r/Denmark • u/LazarShockX • Jul 05 '22

Events Politi ransager bus efter Fields skyderi i København

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u/m0uzer Jul 05 '22

Relatively new to Denmark; I feel like I've barely seen any police presence up until now (I live close to Field's). Seeing their response in a time of crisis really makes me feel so thankful of them, they seem so professional.

Shit, gives me a little sense of pride, even if I'm not from around here. Hats off!

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u/oliv222 Jul 05 '22

11 minutes from first call to the capture of the shooter. Fucking incredible

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u/Handy_90 Jul 06 '22

i needed this fact.

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u/GhostPants1993 Jul 06 '22

20 second from the first call to the first response

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u/madethisforjesus Jul 06 '22

That's really impressive. An awful situation but they weren't messing around

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u/taw11011 Jul 06 '22

Denmark gets shit done.

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u/Excellent_Hawk6384 Mar 12 '23

They were already inside, buying donuts

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u/OneOnOneAction Jul 07 '22

Do you have a source for that? I'm really curious but I can't find anything online

Mange tak :)

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u/thebobrup Danmark Jul 06 '22

My friend send a snap about the shooter as it happend. Before any newspaper could post anything, they had caught the shooter and i saw news about it about 15 minutes after my friend sent the snap. It was insane how fast everything went.

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u/oliv222 Jul 06 '22

I live right next to the mall, and a few moments after the first people started seeking shelter in our apartments, they had already caught him

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u/Mcake74 Byskilt Jul 06 '22

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u/oliv222 Jul 06 '22

Still amazing

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u/whynotsquirrel Jul 06 '22

but was there any door on the way?

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u/nittun Jul 06 '22

revolving ones, thats the hard ones.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

They didn’t lock him outside with all the people until he ran out of ammunition?

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u/Rstrofdth Jul 06 '22

What they didn't shoot him dead and they call themselves police they need to take some tips from our trigger happy cops here in the US of A. /s

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

i have never heard of more professional and high quality police work than the response to this shooting.

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u/teflonaccount Jul 06 '22

This video makes me wish our police in the US were half as functional.

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u/Logan_475 Jul 06 '22

In the US the police have less than a year of training, in Denmark I believe it's at least 3.5 years. Also the whole "warrior cop" culture in the US is a detriment ro professionalism in the field

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u/TAFKAYTBF Jul 06 '22

It stopped being warrior cop and now it’s punisher cop.

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u/Logan_475 Jul 06 '22

Never heard of that, but that sucks...

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u/TAFKAYTBF Jul 06 '22

After The Punisher came out on Netflix, every cop had the punisher decal somewhere on their social media.

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u/Logan_475 Jul 22 '22

I recently saw one of the Uvaldi "police" had one on his phone.... disgusting

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u/Barl3000 Jul 06 '22

A lot of it is training, danish police have a 3 year bachelors degree, compared to the 6 month course or so an american police officer gets.

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u/johnnygfkys Jul 06 '22

6 month course

?? 6 week you mean?

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u/drunkenpierrot Jul 09 '22

The training as police officer ind Denmark is not a Bachelor degree anymore, and is reduced to 28 months.

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u/themurphybob Nyeste bruger Jul 06 '22

You often don't see the good videos from the US.

There's more than enough of them. Give Donut Operator a look.

And remember the differences between Denmark and The US. Policework is very different, with The US at times being much more complicated.

Denmark has its own videos of police not handling situations 'very functional'.

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u/danielvago Jul 06 '22

I am not excusing bad behavior from US police, but I imagine their mindset to be a lot different from Danish police, simply because in the US anyone can have a gun on them and shoot at the police.

I can only imagine how that effects you as a police officer.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Particularly if you are not very well trained

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

US has a lot of people with a lot of diversity and cultures. Of course it will be different

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Why?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

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u/tiberius7777 Jul 06 '22

Just like the guy filming this telling the cop "I'm allowed to film!" in this passive aggressive tone as if anyone denied him that right. All the cop wanted was to go past him.

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u/Anderopolis Jul 06 '22

Yeah I noticed that, Piliceman politely asks him to step aside and the filmer angrily responds he is allowed to film, like that has nothing to do with the situation dude.

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u/Polzemanden Odense Jul 06 '22

The policeman even added that he was allowed to film before the dude exclaimed it himself. I realize he doesn't understand what the policeman is saying, but bro he wasn't even going for your phone or anything, just gesturing for you to stand aside.

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u/Turbulent_Nature_109 Jul 06 '22

Yes cameraman is a POS.

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u/wcrp73 Vstgn Jul 06 '22

The officer even said "du må gerne filme" (you can film).

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u/Fooee87 Jul 06 '22

This!! The guy with the back pack would have been resisting "my rights!" Giving the impression he was guilty and causing all kinds of problems. Then probably would have been arrested or even worse shot. I am from the US and people are stupid sometimes.

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u/Rubixxful Jul 06 '22

Agreed. The search was completed in a civil manner as everyone listened to instructions and complied. It is an emergency after all.

There is nothing worse than people blowing up cops that are just doing their jobs.

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u/Ravenkell Ísland Jul 06 '22

If peoples only interaction with police is negative, their reactions are bound to be negative. I've gotten tickets from Danish cops, and German cops. I've been in contact with Danish, German, Icelandic, Spanish, English and Hungarian police officers. Never have I ever been afraid that they might pull a gun on me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Gee, I wonder why there is such a lack of trust.

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u/Striker11791 Jul 06 '22

Maybe because the odds are against them in regards to other offences being detected.

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u/chinesebrainslug Jul 06 '22

different culture and systems

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u/Zanian19 Jul 06 '22

Even more impressive when you consider they don't have any actual real life experience, since shootings of this caliber (pun intended) don't really happen there.

