stuff, like bucket truck configurations, police configuration, ambulance configurations usw.😊
German here, this Car is a Stock and unequipped Car. More or less a Factory livery. Espacially the Trunk would be equipped with Traffic Cones, Police Tapes, First Aid Kits, Special Weapons like the MP5 SMG, and Stuff for evidence savings, etc. And, yes, there are ALWAYS two Officers in a Patrol Car! Two people can handle more than just one, speaking in terms of Back Up and interwiev with witnesses, and it´s more efficient to have two Officers on the Scene instead of calling another Patrol Car for Back Up or help. We also have different Cars for different usage, like a Autobahn PC is slightly different equipped than a PC for Country or City.
- In the city, the sound is directed forward. In the countryside, the sound is broadcast all around. Then there is the possibility of changing the intensity of the siren. E.g. quieter at night or louder on the highway. - There are usually two police officers in the police car. Even on foot you rarely see them alone. While one person is addressing people, the other police officer is securing the situation. After operations, both police officers must independently write a report. Only what both testify is considered to have happened.
Because it is an ex police car certain things are removed. There is normally some kind of box with drawers in the trunk, containing different kinds of kit used for emergency situations or investigation work. The integration of all these things look nice, there must be a special division or subcontractor involved to build these police vehicles, who has everything designed to fit a certain model. In Germany and other European countries fleets are usually very large as there are no small police forces and the odd sheriff deciding himself which car he uses. In the Netherlands for instance all the police cars are one of a few selected models which are ordered by open bid by the government. So there is one type of van, one type of standard squad car and 4x4. For specialty forces there are a few other types ie for special intervention, anti riot units or unmarked high speed chase vehicles. But all in all you see the same vehicles trough the whole country.
When speaking of American police cars not having keyless entry fobs, they actually do have them. I used to work for a private patrol agency a while back and their Dodge Charger which is an ex police unit has a keyless entry fob. However it doesn’t have remote start.
Swiss cop here: the door-case is in fact custom made to hold (most commonly) an mp5 or other similar guns. And yes, at least here in switzerland allmost all uniformed cops never go alone on patrol
I'm pretty sure dedicated traffic police cars also have video systems and calibrated speed meters built-in (perhaps that's what the mount at the front is for). I think in Germany if they stop you they are pretty much required to show you the video if you ask. Does a good job of keeping small stuff out of the courts and makes anything that does go to court quicker.
Yeah, in Germany 2 officers is the standard (as far i know most other countries I've been to as well). For a lot of reasons, mostly safety of the officers, they can discuss what the best move would be, check each other's back and of course for searching individuals it's easier to have a male and a female officer in one car, although I think there are still a lot less female officers here in Germany. It still surprises me that in the US most officers work alone. I would sh*t myself haha, even here in Germany I would, but especially with the amount of guns in the American public. Like you have to act waay different when you pull over a car in the middle of nowhere and you are alone.
My previous VW Touran was a three-year-old used car. The dealer told me that it had been an unmarked police vehicle before. However, it only had one “hidden special part”. I discovered this months after the purchase: according to the labeling, it was a special warning system (“SonderWarnAnlage”) under the driver's seat ... I have no idea what it could do. At first I thought about having the dealer remove it (it might need battery power) ... but in the end I was too lazy 🙂
City siren is more of a surround sound, while the land siren is directed forward mostly so people can hear it in their cars up front better. Its a sligtly different frequence and ist just directed in a different angle. And yes, always 2 police officers, for security reasons. If they arrive at a scene, they can better protect eachother.
I used to own a Chevy Caprice NYPD police car before :) very bare interior but it did have cruise control a gun mount Federal signal lights and sirens. And A/C.
In Europe I think it's the norm to have at least two police officers in patrol
One knows how to read and the other one knows how to write, as the saying goes.
Ye i think so to, i been to Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, England and i live in Sweden, i have never seen a officer drive by himself. The only one i seen drive by himself was in the customs from Denmark to Germany. All police i seen on the roads always had 2 officers
Always. It's a regulation. Of course I don't know about every corner of the continent.
@@jimmiekarlsson4458 In Denmark its regulation to be 2 officers as long as its a patrol car... undercover vehicles and detective vehicles are usually single manned
@@skodass1 Interesting, i have meet a share ammount of "civilian police" cars here in Sweden, and they have always been 2 people aswell. I live in a shit area in Sweden that is probably considered a ghetto with alot of crime, gun violence, drug dealing. So those kinda police are stopping u alot if u go outside here depending on the time of the day. But they are never alone, or maybe its me that never seen a "dective vechicle" the undercover"civilian cars whitout the word "police" and such , they are never alone here. But then again, Sweden is much worse than Denmark, Norway and Finland when it comes to like shootings,bombings , murders. Stockholm alone have more than 60 diffrent criminal organizations, we are the worst country in all of europe when it comes to such bullshit
you can tell that the car is a bit older because the color changed from green to blue in 2016 (in Bavaria, where this car is from).
Have they fully changed in Bavaria?
@@TyonKree all new vehicles are blue. There are still some green ones in service but they are slowly getting replaced.
The introduchtion of the Bavarian change of liveree is in ua-cam.com/video/DYJK_RhupWA/v-deo.htmlsi=498BEW2MxEboHGRF
You can also tell it's a bit older, because the vehicle don't look like shit, and the interior controls are not baked into a giant a$$ touch screen.
This change in the color is still a little bit problematic. Back in the days, some people (who I don't have anything to do with) used to call the police "Schnittlauch" (chives) assuming they were green on the outside and hollow on the inside. Now they are still struggling to find a new nickname...
The change from green to blue (cars as well as uniforms) was individually decided and planed by each federal state and took place over a period of twelve years with Hamburg being the first in 2004 and Bavaria the last in 2016.
I think 90% of europes first responder units (police) are double crewed.
And no divider between front and back seat, also comes back to the double crewed units. The second officier normally sits next to the "guest" or they call in a van with cage in the back for transport.
And Yes, that door holds a submachine gun.
