Dutch and German Police work quite well together. They even do mixed patrols. Here in Dortmund, ca. 145 km from the border (as the crow flies) we see joint forces at major events like the christmas market or football games with many dutch visitors. At international football games you also might see britisch, french or police from other countries around the stadium (depending on the participating teams)

As a dutch person, it's fantastic to see our fellow German police working together with ours. Also great that dutch and German are a very similar language.

interesting that americans mostly seem to worry about liability in these cases. This is not common in NL because we rarely sue. I'm sure the police officer returned to the vehicle, took his information and passed it on to his supervisor/police station and it will al be taken care of via insurance or the government, with an apology from the Police to the owner. Love this video, keep it up! Interesting to see other points of view

Let's be honest: in our hearts we Dutch feel Germany is our big and reliable brother.

Fun fact: in the border regions all first responders work together. It's quite possible to see German fire brigade, police or ambulance services in the Netherlands and vice versa. Some 20 years ago when the Enschede fireworks factory blew up, German fire brigades and ambulances and Army rescue helicopters sped across the border to come help.

One thing to note is, even after such a chase the police dont react like american police with drawing their weapons for example. Thats due to the fact that in general people are not automaticly considered armed because there are less weapons. Nice to know

Got another one for you: The Dutch land forces have just been entirely placed under German command, they are, in practical terms, part of the German Army. In return, Germany has placed part of their navy under Dutch command. There is a mixed British-German specialized engineer unit, and France and Germany have formed a common brigade years ago.

7:32 Did you notice the blue sign with the golden stars and "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" written in the center? That is where the actual border is, or not is. You dont even notice it.

Thanks for that reaction vid. I live in that german town at the boarder and I csn clearly remeber when that happens a few years ago. Not obly police is working nicely together over the boarder here, also the fire departments and the ambulance-services. An injured person (car accident e.g.) would be brought to the most specialised hospital in our region (Netherlands or Germany) depending on the injuries the person has. If there is somewhere a big fire, german and dutch fire departements work together across the boarder. And there are special trainings for all these services for dutch and germans together. One of the things I love about Europe!

I am from Germany and I really like how well Germany and Netherlands work together, not just in police affairs

Moin! Danke für die Kommentierung des Videos! Ich bin Hauptkommissar bei der Polizei in Norddeutschland und fand das Video sehr interessant. Die deutsche Polizei grüßt Dich. Mach weiter so! Hey! Thanks for commenting on the video! I am a chief inspector of the police in northern Germany and found the video very interesting. The German police greet you. Keep it up!

The car that had a collision in the chase was not regular police, but marechaussee, the national gendarmerie force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that performs military and civilian police duties. You can recognize the difference by the blue colour of the car.

In this specific case the police (neither the Dutch or the German) isn't liable, the Dutch MOD is. The blue police car is operated by the marechaussee (border patrol) which is a military branch in the Netherlands.

Your reactions to videos about Germany, the Netherlands or Europe in general are pretty entertaining, please keep up the good work!🔥 It's fun to see engaged Americans interested in other parts of the world and sharing their perspective on things.

really suggest watching one of the videos where the dutch police are escorting an ambulance through traffic. It's awesome to see how they manage to keep the ambulance moving without any unnessecary stops

Greatings to the Netherlands, one of our great neighbours in the west. ❤

Nordhorn my hometown.We love our neighbors in the Netherlands ❤

The 'colleagues' was a direct translation, yes. Here in Europe, everyone who has the same job is immediately considered colleague. (There are exceptions of course, but especially with 'high profile' jobs for lack of a better word, that's definitely the case.) Example: A podiatrist in Paris? London? Rome? They're my Bavarian mom's colleagues, despite having never met before. 😄

I also liked it to see how the Dutch and German police had worked together. We live in northern Germany only 28 km from the dutch border and had often seen cars on the Autobahn coming from the Netherlands and then the German one were stopped and checked by the police. I think many times they got a tip from the Dutch police about drugs.🙂🌺

This was interesting to watch especially because I know all these streets because I live very close to Nordhorn! I looked up what the German (because the accident happened in Germany)law says about who has to pay when a police car drives into the car from a civilian in Germany and technically the one that they’re chasing has to pay for it not the police and not the civilian

I'd guess since it was during the chase, the Dutch police won't be trouble for the crash. Drivers in germany need certain insurances to get a car so the damage would probably be covered by it. I'd have to ask my mother for the specifics though since she works for a insurance company Edit: the dispatch lady has been referring to the German police as "Duitse collega's" which translated means German colleagues, so yeah that was the proper translation. (If I misspelled anything please correct me, I only know very little Dutch)

Police cars in the Netherlands aren't insured. Nor are any military vehicles. Any damages they cause in the line of duty will be reimbursed by the police force or the Dutch government.

