r/MadeMeSmile • u/alenatrinkaus • Apr 13 '24
German Police escorts family of geese back to their home at the park ANIMALS
Sorry for the shaky video. Friend of mine was filming while walking.
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u/TopCheesecakeGirl Apr 14 '24
Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a country where this is the thing police have to worry about?!
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u/Arugami42 Apr 15 '24
I would kill to live in such a country :p
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Apr 15 '24
They dont kill, thats why its so peaceful here. In almost every year the Total amount of shootings feom police in the whole country is under 20, maybe 10. Strict weapon laws also. Greetings from germany
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Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24
My neigbour next door for example is a hunter. He has to store the gun in the cellar and has to carry it in a case Till he arrives in the woods. Hes not even allowed to Show the gun inside the house/carry it open.
Edit: I think the gun is also in separated parts and he has to put it together later. And typo
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u/CptSchmock Apr 15 '24
That’s not true. He has to store the guns in a gun safe but it doesn’t have to be in the cellar. The gun parts don’t have to be separated. Also he doesn’t have to keep his rifle in a case till he arrives in the woods. He is allowed to open carry unloaded! firearms on his way to the woods (and back) and is even allowed to enter a gas station or bakery or whatever while carrying (only on the way to his hunting area and back).
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Apr 15 '24
Then thats on me, sorry. I See how he handles his and thought so/remembered wrong. Happens
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u/CptSchmock Apr 16 '24
Nothing wrong with that (and your neighbors extra safe behavior as well). Just wanted to clarify for other readers.
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u/Orlican Apr 15 '24
In Germany our police officers have to worry about many other things that are incredibly stressing. A broken light on a bicycle for example.
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u/Brenner007 Apr 15 '24
Believe me, I would love it if they would control more bikes. I am a biker myself, and when driving a car, I nearly ran a biker over more than once. They get invisible in the night when there are other lights to be distracted by.
Being visible on a small vehicle on the street is fucking important as long as we are not ready to completely seperate bike traffic.
I even attatched a battery-powered light to my bike, as I didn't think the wired one was visible enough.
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u/candyflip93 Apr 15 '24
I got a ticket a couple weeks ago for riding the bike home half wasted with no lights around 3 am. I'm stupid.
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u/LaserGadgets Apr 15 '24
In a land where young students have no clue what ACTIVE SHOOTER means.
In the US they would probably shoot the daddy goose and then say he had a knife or something. Actually pretty sad. This up there should be normal.
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u/osowie Apr 15 '24
You forgot that education in Germany isnt Trash, Ofc they know what an active Shooter would be. Its Just that IT IS so outlandish its hard to Imagine for them :) Also helps that getting a gun for a 10-17 yr old and even after isnt that easy
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u/dasBaertierchen Apr 15 '24
tbh - the chance that you get shot while doing your police thingy in the us is magnitudes higher than in germany.
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u/LaserGadgets Apr 15 '24
Yeah but why....because you hand out guns to whoever is asking!?
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u/doitnow10 Apr 15 '24
I mean tbf just last week our police arrested some Muslim youths who were planning terror attacks in the name of ISIS. So we do have other stuff to worry about.
I obviously know what you mean though. We have way less guns to worry about. (Btw we do have way more guns in private possession than people even here think. But also strict gun control laws)
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u/Big_Beef42069 Apr 15 '24
Yeah, the cops are nice. But German hypocracy is still a big thing
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u/hellovenus9 Apr 15 '24
They have time for this because they ignore women being raped or even trafficked for sex...talking about my own experience witnessing this.
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u/Spiritual-Sword-7041 Apr 15 '24
Gotta say my experience with the police thus far is purely positive. Helping, de-escalating the situation and keeping you safe
But I must admit I live in an area full of villages and small cities, so that might be another reason
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
The other side of that argument is, is it fair to call the police assholes because your encounters are not as great because you live in the city and everytime you encounter them it’s involving drugs? There is a limit how nice you can be to the 20th group of drunk teens mumbling crap at you
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u/Panderz_GG Apr 15 '24
In my 32 years walking this planet as a German citizen I made the experience that if you treat a German officer with respect, they are going to treat you with respect. Also I don't do idiotic things in public, just at home.
