I'm so tired of people saying that it's all the same thing.

 

What fool actually thought it was all the same in the first? Don't be ignorant people.

What fool actually thought it was all the same in the first? Don't be ignorant people.

The American education system.

The American education system.

Pff, the education system here is a joke, all I can smell is incompetence, failure and greed with a side of over restraint.

You should take a look at the European Union explained, know that's confusing. Also I find it surprising how many British people don't know this, it's crazy. Although it's something I can explain to them and it makes me look smart so I'm not complaining.

I knew about this. Even if our teachers never taught them and it would kinda piss me off when they use UK, Great Britain, and England as the same thing..

Most people don't care to know, so that's why they probably say it's the same. I swear anything geographic or historical, I've already from youtube or the history channel. That's why meh Social Studies teachers love meh lol

Omg he talks so freakin fast it's annoying.

Well....now that, that's taken care of...i wonder how police works in Britain? I mean in the US we have city cops who patrol the city, Sheriff''s who patrol the county, and state troopers who patrol the state....how does it work in England, Ireland, etc.?

Yea the UK fools a lot of people, it's basically a collection of countries within one. @MasterTrooper, there are counties scattered all over these countries and each of them have their own police force. Some police forces may patrol one or more counties.

I'm so tired of people saying that it's all the same thing.

 

 

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you posted this.  I'm tired of it too. Stupid people who don't know the difference between GB, UK and ENG. It's even worse when you live here too!

Well....now that, that's taken care of...i wonder how police works in Britain? I mean in the US we have city cops who patrol the city, Sheriff''s who patrol the county, and state troopers who patrol the state....how does it work in England, Ireland, etc.?

We have forces that patrol whole counties, or parts of counties. Where I live now, I am in the county of Hertfordshire which is policed by Hertfordshire police, and a lot of police forces in England are for specific counties, there are some exceptions; some forces like Thames Valley and Humberside police patrol regions of different counties. You also have the Met police and the City of London police; the Met polices the whole "county" of Greater London except for 1 square mile right in the middle of Greater London, which is the City of London. There are also some police forces that specifically patrol ports, like the Port of Felixstowe police. In Wales, where I am at university, because it is so rural, police forces manage some of the largest areas of any force in the UK. Dyfed-Powys police is responsible for 4 separate counties in Wales. In Scotland, the police force is called Police Scotland, and is responsible for the whole country, and the same goes for The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Finally, across Britain, you have the British Transport police, who are mostly responsible for crimes on trains, but they can pull people over and perform regular duties in any county in the country if they need to.

We have forces that patrol whole counties, or parts of counties. Where I live now, I am in the county of Hertfordshire which is policed by Hertfordshire police, and a lot of police forces in England are for specific counties, there are some exceptions; some forces like Thames Valley and Humberside police patrol regions of different counties. You also have the Met police and the City of London police; the Met polices the whole "county" of Greater London except for 1 square mile right in the middle of Greater London, which is the City of London. There are also some police forces that specifically patrol ports, like the Port of Felixstowe police. In Wales, where I am at university, because it is so rural, police forces manage some of the largest areas of any force in the UK. Dyfed-Powys police is responsible for 4 separate counties in Wales. In Scotland, the police force is called Police Scotland, and is responsible for the whole country, and the same goes for The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Finally, across Britain, you have the British Transport police, who are mostly responsible for crimes on trains, but they can pull people over and perform regular duties in any county in the country if they need to.

 So who is on the tv shows Coppers and Traffic Cops?

It can be a bit confusing at first. Sam taught me most of it though now :P 

 

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 So who is on the tv shows Coppers and Traffic Cops?

 

Those shows tend to attach to particular teams within particular forces for a season, i.e. South Yorkshire Police's Road Crime Unit.

Those shows tend to attach to particular teams within particular forces for a season, i.e. South Yorkshire Police's Road Crime Unit.

Ahh ok makes sense. On the shows it is hard to tell the difference between agencies.

 So who is on the tv shows Coppers and Traffic Cops?

It get's even more confusing because to save money, forces have merged units together with other counties. In Hertfordshire, our traffic police is called Herts and Beds road traffic police unit, because they've merged together (they were featured on a few Traffic Cops episodes). If you watch shows like, you've probably seen Motorway Cops, which follows the Central Motorway Police Group, which is a completely independent force which mostly does traffic police jobs on some of the main motorways.

"The English generally regard the rest as rural yokels who spend too much time with their sheep" I found this way funnier then it should've been.

Man that guy narrating that video spoke way too fast. Fascinating video by the way.

 

Cheers.