"Understood, we are currently informing the Germans." American: :O

As a Dutchie, gotta appreciate that even the cops are direct sometimes: "stop driving and stop being an idiot".

Where the German A30 Autobahn crosses the border and becomes the Dutch A1 there is a services stop that straddles the border half and half. There a big German Police building there with lots of cars. Two weeks ago, I was sitting in my car in the car park there taking a break on my way back to the UK and watching. There’s a constant crisscrossing of Police cars across that border. I think once they reach that point the only way for them to turn to go back is to cross into the other country first. 😃🇳🇱🇩🇪

In Denmark, the emergency unit is always liable, and I believe it's the common practise throughout most of Europe.

Not absolutely sure about the liability but I would assume: The car owner of the mercedes is covered by the state/insurance on behalf of the police. And then the state tries to get that money back from the criminal.

Oh you surprised me, I've lived in Nordhorn for 30 years and know the streets there. At 7:30 you can see the Tensundern border shops on the left and a little further on the right the old customs buildings. 8:40 the German police are insured by the state. The driver gets his damage compensated by Germany even if he was rammed by a Dutchman. Reason: From the border it was a German operation.

The Germans are coming - game over! Haha! 😂

Did you even notice when they crossed the border? 😄

Living quite close to the border it's nice to see how well the German and Dutch police forces work together.

6:16 "We are currently informing the Germans." Chuckling to the vibes of This!-Means!-Trouble! impending doom of that message.

This is where I grew up. This Van guy knows his way around, because parts of it are very rural! Even Customs was involved in the chase (Blue car)

One problem with not chasing is, it encourages to flee. When it gets known that police won't chase if you run, suddenly no one will stop for police. As a result you are forced to take certain risks, because if you don't you create a culture of running from the police.

To answer your questions, yes the translations are spot on. The police will be liable, he crashed into the car while it stood still, unusual situation for the car. He wasnt trying to block, just not get in the way. Person will be compensated for their damages, thats it, no law suit or criminal case just unfortunate

duuuude! that was more enjoyable than like 95% of new blockbusters. wow!

There is a lot of cooperation between German authorities and other neighbouring countries. For example, German police officers have recently been allowed to travel as far as Austria to carry out border controls on rail traffic towards Germany in order to apprehend possible illegal refugees. Or there is also cooperation with Polish authorities in relation to stolen goods. Turkey (which is not a direct neighbour) has also helped some German police officers in the past. For example, in the case of the Enkeltrick fraudsters who work in Turkish call centres and cheat elderly people out of their money. Since the driver is driving on German territory, the German police officers also have the power of command. The Dutch police officers are then only allowed to drive behind. If the German officers catch him, he will probably be handed over to the Dutch police. If he harms someone else in Germany, he will also be charged with a crime in Germany.

There is lots of cooperation between Dutch and German police. I live about 25km from the German border and here we actually have combined patrols. So a German and Dutch police officer are in the same car. This necessary because in the Netherlands German officer are only allowed to assist, they may not arrest anybody and vice versa. That's why in the clip the Dutch officer were reminded that they were in Germany and thus the Germans were in the lead. Boh in Germany and the Netherlands people are not allowed to carry weapons, but police obviously may do so. Until recently however German officers were not allowed to carry their gun in the Netherlands, but since a couple of years they are allowed to do so. So you can find Germans officers carrying guns here now, although I rarely do. It used to be completely different. When I was young there was still a fysical border. Where was a gate and border patrol. Only if they opened the gate you could pass. At that time Dutch police was not allowed to continue a chase into Germany. Nowadays in summer in the Dutch sea resorts German police also patrol the beaches even though it's not even close to Germany, but there are lots of German tourists and so German police assists. During the Christmas season lots of Dutch go to the famous Christmas markets in Germany and there they might meet Dutch police helping the Germans. Dutch and German are similar languages but even so it's easier to have someone speaking your language. I do teach at a High School and we do have students who are German and still live in Germany and in German High Schools you might meet Dutch students living in the Netherlands but attending school in Germany.

"German colleagues" was a direct translation yeah, the translations in general were pretty on point.

A couple of days ago French police were in pursuit of a French car that drove all the way to the Belgian capital Brussels (which is quite far from the border). But the French police kept following the car, and were later joined by Belgian police. These international cooperations are very common, and criminals should know that crossing a border won't bring them to safety.

