I'd like to applaud your use of English. You have better English skills than most people on this website. I had a good friend who was from the Netherlands and he did well also. He lived in Koopvaardjistrat. Or maybe that was his street name. Alas.
America has many different types of police divisions, and all of them have some form of corruption. What you see from American TV is hardly ever true. Our media here in the states is called sensationalism. It means that the stories that have the most "bang for the buck" are the ones most reported on. Instead of talking about a company that is hiring, or a shelter looking for volunteers, the media reports about the person who was murdered. So please, don't listen to what American TV says about the way of life we have here.
A good friend of mine was toying with the idea of becoming an officer. He instead became an EMT. However, whilst in officer training, a majority of the cases he was called to involved elderly people. With the exception of a large city, a majority of police officers in the states spend their time following-up scared elderly people, and doing traffic stops. My cousin is a SWAT EMT and was telling me that the team gets called out about once a month, the rest of his time is spent training.
I've had a few run-ins with a massively corrupt police force in a small town. Power corrupts. (They stopped me driving once because they said I had my headlights on at night. Yes, they thought they could give me a ticket for using my headlights in town, at night) With the immigration paperwork, INS paper work, waiting to find a way into the police academy, and the fact you'd be going up against 65 million unemployed Americans (you'd need a part time job at least to find living quarters until your paper work clears) my best advice is to do it for your country.
The Netherlands is one of the safest countries in the world because of people like you. Your desire to protect sets you apart from a majority of the USA population. I hope you do some good in the Netherlands, and keep it safe for we Americans who may want to move there to get away from our own country.
Thanks for the compliment and your reply.
Koopvaardijstraat was probably his street name :)
I kind of hoped for someone to say what you said, that it's not really how things go over there.
I've only been to the US once when I was about 12 years old, and I loved it (probably because we went to all the theme parks in Florida though).
I never understood how police officers or military men/women could be corrupt.
It's a wonderful job why ruin it for yourself and the people around you.
But I always try to get people to understand that the video's of the "bad cops" they see on tv and the internet represents only a small percentage of the force, and they should not base their hatred for cops on that.
They are humans like everyone else, after all.
And I never really thought about the competition, you're right about that, I suppose it is will be harder for me to get into the police academy, as a new citizen.
I will have to get used to speaking English as well, and I might have a slight accent :S
Okay it's probably a better idea to stay here and start working on it then.
When I'm on the force I really want to have some action as well, we have the riot police here because in Europe football/soccer is quite popular and because of the rivalry between fans they sometimes clash violently.
I have a question about that subject; Does the riot police have to step in as well or are the sports fans more peaceful in the US?
The SWAT team as its known here are about = to your Riot police. From my cousin's experience, they mainly get called for bank robberies, and standoffs. These are increasing by the day due to the failing economy. It is more difficult than it has been in the last 70 years to get a job, even if it is something like working at a restaurant. People riot for all types of reasons. Generally Americans hold more value to material goods and tend to not cause as much damage to property as Europeans; however that isn't always the case. American Football and Hockey usually cause the most riots. Baseball is generally seen as a more family sport. Soccer isn't that big over here. At least not to the rioting point.
I'm not sure how much of our history you learn over there. Look up "The Great Depression" that happened earlier in the 20th century. Our economy is very similar to that right now. I don't really think it would be a place you want to come. At the earliest, I would wait until after the election, and see who gets to be president. Although (and this is my opinion) whoever it is probably won't help much.
The corruption in the American police are simply a matter of money. In that same small town I mentioned earlier, one of the officers used to sell drugs in the local park to anyone that could prove they were over 10 years old. It wasn't marijuana either. The corruption is based off of monetary gain. Sometimes it is one or two individual selling drugs, or doing some other illegal activity. Sometimes it is the entire force. They also get blamed for racism. Basically money can buy anything here including police. You also need to think about the people that get into it so they can legally harm someone else. They are usually the most corrupt. Not everyone has a "protect people" mentality like you do.
The police forces here, especially the government police forces like the CIA do hire outsiders for special missions. If you have a specialized background; say something in the bomb department, and it is a skill they can use here, you have a better chance of being hired here on a work visa. Just because you work in the Netherlands, doesn't mean you can't come over here for special training, or to even train Americans. It really depends on how far you'd like to go with it and how good the training over there is. It is generally assumed (and this is stereotyping so take it with a grain of salt) that the best combat instructors are Russian. The best firearm instructors are Israeli. It all depends on your expertise, and the demand for it. BUT you need your own home country's training first.
