BANDAGES OF "SHAME" AND WI-FI PROTECTION: INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE POLICE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

On November 10, Russia celebrates Police Day - a professional holiday for all employees of the internal affairs bodies. Their service is dangerous and difficult, and they are precisely the people to whom the citizens turn to in case of having a trouble.

Today, about 900 thousand people work in the Russian police - they are involved in maintaining public order, tracing, preventing and solving crimes, road safety, combating terrorism, extremism and drugs, as well as controlling the circulation of weapons. All these units are incredibly important - they are necessary pieces of the puzzle of government.

The editorial of Rusbankrot joins in the congratulations to the brave police officers and invites you to read about interesting facts and peculiarities of the work of law enforcement agencies all around the world!

Brazil is known for an unprecedented rampant drug mafia - police have to regularly raid local slums, and shoot everything that happens on cameras. This is necessary in order to have evidence in the event of another charge of misuse of weapons.

The fact is that the Brazilian police officers received an unspoken title of "the most violent in the world", and they constantly have to report to the human rights organizations. Unfortunately, rumors of their cruelty did not arise out of the blue – very often Brazilian police are fighting the drug mafia using their own methods.

The word "police" came to Russian from Poland (policja), and to Polish - from Latin (politia). Politia is translated as "state structure".

In Thailand, there are several types of police: tourist, road, military, etc. But the paradox is that police from different divisions have no right to perform the duties of each other. For example, if the driver is stopped by ordinary police officers (to inspect the trunk), they cannot ask him to show them a driving license even if the driver is drunk.  

By the way, it is very prestigious to work in the Thai police - those who wish, are to participate in the competition for 150-200 people per position. Upon graduation from the academy, new police officers receive rings with large stones as a gift.

The worst punishment for a Thai police officer is to be ridiculed. The punished officers wear pink Hello Kitty bandages of “shame” on their arms (and this is not a joke).

While Soviet policemen were looking for the maniac Andrei Chikatilo, they managed to solve more than 1000 unrelated crimes. Among them, there were 245 rapes and 95 murders.

In the UK, most patrolmen have no weapons - they are supposed to "negotiate". For example, 90% of London police officers cannot boast of having firearms, and in emergency situations they need to call special armed forces, which arrive after some time.

It is also interesting that the sheriff's office still exists in the UK, where it was invented, despite the fact that the films tells us that the sheriff is a purely American profession.

In Finland, in more than 25 years of police work, only 4 people were shot.

In the United States, police officers do not have any promotion “for meritorious service”. When applying for a job in a police station, the policeman obtains a rank of detective, and promotion is possible only for certain merits. In fact, about 90% of American police officers retire in the ranks they obtained at the beginning of their career.

If a police officer wants to move to another department, then he has to start his career from the very beginning. It is also interesting that married couples cannot work in the same department - it is believed that this undermines discipline.

It is worth noting the fact that the American police do not need attesting witnesses, they are allowed to interrogate witnesses on their own. People trust the officers, as they know that they will not run the risk - 15 years in prison are provided for a lie.

Australia has a Wireless Security Police Division. These police officers monitor the vulnerability of home Wi-Fi and prevent criminals from using the network.

Malaysia is known for private protests and rallies, but local police have never used military weapons against the striking population - this is strictly prohibited. According to the local law, the police have a right to shoot only criminals who have firearms.

Happy Police Day!