Germany and the Netherlands are having are deep collaboration in many things. A couple of weeks the German chancellor, the Minister of Defence and their Dutch counterparts signed an agreement to integrate the Dutch army into the German army. The founded the so called Verteidigungsunion (defense Union)

😂 It ends in Nordhorn germany 100 metres from where I work 😅

This van’s driver is nuts. He’s crossing uninterrupted road markings that according to European traffic laws mean you’re not allowed to cross or even drive over with one wheel unless it’s a dire emergency, like trying to avoid a head-on collision. Other road users driving in the opposite direction assume their lane will be free and the risk of a head-on collision is real. Additionally the van is driving at breakneck speed of 100 kms/hr in a residential area (highest speed 50 kms/hr -> 31 mph and nowadays often as little as 30 kms/hr -> 18.6 mph) is criminal. Not to mention driving over a raised lane divider at an intersection. That driver is in for some major charges next to auto theft.

The translation was accurate btw, in Dutch they also said "German colleagues" :)

9:46 that dog is NOT a sniffer, it's a biter and holder of persons that messed up like the driver of this van, usually making it VERY easy to chase down such a suspect if an attempt is made to run away after getting stranded.

They are actually saying "German colleagues" at 7:37, I am Netherlands so. Love your videos, keep up the good work 👍

That happened here in my hometown. I remember that noise :D Nice to see my neighbourhood in one of your videos. The german and dutch police really work well together.

Niederländisch klingt einfach niedlich 😊

I'm quite shocked by the fact that the US police aren't liable. I've recently learned that they also don't have to put themselves in any danger while doing their job. That's unheard of in the Netherlands.

Hi, I am a Dutch person. The car accident at the end was with the Royal Marechaussee (Dutch military police) and not a regular police vehicle. The car inflicting the damage is always liable. In a chain accident, each car hitting another car is liable, even if it is clear who triggered the accident. The translation is pretty good. I would have translated it as “the German collegues stand at the ready”.

ok considering no one is actually awnsering your question the car was stationary stopped by cops and at a trafic light and not trying to impeed the chase; then got hit by a moving cop car ( gerndarmerie ) if you look moments later that same cop car was stoped just as soon as the space was enough and cleared ( and cause its front end was literrealy on the floor ) and was probably going to get the information for the insurance clain with the merc owner. the car sitting at the light will get fully covered by the insurance company the cops/millitary/ use. shit happens ; its part of the job, but cops in europe will not let an inocent bystander take the blame for an accident they are not responsible for. on the other hand ; we also understand that shit happens and usually wont sue the cops for some low level random accident like that one. ( the owner of the merc will prbly get breathalised just a routine procedure ; maybe even drug tested at least in france they would ; but if clear ; its just paper work going to the insurance companies. ) oh ; and cops try and not use private property as cover;then again ; we dont sell guns like cupcakes so we dont have the meth addicts runing around with guns problem you do .. ; and we dont act like entitled idiots all the time; thus cops dont have to use our cars as shelters ; and if they do once in a blue moon ; the insurance will cover it. shit happens as i said.

The car that was in the accident is Marechaussee (blue with police stripes). And in a flash you could see that just after the accident it had stopped, and on the radio they talked about it, 'no injuries' was concerning that incident. As far as I know, the governements' insurance will cover it. And the insurance company will probably try to get the money back from the idiot driving the van.

Very good video Joel! I wonder how often this occurs in Europe with the countries so close? Good to see they have great communications with each other. Well done!

Yup. When he has served in Germany, he is transferred to the Dutch DA, to be prosecuted there also. Within Europe, there are practically no fysical borders anymore. Police forces of neighbouring countries usually get along well.

Good cooperation is a must when the borders are basically just two road signs. 😅

My absolutly Respect for the Police oficers They did a great great job and put themself in high risk while chasing this grazy men 🤬 How they keep their calm during this stressfull situation is what impressed me the most, how they worked together with their coworkers in Germany 👍 amazing!

Thanks for the reaction. I've seen this police chase multiple times, and every time I'm on the tip of my chair. Your question about who is gonna pay for the ploice car crachin to the Mercedes: insurrance. Besides that was not a normal police car (well it was) but one from the 'marechaussee' (like state police). The coorporation between the Duth police and the German, and Belgian too, is very good.