Often enough when they have the noobs from the police academy in there they have the 3rd one sitting in the back. Wouldn't work in these USofA with their mould shell backseats.
Yeah, I’m from London. The police are always two up. Safety I should imagine, and they call a caged van for “ people of interest “
police arent 2 people in 90% of the time. if they are in the car on patrol or any official duty reason like emergencies they are always at least to. 100% of the time. they have to be for safety and cant engage with anyone if they are alone. you might see some police cars only have 1 person in them but then they arent on patrol or doing anything but maybe transport something or buy something, maybe show some presence or look if somewhere something is of but they cant legaly do anything if something happens they have to wait for backup.
In germany it's more or less requiered to be at least double crewed. There is even a joke about it: "They need two officeres cause one can read and the other one can write."
I think this regulation exists to provide more safety to the officers, to make sure they are more attentive (two pairs of eyes see more than one) and to prevent them from misusing their authority which seems to happen not too rarely in the US where you usually have only one officer on patrol.
The space in the Door is for an MP5. In older Vehicles, the MP5 was placed in the Trunk.
In Germany, there are usually two Officers in the Vehicle at any time.
The Cage is to protect against flying Objects during heavy braking Maneuvers and to ensure that no one in the back seat can reach back. Tools for accident recording, first aid, etc. are also stored in the vehicles.
Actually there were older cars that had an mp5 straped on th inside of the door
some cars also have a removed lifting sunroof and the MP in the space below the signal bar
@@docugrafyou could recognize them from the outside, as in place of the sunroof they had some sort of box underneath or integrated into the light bar, much longer and wider than what you see today.
yep the good Heckler and Koch MP5
In the US you have to be special operations or SWAT to get your hands on something like that in Germany every plane police officer gets to handle one 😊 could you imagine a regular patrol officer having a MP5 submachine gun in the US 😮 he would probably annihilate half the town during a gunfight 😂
@@andi-ih3jj I mean, they use AR's in the US police force, the MP is a toy compared to that.
1. The holder is for the radio handheld device, which was removed because otherwise it would have access to the police radio, which is prohibited in Germany.
2. The software is a simple update. In the case of a police car from the factory, it is of course installed immediately.
3. The compartment is most likely for a submachine gun - usually an MP5. Rifles or automatic rifles are only used in police service by special departments such as SEK, OpE or similar.
4. In Germany there are always at least 2 officers in a unit. The only exceptions are K9 units, press spokespersons, high-ranking operations managers, etc.
5. Speperators are not necessary. Most people who are "captured" in a regular patrol car usually behave well. If a person is violent, a prisoner transport vehicle or a van can be ordered, which then has a partition to the passenger compartment.
6. In the trunk there is usually a shelving system with several drawers and holders for barrier material, drug tests, first aid, etc., etc.
BTW: The federal state of Saarland is currently switching to Ford Explorers. If you ever want to see a US car in a German police version.
There's a rumor that they will only need 3 Fords Explorers to cover the whole area of the Saarland.
@@drCox12Now now no need to be catty. I would have said two.😂😂
The siren for "town" is a higher pitch than for "country" as lower pitch sounds can travel farther while higher pitch is better audible among the typical city noises.
The "country" siren is also much louder. The "town" siren in 85 dB and the "country" siren is 127 dB.
For everyone who isn't used to dB, 10 dB more is percieved as double the loudness. So, more then 40 dB more is equal to 16 times louder. "much louder" really does mean "MUCH LOUDER"!
also the city siren spreads more in all directions, where the country siren blasts more forward. also a lot of emergency vehicle drivers use the pattern differences to "play music" where altering both sirens in the right moment almost makes a melody
Inner city is electric siren. Outer you got a air pressure horn.
That makes absolutely no sense
BMW provide so many police cars around the entire world that they provide them fully kitted out on the assembly line. That’s why everything is so integrated. There is no need for a police department to buy the vehicles and retrofit them.
It was the same with Ford Australia and Holden. Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores were used as police vehicles and each assembly line had integrated components which would be added during construction if they were to be provided to the police.
Yeah but every emergency vehicle they deliver, BMW has their own department for emergency vehicles.
And (in South Australia at least) they used Chrysler Valiants (base model Rangers I believe), and V8 Chargers were used as highway pursuit vehicles. 👍
@@Nic04054it is kind of a specialized department or even sub company. VW has something like that as Well, as have at least Mercedes and I think Audi. Those companies usually do also do conversions for driving schools (a second set of pedals), preparations for Taxis and sometimes also certain preparations for accessibility features for handicapped drivers. For some this is all one department "Sonderfahrzeugbau" others have it more divided.
They can also convert those cars back for reselling and for electronics, instead of additional wiring looms mostly the existing cars bus system is used to allow for that and easier changes
@@alexanderkupke920 I am not aware that there would be a special department for police vehicles in BMW - there definitely is not a sub company for that. I am also surprised that they would sell those around the world - there is a big enough customer base in Bavaria alone...
I remember it was a big deal when BMW police cars showed up first I think a little over 20 years ago, because they are premium cars here as well. Before the police mostly had VW cars which back in the day were even more considered "cheap shit" than today. People were surprised that police officers now could drive premum cars. As far as I understand it the initiative came from BMW and they offered a complete package with montly fees that included not only financing, but also service and that turned out cheaper than the VWs actually in total cost (I think back then service had to be done by police workshops themselves and the VWs were bought).
The cars are built on the same assembly lines as the other BMW and all the special equipment and software are just custom configurations like any other special configuration for these cars - with the only difference being that they can only be ordered by law enforcement.
Also in Germany Police is organized by the individual states, so within a state all departments get the same models. There is no customization on the district or city level.
And with that it is much easier to get things done right at the factory in large batches.
In Germany the suspect always sits in the right backseat and the second Office sits on the left rear seat behind the driver. So he can control the suspect and protect the driver
Because they have death wishes...
@@altblechasyl_cs2093 How is that a death wish? The driver is not in reach of the suspect
@@fynnfrey7829 Sich neben den Verdächtigen zu setzen und sich damit in seinen Aktionsradius zu bringen, zeugt von Todessehnsucht.