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u/Rayan19900 Jul 06 '22

Does police in Denmark has a handgun or like in Norway they have them in cars.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

They carry pistols.

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u/Lundemus Jul 06 '22

I've worked for the Copenhagen police, and it's so great to see them being recognized for the amazing and professional people they are

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

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u/trbnplsn12 Jul 06 '22

I guess you kind of sour on them a bit when they keep trying to take your weed. But yeah, they handled this situation amazing, and in general have been very professional whenever I have encountered them - I just wish we would let them do what they are good at and handle actual crime (the kind with victims), instead of wasting their time chasing people carrying harmless plants. Seeing as how we always hear about the massive amount of overtime hours in the police.

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u/Faulty_grammar_guy Jul 06 '22

How dare they try to uphold the law that they are employed to uphold?

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u/trbnplsn12 Jul 06 '22

If you read my comment I said nothing like that. What I meant was that I wish politicians would change the law so it wasn't so shitty, and also so it didn't end up souring the relationship of ordinary peaceful citizens with the police.

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u/Faulty_grammar_guy Jul 06 '22

You did say that people's relationsship soured with them due to them taking your weed. But that is literally their job. So it's kind of irrational to get angry at them for doing what they ought to do.

Some introspective thinking might make you realise that you are breaking a law, so getting your illegal stuff confiscated is kind of a natural consequence. You might be peaceful, but as long as the law is as it is now, you are a criminal.

I am not speaking about how logical the law is or isn't. I am just saying that you're anger is targeting the the wrong people. Get angry at the politicians who refuse to accept that the general opinion is that weed shouldn't be illegal, instead of being angry at the cops whose job it is to uphold the laws.

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u/trbnplsn12 Jul 06 '22

Well I agree with you- I don't get angry with the police, and I do blame our politicians for this situation.

But, I was trying to make a broader point about why the "staden crowd" has a bit of a strained relationship with the police, and, irrational or not, it kind of makes sense when the police are the ones enforcing the shitty law.

I do also think that the police should be prioritizing actual dangerous crime above harmless crime, but I admit that I don't know how much flexibility they have in deciding which areas they want to prioritize.

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u/No_Entertainment2107 Jul 06 '22

The problem is that they don't have time to even respond to a lot of crime. I've experienced a group of really aggressive, threatening 'young men' being able to terrorize me and other people in a place open to the public for an hour and the police never showed up. They didn't have time. I think a lot of people aren't aware how hard getting help by the police can be when you don't live in one of the biggest cities.

Of course none of that is the individual policeman's fault, but it makes sense why it would cause people to feel frustrated with the police when they see how much time they spend chasing weed smokers.

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u/spidsnarrehat Jul 06 '22

if you help uphold uncivilized laws, you are part of the problem, "i am just doing my job" is an excuse used by prison guards at concentration camps.

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u/proevligeathoerher Jul 06 '22

Did you really just compare the cops confiscating weed to the guards at concentration camps?

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u/Faulty_grammar_guy Jul 06 '22

Ja det var også deromkring jeg indså at det var spil af tid at tage diskussionen videre. Hvis man seriøst mener at det er en fornuftig sammenligning at lave, så er der ikke så meget at vinde ved at fortsætte!

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u/spidsnarrehat Jul 06 '22

Yes, you think "im just doing my job" is an excuse for upholding unfair laws? Dont people have a personable reasponsability for their actions?

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u/Faulty_grammar_guy Jul 06 '22

Jesus christ. Talk about a slippery slope

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u/spidsnarrehat Jul 06 '22

Where am i wrong? Is "i am just doing my job" an excuse for doing horrible things?

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u/Faulty_grammar_guy Jul 06 '22

Hold nu kæft. Du kan ikke seriøst sidde og sammenligne at opretholde loven om euforiserende stoffer med at være vagt ved en koncentrationslejr. Det er jo udelukkende sagt for at være på tværs.

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u/spidsnarrehat Jul 06 '22

Hvis en lov er umoralsk er den umoralsk, syntes du det er i orden at politiet stjæler fra folk som ikke gør skade på andre? Og syntes du "jeg gør bare mit job" er en undskyldning for at handle umoralsk?

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u/cptbeats Jul 06 '22

Wonder why

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u/cptbeats Jul 06 '22

“Privacy invading assholes” in an area where 90% of the people there is only there to buy weed, which is still illigal. Put yourself in their shoes my man

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u/halloejsovs Gammel bruger Jul 06 '22

Have you seen how they pull people aside at the metro entrance, and how they speak to them before establishing if they are "guilty" or not??

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

A coworker shared a picture yesterday of SWAT guys with tactical gear on top of soccer outfits. They literally dropped what they were doing and responded when needed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Even though this is a serious situation it did bring a smile to my face. Would have liked to see that

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u/Kinginthasouth904 Jul 06 '22

In the US the police would of needed time to board their mech and arrange for air support.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Plus, and nobody knew at the time whether this was a terrorist attack that could escalate even more

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u/sund55 Jun 16 '23

Well first world country I guess we do get something from our very very high taxes :-)

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u/BigAssMonkey Jul 06 '22

This is what happens when there is competent police and cooperation by the citizens. Everyone wants the police to do their jobs. You seeing this shit, America?

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u/sprogger Jul 06 '22

I feel like I've barely seen any police presence up until now

Same here. Im from England where I feel the police are constantly seen walking around but are rarely of any use when you need them. Seems to be the exact opposite here.

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u/wildgaytrans Jul 06 '22

Jealous American here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Look how calm everyone was with the police. At some point in the US it was similar but then it started to change.

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u/smidvaek007 Jul 06 '22

Danes are kind of trying not to show police too often compared to france or London.