The Blue police car which ran into the Mercedes was Dutch Military police car: all white police cars were normal Dutch police cars and the Yellow/blue silver police cars are German. The Dutch Military police is always visible and invisible active at any border crossing between The Netherlands and it's neighbors like Germany and Belgium. Yes the cooperation between the three police forces of Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands work very intensively together as one police force, which is an excellent example of how this should be done. When the police crosses a border their jurisdiction is still there but under guidance of the local police. Of course before any police will cross any border the local police should have been informed before the border crossing is a fact. So dispatch is coordinating everything and these are the police people whom will get in to contact with any police force across the border. These chases happen from all sides in to all countries so the local police will be waiting on the criminal trying to escape across the border, in fact criminals are doing the police a favor trying to cross the border because as of that moment not just 1 police force is trying to get this criminal, but at least 2 police forces and it has happened down south in Zuid Limburg that 3 police forces were involved to catch criminals. since the three borders are so close nearby in Zuid-Limburg. Having 3 different police forces well coordinated in high speed pursuit looks like all hell broke loose and usually they all bring Dog brigades with them in case this smart ass criminal tries to flee on foot... You may start wondering what your leg looks like after (several) police dog attacks...

That moment of "We are currently informing the Germans." kind of made me chuckle. xD "Call them." - "T-Them?" _"Sic the Germans on 'em."_

Those were some good tactics of the second team getting out while the first stayed in the car in case the driver didn’t bailout

The translations are very good. In anwer to your question about the mercedies incident, in the Netherlands police cars and ambulance have priority but that doesn't mean they are never liable, it depends on the situation (i.e. was the car impeding in any way).

Hi, just a little story looking a bit (just a bit) like the bump here in the other vehicule My boyfriend's car was parked in the parking place in front of our appartment, and the cops were called for a dispute between two other people who bumped each other in the street. When the cops arrived and tried to park, they bumped into the front of our car and broke the front light. Well, my boyfried just went to see them (one of them was already writing his contact info on a paper) to write a "constat" of the incident. Then the city's insurance paid for the repair and a replacement car for the duration of the repair. I'm in France, but I'm pretty sure they did quite the same in the case of this video.

In Germany the suspect needs to pay the damage. Because it happened of the action the suspect did. If the suspect manages to escape then you need to pay it by yourself.(insurance)

Eh, whole lot of difference between American and Dutch/German law enforcement and how it is judged. Your judges are chosen by election. Not so in Germany and the Netherlands, they are appointed and ALWAYS are lawyers. It is a job like any other job is supposed to be.

In Germany, the polluter pays principle applies to liability issues. This means that whoever evades arrest must be liable for any damage caused by the persecution. Good liability insurance companies also pay you even if the polluter cannot pay. The situation is different when the police or fire brigade have to damage things that are not related to a direct pursuit or where the police officers have taken disproportionately large risks. A few years ago there was a case in Hamburg, a patrol car was on the way to an operation at extremely high speed and collided with a pedestrian. The policeman who drove the patrol car was convicted because he always had to keep a "safe speed" even with the blue lights flashing.

I'm really proud as Dutchy to see this😊

The police car that crashed into that civilian car is actual Dutch Marechaussee (Military Police). That will be just like an insurance thing. Good video!!! Like it that you comment on this road rage video of that van!

I'm from The Netherlands. The car hitting the Mercedes was a Dutch border security verhicle. Government vehicle's in the Netherlands are NOT insured, but the government is liable for whatever damage is done with them when on duty, and will pay for this damages. In case of a shootout-damage I do not know exactly what the case wil be, but mostly If there are people arrested and convicted, they will be kept responsible for damages. It also depends on which level of insurance you have if things like that are claimable. Luckily we do not have too many shootouts, since every potential weapon bigger than a potato knife is illegal to carry in public.

7:45 yeah the translation is spot on there

There's this popular video of a similar degree in Belgium. A carjacking happened in The Netherlands and the police persuit continued into Belgium. The Belgian colleagues took over and continued the chase. There was also an accident by the police, but the police pays for all the damages cost.

Netherlands Culture Cool!! looking forward to that!

Nice reaction👍 greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

About the Mercedes: I'm Dutch and that happened in Germany, so I'm not sure, but I think it's the most likely that the car owner's own insurance company will pay up. If your car gets damaged in a way that was in no way your fault, you have a car insurance for that. If not that, the police will have an insurance, like you said. But I think the first option is more likely. The police will have accidents like that way more often than a regular car owner, so it's easier to spread the cost across the different insurance companies they bought their car insurance from. Do Americans even have a car insurance? I'm not sure, you guys really are a different country... '^^

The dark blue car that hit that car at the intersection is a car from 'the marechaussee'. This is the Dutch military police. They also supports the regular police force if necessary and they are responsible for patrolling the borders.