@@altblechasyl_cs2093 Wow, that a typical American reaction......
@@CLEnforcer His channel info is in German. Altblechasyl means a place to rest for old sheet metal, thus a retiring home for old cars.
The Martin horn is based on the Doppler effect which helps to recognize where it is coming from. The frequencies are given by the DIN 14610 with the deep and the high pitch being a fourth apart.
The land signal is linear directed, because there are not as many side roads etc. (so the EV might either come from the front or rear) compared to the city. It is lower in pitch to carry far.
The city pitch is higher and louder because of the city noises - and it is directed wider, so you can hear it from the side, too. Doppler helps to know from where the EV is coming.
That's really cool
In the US they stop you from the rear because the person that is stopped might have a gun. This isn't an accurrance here. So the police will overtake you and give the instruction on the sign. They'll also will never stop you on the hard shoulder. But drive somewhere safe to do the interview.
Not exactly right, I have seen an documentary were they police officer said they only overtake on the Autobahn because on any other street they want to follow you so you can not run away easily, like on an intersection.
@@Nic04054 yeah but its not common for the police to stop you anywhere else when they are in their car. if they pull you over on rural roads or in the city they mostly are stationary and have set up a checkpoint. if they pull you out when they are in a car themselves and on a smaller road then its because you were obviously speeding, drunk or your car matched the description of a wanted vehicle. or your plate gave them some reason to pull you over
@@sgxbot tell that to bayreuth police every time they see me come from work on Friday after midnight we have a talk in side the city 😂
I think they change them because it happened only once for me to see one of the officers that pulled me over a month ago.
I know the reason tho the road where I come from has a disco(club) and they think I am comming from there😅
In Finland, they drive behind you and give a red signal light when they want you to stop. They will only overtake you if you're so old/drunk that you don't notice them.
I've been in at least 20 traffic stops (because of a rather loud exhaust), they always stopped me from behind my car, sometimes they even let me overtake them just to stop me immediately after.
Works the same way, the have a display pointed to the front that says "Stop / Police"
In Germany no police officer is ever doing duty alone. There are always two officers per car, by bike, or by foot.
Just like the Dutch neighbours, your cars are cooler though ❤ And the Dutch don't carry 1 MP5 per officer in the car, is that still a thing in Germany?
Yes!@@Dumpvalve85
They are no Cops...
No, Bike-Officers mostely drive alone, same at foot
@@frankos2000 Nöö disagree
The green color is the old color. Between 2000 and 2016 the color for new German police cars changed to blue.
Ye blue and abit of yellow right-?
@@jimmiekarlsson4458 The yellow part used to be only on highway patrol cars, but I've started seeing it on a lot of police cars in general, so idk what's up with that
@@lyaneris Ahh, i only been to Germany down i Rostock and like places where u can take the ferry to Denmark or Sweden , when i bought alcohol thanks to our sick ass taxes for alcohol in Sweden. The only police cars i seen there was the old Green and white ones, and maybe some newer one with yellow or blue, the most common ones i seen in the customs where the old green and white ones atleast. I havent been down to Germany for 2 years now however, so i dunno if things have changed for the customs there in rostock
In bavaria they are stil green as far as i know. Rest of germany changed to blue...
@@Atari-bz5uz No, police cars in Bavaria are also blue nowadays. They just kept the green a bit longer than any other German state and were the last one to adopt this.
The speedometer don't needs to be certified. Our police don't give you a ticket by estimating your speed by comparing it to the own speed. They need real proof. Calibrated video or laser. Or speed cameras at the side of the road.
Not enforced hardly on speed, but driving behaviour like using a phone
Mostly the Autobahnpolizei has cars, usually unmarked ones, that are equipped to measure speed by following other cars. The most common system is called ProVida and besides the calibrated speedometer (like you find in a taxi for the Taxameter) it holds cameras, screens and Recorders to take video evidence that can be shown to the stopped driver immediately on the car.
@@alexanderkupke920 "to take video evidence that can be shown to the stopped driver immediately on the car."
Which makes for funny reality TV shows, depicting the surprised faces of offenders when they become aware what they actually did ;)
@@hartmutholzgraefe I don't know what looks funnier, the real surprise of those not realizing before, or the attempt to still deny that you were going 120 above the limit while keeping at most one twentieth of the distance you should to the car in front of you...
I dont think theres anywhere ive been in europe or other parts of the world where only one person would be in a police car, im actually kinda suprised to hear thats a thing in the usa but now i do kinda remember how'd when i would see that in movies id always be like 'wtf wheres the other cop'
maybe that is somhow related to usa cops never being alone and always have their weapon ready, as a "partner" ?
I recommend to watch car chases over there. The standard patrol duty is one officer per car. That's one of the reasons why they are equipped so extensively whitch recording devices.
@@praeceptor and recording devices tend to malfunction when the suspect allegedly gets aggressive :)
@@Anson_AKB well, almost all police forces in europe are armed too..
@@bencze465 I'd rather suppose the devices are Gen Z products and thus easily triggered when they are being approached in an uncomfortable way, so they freeze and temporarely malfunction...
;)
The car did actually come with all the buttons etc from BMW, thats why it looks so well integrated. When you look at BMW parts catalogues then you see that they have part numbers for all the special police parts, including the livery.
16:09 That "cage" is not a divider between front seats and back seats but the normal net between backseats and luggage compartment (count the side windows, besides the window has a vertical division, it is the window of the back door).
In Spain it is forbidden to patrol alone, so you will always find two police officers in cars
same in germany..
It's very reasonable.
"Hello, police? I want to report a police officer that is out on his own."
8:34 in Germany, there are always two officers in the police car. if you ever find one who is alone, you can assume it would be best to call the police, because he might be an imposter :D
Most Europe operates with two officers
In most of the big german cities it's normal that there are even more than two officers in one car. In my City it's normal to see at least three officers in one car
You should watch what’s in a police car that’s still in use, they’re super packed, the trunk of the 3 series station wagon is actually too small now.
in australia its required to have a second police man in the car in case of a domestic dispute or a shoot out no policeman is allowed to travel alone.
