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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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.