US-policing vs British policing:

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http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2353-i-was-cop-in-country-with-no-guns-6-startling-truths.html

- Policing by Consent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles
Summed up: "Don't be a dick. A cop's job is easier if people like and respect you."

- Cops need to see themselves as part of the community they police.

- Treating criminals calm and respectful pays.

- Britain had nation-wide stop&frisk, known as "the sus laws", but got rid of it again when it turned out to be abused by racist cops.

- The two basic tools taught to british cops are: De-escalation-tactics and unarmed combat.

And of course, since guns are a rarity in Britain, the whole job is less lethal. British cops still get concussions, scratches and cuts, but the risk of dying on the job is way lower.



https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/datablog/2015/oct/15/how-many-police-officers-harmed-line-of-duty
More than 250 officers have been fatally shot since 1945, according to the National Police Memorial Day website. Since 2010, 11 officers of the Metropolitan police have lost their lives in the line of duty.

For comparison, 60 times as many US-cops died in the same time-span, despite the US having only 5 times as many citizens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_police_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty
That means, US-cops are 12 times more likely to die than british cops.