The big OEM manufacturers like BMW, Mercedes and VW build special vehicles like police cars themselves. That's why some of the things look so integrated.
Honestly 180ish Bhp from 1995cc diesel engine is plenty. With 4.7l/100km combined fuel consumption is an excellent deal. Its also a 10yr old car. I'm and audi enthousiast, but applaud BMW for not bringing any underpowered diesel to the market. They always got more power from the same displacement there.
It’s 190 hp. Had one. Goes 150 mph so car chases according to American standards shouldn’t be a problem.
In Germany, car chases are pretty rare exceptions. Police are to avoid them if possible due to their high risks to third parties and themselves. If there are cars running from the police, the next helicopter squadron gets alerted and launches a heli to track the running car and guide in other police vehicles to intercept it. The top speed of high end cars may exceed helicopter's top speeds, but even on the Autobahn, cars hardly ever can keep up full speed for long. In real life terms, cars have no chance of outrunning the police helicopters.
That's why such faster police cars like the one shown in your video here are rather rare. Most are minivan-types nowadays. They win no races but hold loads of room for equipment and bad guys. 🙃
We have so many more pedestrians, cyclists etc. here than the US that a chase isn't worth the risk in most cases.
no car is as fast as radio waves to other units ahead :-) (and we don't have many dozens or hundreds of kilometers between towns)
and even the Autobahn mostly is not rigidly straight, so that flying direct lines can cut off some part of the distance (and being slowed down by traffic in air is pretty rare :-)
It depends where you are. In Hamburg police uses mostly Mercedes. You very rarely see vans.
@@klotz__ Here in Northrhine-Westphalia they have Mercedes Vitos which _are_ vans! 🥳😆 …among other types, that is.
Not entirely true, the helicopters the police use got a Max speed of 259 km/h with a maximum time of 2 hours 30 minutes at cruise speed so you can definitely outran them like the ATM robbers did
@iwrocker This was an older vehicle. The vehicle can be assigned to the Bavarian state police on the basis of the national emblem, the police star. The green and white patrol cars built until 2000 have been replaced by silver and green vehicles since 2000 and now by blue and silver vehicles in all federal states. The current vehicle livery of the 17 police forces is traffic blue (RAL 5017) in combination with silver or white. In Bavaria and Saarland, the green/silver paintwork was retained until mid-September 2016 for traditional reasons. Since 2013, the vehicles of some state police forces have also had neon yellow contrasting decals, particularly the freeway police. The crew of a patrol car usually consists of two officers, sometimes even three.
There are no partitions for prisoners, only protective grilles for loads in the trunk (load securing). In extreme cases, special vehicles have to be requested to transport prisoners if they are unable to behave. As a rule, people are handcuffed and secured to their seats with the normal seat belt.
The vehicle carries equipment for a wide variety of scenarios. For use in traffic accidents, this includes fire extinguishers, emergency hammers, first aid materials, warning lights, traffic cones, angle trowels, cameras, measuring tapes and grease crayons. In addition to a submachine gun, various other command and operational equipment is also on board for use in ad hoc situations with a threat situation, e.g. extended body protection equipment and an emergency shield, depending on the federal state. Some newer highway police patrol cars also have a video camera in the windshield, sometimes also in the rear window. Video cameras have long been standard in special civilian measuring vehicles, particularly with regard to recording traffic violations.
5:53 the sound pattern is different and the volume is lower in the city (this siren is used in cities and villages, the „land“ siren is used when youre outside of any villages/cities)
to me, the entire video looks like a civilian showing a former police car that was not yet completely changed back to a normal car (for resale),
still having some switches, lights and the foiled colors, but not anything else that belongs to normal equipment of a police car.
and thus yes, "here should be some rack", etc. ... and thus also having a *_false video title_* "what's in a german police car"
a few seconds of looking up the original video *_(btw: thanks Ian, for the links in all your videos)_* gave this comment from the original uploader in that video's comments :
_"I work for a company that stores new and used cars prior to transport to the next owner/ middle man. Some of our clients include the police, fire department and ambulances."_
*thus he really is a civilian who has almost no idea of what really is in a police car, and almost all of it (except foils and lights) had been removed already.*
*ps : the original video was taken in 2015, but only published recently*
on the spot. he had no idea. there are so nice funcktions integrated and the whole radio-unit was removed of course.
we say they always have to come in 2.... one can read and the other one can write... ;-)
German Paramedic here, the sirene has different frequency-options (city and Land which is higher and lower pitch). The City option spreads the signal you can hear more to the sides and bounces between houses better, threre for you can hear it better. On "land" you dont need a signal that bounces between obstacles, its more important that the traffic in front of you can hear it.
I'm guessing this decommissioned, or placed in reserve or something, because it appears much of the movable equipment has been taken out (and it's also the old green livery). But usually the trunk is full of stuff. Usually a rack / shelf / drawer system with all sorts of things you might need to close off a crime scene or secure the place of an accident. Tapes, pylons, flashing marking lights etc.
Part of the kit is also a teddy bear for scared/traumatized children ♥
8:10 In most of EU countries the smallest "standard" patrol unit is two man patrol. On foot, in a car or on a motorbike ( in case of motorbike it's a two officers and two motorbikes). As far as i know in my country (Poland) one man patrol was almost never used, only two man patrol or 5 man "squad" (in larger squad cars like VW Transporter, VW Crafter, Mercedes Sprinter, MAN TGE etc.)
On Germany Police officers on motorcycles indeed patrol alone, also here it is not mandatory to have two officers, but let's call it common or best practice. Sometimes you may find a third person, usually a police officer in training (Polizeianwärter).
Other than that, I think Norway sometimes uses patrol cars with a single officer. But they also have their guns locked up in the trunk, unless they really think they might need them.
So many interesting and informative comments. You guys are amazing!
