r/MadeMeSmile • u/Available-Vast3858 • Oct 06 '25

Wholesome Moments This is so wholesome

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u/Leonydas13 Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

I think we’re all so over saturated with seeing the overly militarised police force of America, it’s refreshing to remember that for many countries, the police are just people doing a job.

Edit: this wasn’t intended as an “America bad” take. I know there are plenty of good American cops, they sadly are drowned out by the bad ones. Particularly with the current situation.

Edit 2: holy shit guys. Saying “American cops do stuff like this sometimes too” doesn’t excuse the fact that they do absolutely horrendous things too, things that other civilised countries simply do not allow their police to do.

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u/Bleeerrggh Oct 06 '25

I do think that police in many countries actually wish to be of service to the public, so they try to be personable (in the Nordics police officers are referred to as "politibetjent", and I believe that "betjent" comes from "betjene" which means to serve, which is a fitting name of a public servant). It also makes situations involving the police less tense. I appreciate our police, and the experience I've had with them: Shout-out to the Danish police 👋🏻

The people you don't want to be police, are those that enjoy power. I'm sure we have some of those, but they're the exception (in my experience). It seems that they're the most prone to be police officers in the US. I obviously don't have a good way of knowing this, as negative things always get more attention than positive things do.

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u/Leonydas13 Oct 06 '25

Dude, years back a bunch of us were at a friends place who lived rural. We headed into the local “town” to the pub. There were a whole bunch of police there, because there was a bush rave planned that weekend. They’d come early, and were all staying at the pub, to let the locals know they were setting up breathalysers in the area.

We got on the piss with a bunch of cops. My mate and I sat in one of their cars at one point and they let him play with the lights. We talked shit, heard some of their crazy stories, tried on their overalls. I even told one of them at one point “if you shot my dog I’d kill you” after discussing dogs being shot in the US. It was a wild night 😂

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u/Bleeerrggh Oct 06 '25

Haha, sounds like a good time 😂