# Watch this UK Police program - how does it compare to US police? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411 "2012-11-08T22:11:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411/1 "2012-11-08T22:11:01Z")
A couple of weeks ago I created a thread asking if any of you would watch this, and quite a few of you did so. Thus I have picked an excellent police program you can watch on [Youtube here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8la4Det5bw). Note that while you will learn how the first chase ended up in terms of sentences pretty quickly, for most stuff you need to watch till the end till you can find out what super-duper harsh (:D) sentences everyone got. There is a lot to compare I think. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411/2 "2012-11-11T20:38:54Z")
Eh? I knew that it was quite likely this thread would get no responses. **So I specifically went to the trouble of getting assurances that people would watch the program**. I got at least 18 assurances. Yet no replies! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411/3 "2012-11-11T20:43:56Z")
Maybe it’s because no one wants to watch an hour long youtube video. Why don’t you just tell us specifically what you want to know. You’ve got a rather large US audience here to draw from. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411/4 "2012-11-11T20:55:58Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Maybe it’s because no one wants to watch an hour long youtube video. I didn’t think they necessarily would either, which is why I created a [thread to check](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=669538) if anyone would, where ironically there were others suggesting I spend the five or six hours it eventually took me to pick this one out and then put it forward for viewing before even asking! As it happens I’ve been made to look rather silly because I both put in the effort of doing some audience research _and_ put in the effort of finding a perfect program, all to no avail! I’m not after anything specific. I’m after impressions especially with respect of police procedures, sentencing, general cultural differences between people - that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411/5 "2012-11-11T21:42:07Z")
Well, the US doesn’t have CCTV cameras everywhere like the UK apparently does. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411/6 "2012-11-11T21:45:06Z")
Oh, and the phrase “Elite Subaru Team” wouldn’t strike fear in anyone’s hearts. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-uk-police-program-how-does-it-compare-to-us-police/640411/7 "2012-11-11T21:48:21Z")
UK police are brutal compared to those here in New Zealand. You hardly ever see the NZ armed offenders squad out and about in the streets. If you’re into comparative policing you could try and track down a New Zealand documetary that follows police in Auckland, Perth, Oslo and San Francisco for [24 hours.](http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/InsideNZ/24HoursPolice.aspx)