This BMW here is from Bavaria county. Normaly we do have silver/ blue/ neon-yellow in the rest of Germany. There's also a wide selection of cars. Some have Ford Focus, BMW 5er series station wagon, Porsche for Autobahnpolizei /Highway police, Opels and even some Mercedes variants. Thing with our cars here is they get purchased from the factory and all the "police" stuff is fitted afterwards by third party vendors. The stuff that makes it police special do get removed after it's service life comes to an end. They get auctioned off by the police and no one will ever know it was a former cop car.
they usually also are not painted but foiled for the special police colors, and base color is one of the colors that sells best afterwards, eg silver. and to be able to sell them, cars also need to have some "minimum luxus" installed right from the start, instead of needing costly "civilian retrofits". why not make all of this available too, for those who use the car each day ?
Kleiner Hinweis zu Örtlichkeiten: Was im Deutschen ein Bundesland ist, ist im Englischen ein Federal State. Das Land Bayern wäre dann also State of Bavaria. County benennt eine Verwaltungseinheit, die ursprünglich für "Grafschaft" stand, im Deutschen mit Landkreisen vergleichbar ist.
I haven't seen a police porsche since the 80s. It was a toy of mine. A Porsche 928. Also I've seen pictures of a 993 porsche 911. But that's it. Where did you see a modern one ?
@@Karl-me4mh the Autobahnpolizei on the highway A40 Dortmund has 2 911 in their fleet for example.
@@praeceptor Ja, so ist es...
4:48
rear signal transmitter (led letters)
selection signal transmitter (highlighted in red)
work lights
side lights left
side light right
additional funktions
announce (external speaker)
City vs. countryside: the directional pattern is different. It's surround for built-up areas in cities where traffic can approach from any direction, and front for the countryside, where because of the higher velocities traffic ahead should hear the sirens as best as possible.
at @4:48 the display basically reads "back signage; select signage; main spotlight; spotlight left/right; additional functions; loudspeaker"
"siren city/countryside" (basically) means siren blasts 360° vs forward-focused: if you're downtown, everyone around you should be made aware, side streets and all. if you're on a country road, it really just matters to people infront of you, no need to freak out the village you're just passing by ("stadthorn" vs "landhorn")
At least in my town, there are three police officers in the patrol car from 10 p.m. onwards. The fact that there is no "cage" in the car is because the German police operate something different. The police come in a "kind" of first responder and if someone is arrested and has to be transported away, they call a "GREEN MINNA" (old slang for a "prisoner transporter"). These days, this is usually a VW van with seven seats and a table where statements can be taken directly or evidence can be examined.
It is rare that someone is transported directly into the patrol car.
Where does the term “green Minna” come from?
The name “Green Minna” is derived from the green color of the carriages, but also from the Rotwelsch word “Greaner” for “crook”. “Making someone a Minna”, i.e. treating them in an authoritarian manner, is probably the root of the name for the prisoner transports.
In the UK the police van was known as a Black Maria, the black as that was the colour, Maria is Latin for Mary, maybe a subtle sarcastic reference to a black (criminal, not their colour) person normally believed above reproach, i.e. the mother of Jesus.
@@tonys1636 nice to learn something new ;) !
the reference to black reminds me of the german children's game "who's afraid of the black man?" the colour does not refer to a "so-called" POC minority from a southern continent, but to the shadow in the dark of a criminal who kidnaps children
I know the old ones named "Wanne" but mostly they were not in every incident involved only when a mass beawl happend.
Then also came the riotpolice ,in myt Police stations here at one Unit (2 up to 10 yong men and women) of them is in a shift as support.
Sometimes when you see a third person staffing a patrol car, also during the day by the way, the third person might be a "Polizeianwärter", a police officer who is far enough into the training and studies to also participate on patrol duties. At that time they already spent more time in training and studies btw. than the regular overal length of a US police training.
It is pretty common for two police officers in one car patroling around here in Czechia. Sometimes even more.
Skoda is a good 👍 Police 🚔 Car not so expensive !
The door compartment is for an HK MP5 mashine pistol. On older 5 series police cars the compartment used to be in the roof under the light bar, which is fitted to where normally a sun roof would be.
The compartment in the doorpannel is a Gunsafe and it has a lock inside the handle, they are always locked unless the police actually needs a rifle and the rifles stored are either Police-MP5 versions or normal pistols in that compartment, tasers are not a thing in germany yet but pepperspray for crowdcontroll etc. are also in there.
It looks like it's from factory because it is from factory. Most if not all EU/asian manufacturers build police cars on assembly lines. This way it's all integrated, looks clean and can be serviced in regular service no need for specialized garage like in USA.
I did electrical installations at the BMW Werk 2.4 - the largest European BMW factory and I've seen several that were made for police in the actual factory. So yea, it seems they do custom-made service vehicles. Even saw a black, unmarked one once which was pretty cool. They also have their own fire brigade there (BMW Feuerwehr). It was definitely an interesting working enviroment. :)
A couple of years ago there was a trend of emergency agencies posting drone pictures - to Twitter or Instagram - of their vehicles with their loadout (including personnell) nicely draped around the vehicle itself
Yes I have seen those. They carry quite a lot of stuff with them.
@@thesillypig785 I should know. When we're on call (volunteer firefighter) and I'm the engineer I have to keep track of every item on the engine...and there are many items.
In Germany there are always two officers in the car, mostly mixed female and male. So the female can check bodies of women.
The ground color was white but changed to silver, because it is better for resale after duty. The green and now blue are glued strips that will removed on resale.
The info on the sign on the roof is in mirror script to the front.
The country horn is usually in the range 362 to 483 Hz, the city horn from 410 to 547 Hz. The physical properties of the frequencies as well as the perception of the human ear ensure that the country horn carries further and radiates more to the front than to the sides. The city horn, on the other hand, is generally a little louder (urban background noise) and can be heard more closely and around the vehicle.
3:55 : I think a major difference between German and US police is that when an American police car pulls you over, it is the duty of the driver to find a safe spot to stop. In Germany, a police car has to flash you to follow them and the police is the one that finds the safe spot. So, for the american police, it is enough to flash the lights to indicate to a driver "find a place to stop", while the German police car needs to provide more information for the driver to follow them.
The sirens in town are basicly making sound into the direction of the front of the verhicle. Because its mostly necessary for traffic infront. The siren for the landside is going into all directions.
