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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'd guess the average cop in Canada and the U.S. is 20 pounds heavier than the average cop in the UK, Netherlands, or Germany. They also carry themselves in a much more intimidating way, in their walk and the way they approach people. Is there something about the job in North American that requires police to be massive and project physical intimidation? Or does the job here just attract those sorts of people?
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Maybe its yet another negative byproduct of gun culture (obviously more in the US than Canada). Cops know anyone they deal with could be carrying, while in Europe the probability of a civilian with a gun is way lower. Police in the US must be really paranoid even at routine traffic stops.
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