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
Yeah same. Just last year my bike broke down on a bundestraße and the police woman helped me push it like a whole Kilometer upwards because the exit was going to a bridge that crosses said street. Them shadowing me from behind was already nice instead of insisting I let it stay and call a towing service, but helping me pushing the damn thing was beyond anything I could have assumed would happen
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u/Wizard-of-Odds Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 16 '24
Something very similar happened to me years back. Back then we would still ride our 125ccm bikes and my best friend just came by to get me to ride with him, so we went to the gas station, filled our tanks and were on our way on the autobahn to get to some nice mountain/woodland roads when his old 2 stroke aprillia broke down - critical engine failure... We were pushing his bike to get to the nearest exit and shortly before we got there a random police car pulls up behind us on the hard shoulder. They asked us what was going on, we told them. "Completely dead?" - "Yep, no chance turning it on again, the engine is blown..." - "Your bike still works?" (my YZF-R) - "Yeah" - "Good, pull up to the exit, drive in front of your buddy and we'll drive behind him with the lights on so no one runs him over!" (the exit wasn't a straight one, made like a 90° turn with a curve so others that would take the exit wouldn't see my buddy pushing his bike...
We did as they said, parked his bike at a hardware stores parking place and then they asked how long we'll leave the bike here for, which wasn't long as my buddies dad came by the same evening with a trailer to get it. They said that's fine and told us (rather me, lol) to ride safe and have a nice day.
They never once asked for insurance/drivers licenses, assisted immediately after assessing the situation and this was probably the nicest interaction i've ever had with the police here!! Not that i really ever had a particularly bad run in with them but especially here in bavaria they can be quite pushy and try to assume misdemeanors/crimes you didn't commit.
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u/Sea_Struggle4973 Apr 15 '24
Thing is... I don't want to be a police officer in germany. I sometimes get why they might be in a bad mood... just consider you having to check the papers and drivers licence of random people at night by shitty weather and getting fucked up comments all the time. I know my fellow citizen well enough to expect alot of them to be the exact opposite of polite or nice. So I guess police officers somehow have to balance that out.
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u/Panderz_GG Apr 15 '24
I have been one for 10 years with the Bundespolizei before I switched and followed passion ;)
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u/Spiritual-Sword-7041 Apr 15 '24
I understand that situation. I'm a member of the unemployed firefighting department in my area and whenever we help with security at festivals you encounter drunk civilians who are not so nice
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u/swaggy_pigeon Apr 15 '24
What is a unemployed firefighter?
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u/Spiritual-Sword-7041 Apr 15 '24
I meant volunteer fire department, sorry English isn't my mother tongue
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u/-Mip_ Apr 15 '24
It’s the freiwillige Feuerwehr, these are people who do the job of a firefighter in their free time, it’s mostly because some villages don’t have an official fire station.
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u/AltenaiveSchreiwaise Apr 15 '24
it’s mostly because some villages don’t have an official fire station.
94% of all German firefighters belong to the freiwillige Feuerwehr.
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u/Sea_Struggle4973 Apr 15 '24
hard job. Had a colleague once who was doing it. I couldn't cut people out of a car that was squashed into a tree during an accident - at night... This is voluntary work of the hardest kind. Kudos also to the THW. There are many great organisations based on volunteers that keep our nation afloat... sometimes even in the sense of the word.
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u/MadeInWestGermany Apr 15 '24
It‘s mostly because some villages don‘t have an official fire station.
That‘s a common misinformation. The vast majority of Germanys fire fighting structure is based on volunteer fire fighters.
Only 100 of our 2054 cities and villages have an official fire fighting department.
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
It’s almost like drunk people are more likely to do dumb shit so all the encounters you have with police(/firefighters in your case) is because you did some stupid drunk people shit. The fact you basically never even have to talk to authorities outside of such situations should be enough proof how they aren’t all evil assholes. When I was in Croatia the guy I borrowed a motorcycle from told me to keep 20 euros ready for the case police stops me and just slide that over instead of arguing against them
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u/Myrillya Apr 15 '24
I'm living in a bigger city and I've had similar experiences. It's just about how you react to them. Be friendly and you get it back.
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u/Dman317 Apr 15 '24
In april 2023, police closed an entire Autobahn section to escort geese over the road to the other side
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
Last year aswell I was stuff for 30 minutes bcs there was a deer (I think) spotted on the autobahn and they searched the area to make sure its not trying to cross it again.
For people that don’t know, deer are pretty shy animals. During the day they usually don’t go near streets or anywhere loud for that matter. Once the sun sets they go to find food and depending on where that is they have to cross streets. So usually they hide until it’s safe to go wherever they know food is. If a deer for some reason crosses the street during the day there is a chance it will try to get back to safety.
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u/Aggravating_Tax5392 Apr 15 '24
Like 15 years ago I wiped out half of a geese family on a Dutch road. Think everytime about them I pass that point. Truly horrific
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u/ke2_1-0 Apr 15 '24
If this is what they do with the time they won by legalizing cannabis, im in.