Main reason they look "stock" or "factory" is that German police do not drive their cars into the ground, but that they are mostly leased, driven for a year and then go into the civilian resale market. That's also, why the have nice packages on all the vehicles. All the markings on the outside are PVC "warp" and can get peeled, after that you have a regular metallic BMW and the reflash the software and done.
2:55 as far as i know they are usually not intigrated usually they look aftermarket
6:02 you got the city siren that is more wide spread to reach into intersections. And then there is the siren for countryside which is more focused on distance to warn traffic more effective for example on the autobahn.
The silver-green livery is the old one of the Bavarian Police. The vehicles are gradually being re-wrapped with the standard hi-vis blue/yellow and silver.
Customs Officer here :
In Germany it’s by law that you always have to be with another officer when on patrol. In Germany we call it “Eigensicherung” Or “Eigenschutz”. It basically is just that for example Officer 1 is searching the suspect where officer 2 is securing his back. Also as Germany has 16 states where every police force is different, the cars are often different. For example my State (Rhineland - Palatinate) uses the AUDI A6 with an Inline 6 diesel. Northrine-Westfalia uses Ford S-Max Vans. Bavaria mostly uses BMW.
The customs department is State Regulated and belongs to the ministry of finance, whereas the police departments belong to the ministry of interior from each state.
AFAIK the German police also has to be in numerical advantage to engage (e.g. chasing a single suspect). Also, there should usually be a man and a woman as officers since e.g. a woman has the right to be searched by another woman and vice versa, etc.
In the Munich Area, the Undercover police still use E39 M5 on the Autobahn.
Das bezweifle ich sehr stark 😂
Not really… they used to have E39 and E38 unmarked vehicles though, but those are long gone.
As a german i didn't know half of the car 😅 Thanks for learning on a US Channel brother! 😂
Greetings from Austria. Former Social Worker, I was working quite a lot with Police. All Patrols are 2 Man. The only exception I saw in Years was once: Searching for a Guy who ran around with intent to harm himself. I rode along with a Guy in some sort of Leadership Position. He was alone and riding an aged bmw. Not even the Radio was integrated, I had to hold it or we would have it sliding around all over the passenger side floor. Still a pretty fun memory and he was a chill guy.
The city sirens are going in all directions around you and have a different frequency, while the country mode ones are focused nearly straight forward to be noticed by civilian drivers over longer distances at higher speeds on country side roads.
In the trunk the rack is missing and the car has no license plates, so it is maybe close to be sold.
They took out the mayor things and left in the hardwired stuff.
Its the same with Ambulances and Firetrucks, movable things are taken and the rest stays in there.
Also in Taxis.
The lights and the radio will be extracted when they sell it to civilians.
You can buy these, a friend of mine had a firetruck and a coroner car.
I work as Taxidriver sometimes, my boss refurbished the old Taxi of his dad.
He can still use it when he pays the insurance, but it has an H at the end, means Historic Car, to get that the car has to be in original condition or close to it.
That Mercedes 124 was build as Taxi, so it can be it forever, but when you want to have the Taxisign on top, you need a license, insurance and the Taxidrivers license.
Anyway, i guess in the US you can also buy police cars, a bit stripped!
Can't check all the comments, but: the "unknown button" in the console is the switch for the radio (the one integrated in the car, officers do also carry one at their body)
Will try and find a similar video done by a UK traffic police officer where they did a full car and kit tour
Safe to say the majority of the boot (trunk) of this traffic policing SUV was full of stuff like folding cones, oil absorber and similar items for dealing with car crashes
The difference between City Siren and Land siren is not the volume but the amplitude. City sirens are high in amplitude to carry better through narrow streets, while Land sirens are lower in amplitude to carry better over the more open terrain of rural and unbuilt land.
Regarding your guess towards the volume of the sirens, you are absolutely correct, the city version is a little quieter due to sound reflections (I also think the actual sound is different but am not entirely sure)
I don't know if they have the same in the USA but one of the warning signals says "Rettungsgasse" or "rescue lane". This means that if there is a traffic jam, you must make a lane between the seconds and third lane for emergency vehicles - on 6 lane roads. I once asked the ADAC why they don't just use the hard shoulder on the right but they said that this might have broken down cars on it or it sometimes disappears if there is a narrow bridge. The warning tells people to do this.
A lot of german police cars can be switched into the standard variant usually by getting some equipment (mostly the rack in the trunk and the signal system on top) out, switching a few panels and ripping off the film with the police insignia. Thats actually intentional to make resale easier.
also the car is actually a bit older.
you can see that because the color of police cars has been blue in germany for like half a decade to a decade.
and ofc because the model itself is older
Backup is a very important thing in the german police strategy. So 2 officers each car is normal. Sometimes they sit in with 3 people if they are called to come over (not on patrol).
The button at 11:50 is the main on/off switch for the radio. If you park the car for a longer time you can switch off the radio that it doesnt kill ur battery
I’ve been in these cars a few times, but never noticed. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
In the Netherlands this red Led Screen has been integrated for quite some time now (20 years already). All undercover cars are equipped with that led screen in the sunscreen for the front side and an electric screen in the back which goes upward electrically when put on by the officer.
in germany the brands like Mercedes , BMW , AUDI offer to the police the cars with the modifications direct from the factory, the are not aftermarkt modificications but original police configuration from de production line, the same they offer to firedepartments, ambulances , etc
In the Czech Republic you can even see 3 policemen in one car. The emergency motorized units intervenes mainly in the more serious cases. They are the first on the scene and have better equipment.
The difference between country horn and city horn is that the city horn is higher pitched and is better heard around corners, while the country horn is lower pitched and travels further. There is no difference in loudness.
I prefer my key to these modern fobs. The self locking cars are pretty cool on the one hand, and switching the car on by pressing the button is fun for a while, but on the other hand, I have heard of things go wrong (an almost brand new Mercedes C locked itself with the fob and a baby inside!!) and there's just something special about turning the key and making the car go "wroom!"
