I am from Germany and actually police hardly appears into the daily existence of my personal life. I am neither a shy nor cowered person and during all encounters with police the experience actually turned out more nicely than I would have assumed. Sometimes I even didn't care to be nice myself as I was stopped one night I drove my back then friend to work. I was annoyed and tired and therefore distracted and took a wrong turn where I was not supposed to. A police car stopped me to see what was going on with me as my driving clearly showed up as insecure. After they checked me for not being under the influence of alcohol and I asked the policeman for advise where to chose the right direction to home, he helped me out in a real patient and polite way.

Another incident was when my back-lights went out during a car ride and I was not aware of that. The police stopped me and asked me where I was heading. I had another 20 kilometers to go - instead of making me leave the car and seek another way home (which they could have done legally as my car was not safe for use and it was becoming dark) they offered me an escort. So I drove back home and they saved me from behind.

All other cases it was me calling the police as there was a drunken neighbor turning on his music really loud during night times. I did not dare to walk downstairs and actually even talking to him while he was sober did not help. So I called the police who did a good job to remind the man of the rules. He needed this reminder quite often but eventually stopped.

I live in a two million citizens town and I am truly astounded that police dominance is nowhere to be seen. Exceptions conform the rule, same with night life and all districts where it is not so safe.

Your article provoked me to take on a counterpart as to show that people and nations perceive different experiences. I wanted to contribute with positive examples.