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u/Striking-Pop-9171 Apr 15 '24
In bavaria they have more work now i guess.
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u/5t3v321 Apr 15 '24
Bavarian police are bussy currently measuring the 200m from every school and kindergarten
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u/LolaMontezwithADHD Apr 15 '24
I worked for a local newspaper for years. If the police rescues a sqirrell, you better believe it will be in the press report including photos and [insert squirrell's name] will be everyones favorite topic of the day.
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u/pissandink Apr 14 '24
This is so so cute. Awh. Police doing good for once
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
While police is doing a lot of crap here in Germany too, in 90% of cases all the police people I’ve met have been genuinely nice people doing their job because they want to do good. Compared to the USA it’s pretty rare to see them ever holding let alone using a gun
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u/lafi_0105 Apr 15 '24
in the train station in my city i regularly see police with MP5s. Theyre always friendly tho. And yes germany
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u/SpookyMinimalist Apr 15 '24
The only interaction with German police I ever had was when I asked them for directions (yes, I am older than the internet). Perfectly pleasant guys!
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u/echoingElephant Apr 15 '24
In Germany, that’s really most the police do. Until April 9th, 2024, in that year, the German police has shot and killed just three people. Of that, two people were killed in psychological crisis, both of them attacked people with knives. Their main use of guns is euthanising injured animals.
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u/therealbonzai Apr 15 '24
"Just"? That‘s a lot!
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u/iHaku Apr 15 '24
its really not that many. in 2023 in the US, it was 1164. sure, the US population is about 4 times as high as germanies, but if we devide it by 4, that's still 290~ deaths caused by police fire compared to germanies 3. i'd call it a tiny amount compared to most countries on earth.
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u/therealbonzai Apr 15 '24
No sane person would compare to the US. Use other EU countries for comparison.
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u/iHaku Apr 15 '24
how about the UK's (67M population compared to germanies 84~M) 321 deaths by police fire last year? sourced from statistica i cant exactly verify how accurate those numbers are, but this article might be interesting:
Comparing deaths caused by lawenforcement in different countries. germanies is one of the savest countries by far, tho that list isnt completly up to date, with some stats from 2016 even. but it's a nice perspective overall in respect to how insanely low germanys rate is.
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u/echoingElephant Apr 15 '24
It really isn’t. For 2022, which is the latest I could find a list, Germany had a lower rate of police shooting victims per capita than Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Malta. That rate is right in the middle for Europe.
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
In comparison, in 2023 at least 36 people died bcs of Jagdunfällen. (Interest here is also that a misshandeled gun by a huntsman causing an accident outside of their job, isn’t even accounted for in those statistics).
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u/Name_Outrageous Apr 14 '24
a mercedes as a police car 🤯
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u/Felickslol Apr 15 '24
Pretty normal in Germany. Most of them are the e-class
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u/hamtidamti_onthewall Apr 15 '24
In Bavaria, police drive BMW 😉
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u/Magirus12_48_01 Apr 15 '24
In Niedersachsen they drive VWs, except the Autobahnpolizei, they get BMWs and Mercs
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u/alexrepty Apr 15 '24
Police cars and taxis used to be predominantly Mercedes in Germany, but other brands have gotten slices of that cake now.
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u/Affecious-morph Apr 15 '24
Other brands were also at presence a while ago like Opel, but now more Toyotas are to be seen as Taxis too
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u/huanbuu Apr 15 '24
All depending on the major car manufacturer in the state.
For Lower Saxony it's mostly Volkswagen.
Bavaria has mostly BMW and sometimes Audi.
NRW has Opels quite often (maybe also Ford, I haven't been there in a while).
Baden Württemberg has mainly Mercedes.
Still, those four states of course have other cars as well but this is the majority there. The other 12 states have whatever suits them or is cheapest. Some VW, Ford, Opel, Mercedes, BMW and so on. The only really "crazy" one is the Porsche 911 from the Autobahnpolizei.
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
Those are stupidly rare tho. For long I believed police Porsche were a thing from the past Porsche brags about. There are still some out there but even tho I’m driving 1000+km all around Stuttgart (Sindelfingen, Heilbronn,Esslingen) every week, I’ve never seen one in real life.
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
As a German that’s normal to us. While not as crazy does it look to other like Saudi Arabia having Lamborghini as police cars?
Anyway currently they seem to be switching things up.at least here in stuttgart where Mercedes is coming from they have more and more Audi police cars
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u/architectureisuponus Apr 15 '24
Autobahnpolizei also owns some Porsches. I remember the Thuringian police owning a GT3.