The city horn has an other frequency, which makes it easier to determine the direction of the sound and therefor of the police car, when it is coming. This is advantagous especially at intersections, where you often dont know is the police behind me or on my right i. e.... The landhorn can be heard further away.
the extra Button is Engine heater, because doing speed chases with a cold diesel will damage the engine. so the driver turns that on to have fast power available. this a regular on diesel police cars
Well, i dunno if it all got answered but i try to pick up everything and answer it still.
So first thing that i really noticed, the difference between City and Country siren,
They're Different Patterns soundwise, the Country version is also used on the Highway and is i would say 80% directed sound to the front, so you hear it further in the distance when they rush to an accident etc.
On the other Hand, the City version is completly spreaded, for a more even distribution of Sound, so cars from any direction as example on a Intersection can Hear the Emergency Vehicle coming and like break or move out of the way for them.
The sound itself is also different with different wavelenghts to hear it in the enviroment.
The Side lights in the Lightbar are basically search lights/ Work lights for the Side and work at night on the Highway etc.
Yes the door panels are specially made for quick access to the MP in the cars for the more serious situations, just as a kinda Comfort and safety for the officers cause before that they where stored in the Trunk.
Atleast talking from Germany standards, it is required in normal Duty that the car ALWAYS has 2 Officers in the car, by now its from my experience always 1 Men, 1 Woman as a duo, Reason for that is simple, shitty case, i dunno like Abusive Boyfriend abuses the Girlfriend, Cops get called, as a Woman you would probably feel safer while in distress when you can talk to another woman.
Ofc also for every other maybe more sensitive case where you feel uncomfortable with a male police officer.
Also for searches when arresting someone, Womans get searched by Womans, Men by Men, to make the distress as low as possible and the "comfort" if you wanna call it that, as high as possible.
To the car itself, well yes, diesel is the more economic choice afterall, more durability, less problems, high milage, but thats just one of the MANY different Police cars used over Germany, as example, since the cases of really fast cars just get more, Some departments have Porsche or really highly tuned Bmw's at their hands.
Keywise Both officers have the same keychain with them.
Also they use the default Keys of the car, cause after the Duty time of the car, they get all the police stuff taken out, get the normal Software on the car and get Auctioned off as an Ex Police car without the special features.
The Trunk is very normal in the case, most of them have shelves with Traffic cones, lights, like alcohol tester stuff etc etc, the equipment the police uses in general.
So yea i hope that clears the air what and why it is how it is/was, since thats an old gen of police car.
In germany most police cars are also very often the base models of whatever car they order, it's just that the base models already come with more things included and taking those out would be more expensive than just keeping it in. The cars are also modified by the makers of the cars, not directly in the factory, they get shipped to a different place, but it's a place directly by that same car company. The unmarked police cars interior also looks pmuch exactly like the civilian version of the car, they hide the buttons very well.
8:10 Yes, it's often with 2 or 3 ppl in one car, especially when they are called for emergency.
At least in Berlin they are usually (mostly) a mixed male and female crew with a 3rd person in civil clothes.
They don't know what amount of violence is waiting for them when they're called as responders for a crime.
The mixed crew can physically search on m and f suspects, the 3rd officer in civil clothes (with gun, handcuffs and radio under the jacket or shirt) can secure the back of the other 2 or is a witness for the interaction between suspects and the other 2.
The style of equipment in the policecar, the brand and even the appearance varies from state to state (like in the U.S.).
Mercedes-Benz and BMW had always been supportive of institutions or groups of customers with special needs (police, taxi, diplomatic service, government etc.), but they are a bit retreating from that for "saving costs".
The result (for example currently in Berlin): you have many Toyotas in police and fire rescue livery). Toyotas are now also more or less the standard vehicle for taxis in Berlin.
13:58 yeah usually they are in there in germany aswell
The siren for the city, the sound goes in all directions and for the country, the sound is played concentratedly forward
First BMW has special department to make all adjustments for official vehicles (police, first responder, etc.). So you get all this directly from BMW, but this was a quite old vehicle.
It is normal setup to have two officers in the vehicle. One to drive, one to watch. They police officers have mounting cases which are stored not in the car, but the officers will take them from their station to their shift into the vehicle.
The compartment in the Passenger Side holds the MP5. Other manufactureres use the Sunroof with a compartment on top for the MP5.
It pretty much depends on the Manufacturer and the Federal State. Bavaria gets a lot of Cars from BMW and Audi (mostly 5 Series and A6), Baden Württemberg from Mercedes (E-Class and B-Class), Niedersachsen mostly VW ( Passat Kombi), Hessen from Opel (Zafira, the Insigna was too tight and got replaced by 5 Series BMWs) but this might change as Opel belongs to PSA now. Most commonly owned in all States are VW Busses T6 and newer, except for Berlin they also have Mercedes Busses for Groups of Police officers as it is a big city and ganging up is a problem in fights.
Yes, its demanded in Germany to be 2 Officers in the Car, for safety and as a eyewitness. Also the two-person rule applies to that.
There are Car chases but as the Standard to own a Car are so high.
First of all, you are registered somewhere, its not like in the US where you CAN have a ID, in Europe you NEED to have an ID.
You also need to pay your Car Tax to the State and need to have a Insurance for your car.
So your License Plate leeds to your Home and or at least to somewhere you are known. Also a PIT Manover on the German Autobahn would be way more Dangerous and costly than on wide Highways with an intermediate.
Also most Car chases are done by Helicopter as it is more safe and easier. As far as i read the Ground Crew is only following until the Helicopter is on the target and will then break up.
11:14 most german Police Cars are also equipped with a parking heater, makes sense if the cars needs to be parked outside you dont have time to scrap the ice off the Windows
11:16 this should be the onboard Control for the Parking Heater.
12:30 You can buy these Cars, www . vebeg . de is the Auction side for pretty much everything from Municipal Service Trucks and Cars, Rettungswagen, Firetrucks, Boats, Cloathing from all Services like Municipal Service, Bundeswehr and Disaster help (THW), Trailers, you name it.
13:58 yeah, well, its an old Car, the new ones have Blue Police Foil, so i guess the Equipment got removed thats why the trunk is empty.