European Police works great together in many cases. as soon the Police crosses the border they have limited options but may arrest someone but may not leave with him so in this case because the arrest has been in Germany he has to go to the German police office and the dutch has to ask a transfer, that is more a formality then a problem;)

In Britain, larger organisations can self-insure, so they don't take out a policy with an insurer. They might still be liable. That would be for a court to sort out.

I think it would be nice to see you do more of these videos. There are a lot of these kinds of videos of dashcam/body cam footage uploaded to yt from the dutch police.

@7:53, It's indeed a direct translation (collega).

If I had met more fellow Americans such as yourself, I might never have left.

I remember hearing about this show called ‘The Bridge’ where a person is murdered at a bridge that borders Sweden and Denmark.

This incident happened a few years ago in the region where I live and was the talk of the town at the time. In the end he made the mistake of driving into a cul-de-sac where he was fortunately arrested after a long madman's ride. Miraculously as far as I know there were no injuries, only some car damage.

At the Oktoberfest in Munich, the second weekend is the Italian weekend, when many Italians visit our beer-fest. There are always some colleagues from the Italian Carabinieri (military police) here to support the German Police for safety and translation... .

7:52 yes, it's a direction translation: Dutch "Collega's" to English "Colleagues"

That one actually went by my house. They were going pretty fast and there were like 14 police vehicles behind it. Kind of insane also how fast they were driving

usually when your car gets touched in traffic by police in a pursuit,or by the one that's chased,and many many times everything is on camera,the state/states pay for repairs.i'm saying usually cause there are some rare cases when the car that got touched wasn't respecting a rule of traffic(like being parked in a wrong area,or was on the wrong lane,etc)

as to the mercedes, you can see the police car trying to do a pit manouver, but the van is too heavy so he fails, when the van pulled away the police cars tail ''SLIGHTLY'' spun out and he ''SLIGHTLY'' lost control of the back end and hit the mercedes

Omg, i am from that dutch city. Never thought id see my small city on yt randomly. To answer your question about the crash, The police would be liable for the damage because the criminal wasnt near the car. Knowing the region, i would say they apologized and covered the damages. They are very respectable officers. Know them personally

So the dark blue patrol car is part of the KMAR which does the border protection and MP duties among other things. They're known to be a bit more forceful and don't have to stop and exchange details after a fender bender like that. In the end they'll blame the suspect for the crash, if he hadn't run they wouldn't have been there.

Just FYI The white cars with red and blue stripes are Dutch Police cars. The white cars with blue and yellow are German police cars. But you can also see the car that bumped into the Merc that has a blue rear. That is the Border Control, AKA The tough guys that are heavily armed. they also dont fall under the Policeforce but are a part of the Dutch Army. the amage to the Merc will be payed by the Insurance

This is now completely normal.Who thinks that if you flee across the border will no longer be chased by the Dutch police, you will be unlucky. the other way around. The fire brigade or the emergency medical service also work together. There, too, there is no longer a German or Dutch fire.

The police car that hit the Mercedes was actually not a police car but a KMAR car…KMAR are the royal Dutch marechaussee. They’re basically an independent army force with police duties. They do border controls as well as security tasks on airports and port facilities. Besides that they also have counter terrorist units and so on. These are the tough ones

the mercedes in this case gets compensation paid by the royal constabulary (the blue police car). by the way, the royal constabulary is immediately transferred when there is a pursuit at the border.

in germany when an emergency vehicle gets in an accident, while performing a manoeuvre that would be illegal for normal cars. usually the emergency service is liable.

8:35 Because the persecution was in Germany, but it wasn't a German police car, and the persecution started in the Netherlands, we would have to rely on the international laws of Europe, which states that in a chase it is the perpetrator's responsibility that nobody gets hurt , or items will be damaged. means the fleeing is guilty. Another example: if a police officer in a bank robbery tries to shoot one of the perpetrators, but hits someone else who dies as a result, the perpetrator is also guilty of death, and will therefore also be charged with murder. (I am from Germany and i study law)

Great video to watch prior to the original The Italian Job film this Friday! Not so much the ending though. 😉

Nordhorn is around 65km away from me and geez there many moments like this with stolen cars from Netherland :o nice vid bro 😉

The Dutch are very cool. I am looking forward to your reactions to the Netherlands. 👍

The dispatcher uses formal "U" throughout, really striking.

About the black Mercedes that got hit: The vehicle that hit him was actually from the Dutch military police which is assisting in the pursuit. They will compensate the Mercedes owner for the damages. I'm not sure if they would be liable, they might make the person in the white van pay for all the damages caused by the pursuit.

Did you noticed how similar is Dutch with German language 😌