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I'd like to applaud your use of English. You have better English skills than most people on this website. I had a good friend who was from the Netherlands and he did well also. He lived in Koopvaardjistrat. Or maybe that was his street name. Alas.
America has many different types of police divisions, and all of them have some form of corruption. What you see from American TV is hardly ever true. Our media here in the states is called sensationalism. It means that the stories that have the most "bang for the buck" are the ones most reported on. Instead of talking about a company that is hiring, or a shelter looking for volunteers, the media reports about the person who was murdered. So please, don't listen to what American TV says about the way of life we have here.
A good friend of mine was toying with the idea of becoming an officer. He instead became an EMT. However, whilst in officer training, a majority of the cases he was called to involved elderly people. With the exception of a large city, a majority of police officers in the states spend their time following-up scared elderly people, and doing traffic stops. My cousin is a SWAT EMT and was telling me that the team gets called out about once a month, the rest of his time is spent training.
I've had a few run-ins with a massively corrupt police force in a small town. Power corrupts. (They stopped me driving once because they said I had my headlights on at night. Yes, they thought they could give me a ticket for using my headlights in town, at night) With the immigration paperwork, INS paper work, waiting to find a way into the police academy, and the fact you'd be going up against 65 million unemployed Americans (you'd need a part time job at least to find living quarters until your paper work clears) my best advice is to do it for your country.
The Netherlands is one of the safest countries in the world because of people like you. Your desire to protect sets you apart from a majority of the USA population. I hope you do some good in the Netherlands, and keep it safe for we Americans who may want to move there to get away from our own country.
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Thanks for the compliment and your reply.
Koopvaardijstraat was probably his street name :)
I kind of hoped for someone to say what you said, that it's not really how things go over there.
I've only been to the US once when I was about 12 years old, and I loved it (probably because we went to all the theme parks in Florida though).
I never understood how police officers or military men/women could be corrupt.
It's a wonderful job why ruin it for yourself and the people around you.
But I always try to get people to understand that the video's of the "bad cops" they see on tv and the internet represents only a small percentage of the force, and they should not base their hatred for cops on that.
They are humans like everyone else, after all.
And I never really thought about the competition, you're right about that, I suppose it is will be harder for me to get into the police academy, as a new citizen.
I will have to get used to speaking English as well, and I might have a slight accent :S
Okay it's probably a better idea to stay here and start working on it then.
When I'm on the force I really want to have some action as well, we have the riot police here because in Europe football/soccer is quite popular and because of the rivalry between fans they sometimes clash violently.
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The SWAT team as its known here are about = to your Riot police. From my cousin's experience, they mainly get called for bank robberies, and standoffs. These are increasing by the day due to the failing economy. It is more difficult than it has been in the last 70 years to get a job, even if it is something like working at a restaurant. People riot for all types of reasons. Generally Americans hold more value to material goods and tend to not cause as much damage to property as Europeans; however that isn't always the case. American Football and Hockey usually cause the most riots. Baseball is generally seen as a more family sport. Soccer isn't that big over here. At least not to the rioting point.
I'm not sure how much of our history you learn over there. Look up "The Great Depression" that happened earlier in the 20th century. Our economy is very similar to that right now. I don't really think it would be a place you want to come. At the earliest, I would wait until after the election, and see who gets to be president. Although (and this is my opinion) whoever it is probably won't help much.
The corruption in the American police are simply a matter of money. In that same small town I mentioned earlier, one of the officers used to sell drugs in the local park to anyone that could prove they were over 10 years old. It wasn't marijuana either. The corruption is based off of monetary gain. Sometimes it is one or two individual selling drugs, or doing some other illegal activity. Sometimes it is the entire force. They also get blamed for racism. Basically money can buy anything here including police. You also need to think about the people that get into it so they can legally harm someone else. They are usually the most corrupt. Not everyone has a "protect people" mentality like you do.
The police forces here, especially the government police forces like the CIA do hire outsiders for special missions. If you have a specialized background; say something in the bomb department, and it is a skill they can use here, you have a better chance of being hired here on a work visa. Just because you work in the Netherlands, doesn't mean you can't come over here for special training, or to even train Americans. It really depends on how far you'd like to go with it and how good the training over there is. It is generally assumed (and this is stereotyping so take it with a grain of salt) that the best combat instructors are Russian. The best firearm instructors are Israeli. It all depends on your expertise, and the demand for it. BUT you need your own home country's training first.
euro trash, stay in your gay discos and away from the states