3:29 as a matter of fact, the police cars (at least in Bavaria) come directly from BMW! There is no dealer in between and my internship was in the next department to "Vertrieb an Behörden" (sales to authorities)
1. Speedometers don't need to be calibrated/certified in regular cars, as they don't do radar checks while driving. There are special undercover cars for that.
2. Siren City versus rural: City = Higher pitch, so it is better reflected off walls and other obstacles, but doesn't reach that far. Rural = lower pitch but better audible over long distances
3. Gun storage: Usually regular police cars only have a MP5 as "advanced armament" in case the regular pistol is not sufficient. Rifles and Shotguns are not used by regular police force
4. Yes in Europe most Police departments will have two officers in the car. Makes it a lot easier to keep controll of a situation without the need to project excessive force, because there is always someone to cover your back.
This one is an older one. They changed a bit.
The storage indeed is for a MP5.
In Germany there is no divider between front and back seats. If you arrest somebody and put him in the back the sceond officer has to sit next to him.
The button you didn't regonize was the on/off button for the radio.
With the partition between the backseat is mostly like for the dog section here in the uk they have specialist companies that convert the cars from stock to police cars.
The BMW from the first clip even surprised me, and I am german. I didn´t knew they even have a specialised software version for those cars. Usually the police cars here also have these aftermarket control panels. And yes, our police officers in germany never go alone! It´s always two of them, so they can cover each other. And if nesessary they come in bigger groups.
6:00 It's noticeably lower volume in the city because otherwise noone in the city would every be able to sleep because there are always ambulances etc. around because of the numbers of people in a city.
Like here in the countryside if an ambulance or a cop car drives past you with sirens you actually have to hold your ears because it's so damn loud (because we see it much more rarely to it isn't an issue) but in the city it's much more pleasant volume wise.
At minute 11:17 that button is for the activation for the radio to the dispatch center. So you can toggle this button to activate or deactivate the radio. (radio= comunication to the Dispatch center) :D
If you want to see more german ones there is a channel called ItsMarvin
In germany, the car companies and police departments work closer together. Mercedes, for example, offers various configurations from the factory. They have stuff, like bucket truck configurations, police configuration, ambulance configurations usw.😊
German here, this Car is a Stock and unequipped Car. More or less a Factory livery.
Espacially the Trunk would be equipped with Traffic Cones, Police Tapes, First Aid Kits, Special Weapons like the MP5 SMG, and Stuff for evidence savings, etc.
And, yes, there are ALWAYS two Officers in a Patrol Car!
Two people can handle more than just one, speaking in terms of Back Up and interwiev with witnesses, and it´s more efficient to have two Officers on the Scene instead of calling another Patrol Car for Back Up or help.
We also have different Cars for different usage, like a Autobahn PC is slightly different equipped than a PC for Country or City.
- In the city, the sound is directed forward. In the countryside, the sound is broadcast all around. Then there is the possibility of changing the intensity of the siren. E.g. quieter at night or louder on the highway.
- There are usually two police officers in the police car. Even on foot you rarely see them alone. While one person is addressing people, the other police officer is securing the situation. After operations, both police officers must independently write a report. Only what both testify is considered to have happened.
Because it is an ex police car certain things are removed. There is normally some kind of box with drawers in the trunk, containing different kinds of kit used for emergency situations or investigation work.
The integration of all these things look nice, there must be a special division or subcontractor involved to build these police vehicles, who has everything designed to fit a certain model.
In Germany and other European countries fleets are usually very large as there are no small police forces and the odd sheriff deciding himself which car he uses.
In the Netherlands for instance all the police cars are one of a few selected models which are ordered by open bid by the government. So there is one type of van, one type of standard squad car and 4x4. For specialty forces there are a few other types ie for special intervention, anti riot units or unmarked high speed chase vehicles. But all in all you see the same vehicles trough the whole country.
When speaking of American police cars not having keyless entry fobs, they actually do have them. I used to work for a private patrol agency a while back and their Dodge Charger which is an ex police unit has a keyless entry fob. However it doesn’t have remote start.
11:44 its the radio controll. To switch it on and off.
Swiss cop here: the door-case is in fact custom made to hold (most commonly) an mp5 or other similar guns. And yes, at least here in switzerland allmost all uniformed cops never go alone on patrol
Yes , the door storage is for Heckler&Koch MP5 machine pistols, every police car in Germany has 2 MP5 Machine pistols in them.
I'm pretty sure dedicated traffic police cars also have video systems and calibrated speed meters built-in (perhaps that's what the mount at the front is for). I think in Germany if they stop you they are pretty much required to show you the video if you ask. Does a good job of keeping small stuff out of the courts and makes anything that does go to court quicker.
Yes, I assume this car has been stripped of most it's equipment.
Yeah, in Germany 2 officers is the standard (as far i know most other countries I've been to as well). For a lot of reasons, mostly safety of the officers, they can discuss what the best move would be, check each other's back and of course for searching individuals it's easier to have a male and a female officer in one car, although I think there are still a lot less female officers here in Germany.
It still surprises me that in the US most officers work alone. I would sh*t myself haha, even here in Germany I would, but especially with the amount of guns in the American public. Like you have to act waay different when you pull over a car in the middle of nowhere and you are alone.
My previous VW Touran was a three-year-old used car. The dealer told me that it had been an unmarked police vehicle before.
However, it only had one “hidden special part”. I discovered this months after the purchase: according to the labeling, it was a special warning system (“SonderWarnAnlage”) under the driver's seat ... I have no idea what it could do. At first I thought about having the dealer remove it (it might need battery power) ... but in the end I was too lazy 🙂
City siren is more of a surround sound, while the land siren is directed forward mostly so people can hear it in their cars up front better. Its a sligtly different frequence and ist just directed in a different angle.
And yes, always 2 police officers, for security reasons. If they arrive at a scene, they can better protect eachother.
I used to own a Chevy Caprice NYPD police car before :) very bare interior but it did have cruise control a gun mount Federal signal lights and sirens. And A/C.