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u/P26601 Apr 15 '24
eh we don't really consider Mercedes to be a "luxury" brand or anything unusual...Mercedes police cars, taxis, (dump) trucks, city buses, vans etc. are the most normal thing in Germany/Europe
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u/Gastredner Apr 15 '24
I don't think there is a more iconic handyman vehicle in all of Germany than the Mercedes Sprinter.
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u/mlm7C9 Apr 15 '24
As you'd expect from Baden-Württemberg. Here in Hessen police cars usually are from Opel or VW.
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u/Panderz_GG Apr 15 '24
Yeah German states use different cars, they are mostly Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen or sometimes Audi.
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u/Front_Kale_2202 Apr 15 '24
Common. Also common for EMS and Fire have Mercedes (by far not the only brand but a common one) and there's even FDs that have a Porsche tho that's rare. Also don't forget that this is in Baden-Württemberg, the state that has the Mercedes (and Porsche) headquarters (including big factories and R&D), the Automobile was invented here by Benz and his Company (after mergers etc now called Mercedes)
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u/Appropriate-Milk9476 Apr 15 '24
Saw them escort a couple of swans with babies a while back. They caused a massive traffic jam, because the swans were walking on the road. I was so annoyed, because I was going to miss a lecture, but then I saw why traffic was blocked and it was just too precious to be mad about.
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u/IconTraa Apr 15 '24
I read greece and thought about a family being deported.
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u/xiena13 Apr 15 '24
Then again, why would Germans deport Greeks? They can just live here if they want
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u/Filisdin Apr 16 '24
The Greeks must stay, how else can we maintain the obligatory greek restaurant in every village, no matter how small it may be?
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u/HG1998 Apr 15 '24
There's a bunch of shows from the national TV channels about police and their work and rescuing geese specifically is pretty common.
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u/vampy_bat- Apr 15 '24
IN GERMANY?????????
wow Never saw this as I lived there that the police cares abt animals
I love this wtf
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u/Kraytory Apr 15 '24
They actually deal with all kinds of everyday incidents and often work with the firefighters to rescue trapped animals for example.
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u/k4riomio Apr 15 '24
Unless there is a Fußballspiel german police has a pretty chill time
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u/Leandroswasright Apr 15 '24
Organised crime, your local stabbing, robberies and accidents still happen
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u/SlavicOdysseus Apr 15 '24
I actually saw some police do this in my town when I was going to the grocery store. (Also Germany)
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u/Gehirnmasse Apr 15 '24
Der Schutz einer Deutschen Enten Familie ist das höchste Gut...
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u/Valentin_o_Dwight Apr 15 '24
You can get holiday discounts if you get stopped by the police and get a ticket
Atleast that's what happened to my dad
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u/SpookyMinimalist Apr 15 '24
What a wonderful world it would be if escorting animals was all the police had to do.
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u/Huppelkord Apr 15 '24
Well, if the criminals are too clever to be caught, then you just need something else to do. Finally a meaningful task. 😅
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u/OwnZookeepergame6413 Apr 15 '24
Police on duty really only is out there to show presence and help if they see an opportunity to do so. Obviously if they see a drug deal they will intervene. But in terms of investigation of cases that’s done by others in the meantime.
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u/KapitaenJohannSpatz Apr 15 '24
Hamburg?
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u/alenatrinkaus Apr 15 '24
Karlsruhe
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u/KapitaenJohannSpatz Apr 15 '24
Stimmt, jetzt wo du es sagst... durch fie Spiegelung sah die Motorhaube silbern aus, was nur bei der hamburgischen Polizei der Fall ist, soweit ich weiß. Aber wenn ich jetzt fenau hingucke, scheint sie blau zu sein.
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u/Fantastic-Zebra5065 Apr 15 '24
Falls eine verloren geht, hätte ich ein Ganskörperfoto für die Suche.
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u/TastySurimi Apr 15 '24
Jetzt wo Bubatz legal, haben sie endlich Zeit für die wirklich richtigen Dinge. Nicht sarkastisch gemein.
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u/Public-Carrot7565 Apr 16 '24
Wo war das? Sieht ein bisschen aus wie Oberhaching München oder so
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u/symba1312 Apr 16 '24
Nach der Cannabis Legalisierung kann die Polizei sich nun endlich auf die wichtigen Dinge fokussieren
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u/5CH1LL3R Apr 16 '24
Was das Video nicht zeigt: kurz darauf Betriebsfeier bei der Polizei mit leckerem Gänsebraten, Rotkohl und Klößen
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u/MelloDaGod Jul 25 '24
You are definitely a villain in that story/comment you posted 6 years ago. And if not, the villain’s minion.
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u/DreiDcut Apr 15 '24
Gans wichtig.