i was flying my fpv 250 and an officer came up to me, started asking questions because he was interested. i then hooked up a spare set of goggles i have to mine, and got him to put them on, and let him see what i saw. that day i got another person into the hobby.

It's almost like they had a 80% general interest in the drone but threw in a 20% "Let's make sure this guy isn't doing anything illegal" kind of attitude.

Come on, admit it... you were trying to spy on some chick in a bikini because your attempts to bring down an airliner with that drone had failed :-) LOL

This is a textbook example of how to converse with police while flying FPV because: - You were polite and didn't act defensively or nervously - You said you only fly out to short range

The most polite "Are you perving on people?" I've ever heard, too good! :-D

Ahh this feels nice. Every now and then I have an encounter with the police too. Not because someone called them but because they just passed by and saw me flying. They always show great interest in my hobby so I'm more than happy to give them a ride along with a spare fatshark. Yea I've had my fair share of cops going "HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THIS", "WHOA THAT'S AMAZING" and "I WANT ONE TOO!" Best. hobby. ever. Let's fly together some day, man!

"Can you see something special in the trees?" "Just branches. Oh, and a couple of topless sunbathers in the backyard of that house over there. But I buzzed them a couple of times, so they're not there anymore."

This is Scandinavian (and Dutch and Danish) mentality in full action. Respect! All the world should learn from you!!!

Thanks for the upload and translation. its always good to see positive out comes! :D

Congrats to the police in your country. Actively communicating with people and being open to new hobbies and learning how people participate safely. Awesome!

"I don't know, I just like to rip balls" might be the best answer ever.

I love when people are generally intereasted. When people come up to you , you never know if they just want to learn or if they want to have a go. I love giving people the spare goggles so they can ride along for the first time.

Similar to most (if not all) encounters I've had in NL. They are mostly just curious and sometimes fancy a ride-along. As long as you behave and respect the environment, there's really no fuzz. (Schiphol CTR being the exception perhaps because of all the media)

That attitude is refreshing. That said I've never had any problems with the police here in the UK, only with a couple of dog walkers and in both those cases *they* were trespassing!

Matches my experience too. When an officer comes by it's often just curiousity about what you fly and maybe also try to see if you know what you are doing. A few times a police man asked to show a few moves, like flying around and landing. A while ago I was flying with a collegue, and we let the officer have a look through my collegues goggles when I was flying. He was amazed by the image quality despite the quad being a very small one (95 size) and how silent it was. As long as you don't harass people and respect the environment, I think most will see you are just a guy having fun in a responsible way, and not a threat, as some tend to make FPV pilots appear to be.

That is what I am talking about, we need more exposure like this to educate everyone about our hobby that we are just out there having fun! Fantastic video!

Talk like adults get treated like an adult.

LOL, can you something special in the trees? Uh, branches?

Thanks for being an Ambassador for the Hobby/Industry. ( Part 107 & FAA private pilot).

WOW! Civilised Police that can actually hold a decent conversation with out threats and intimidation. How refreshing, I wish we had the same attitude here with Cops in the UK.

that's why I almost always take some old box goggles with me. I feel like for moast people it's kind of hard to get why you'd fly around with those things on your face even when you try to explain it. But give them the goggles for a minute and they understand it!

Freaking Awesome man! Loved it

Spot on and your approach was great too-by positively engaging with people asking questions you can educate people about drone flying. Happy flying mate!

Love the silk glove interrgation by the officers. "Oh nice drone, how far does it fly? Oh yeah, and about how high? And when you're up there in the trees, can you see anything special?" Smooth, very smooth.

nice calm friendly chat there... good job man. 👍👍👍 nice flight too

The last word said it all!!!! Fun!!!!!!

A normal discussion, held between normal people. One has a job to do, which they did. The other wanted to enjoy his drone, which he did. Both parties got what they wanted and respected each other. Exactly as it should be.

I think the dutch police is one of the best trained in the world. Not escallation from the beginning like you see in a lot of places, but de-escalate, asking questions, relaxed without threat.

Nice hoor! Dit is de hobby in een positief daglicht zetten. Goed uitleggen en rustig blijven. Echt top! Ook kudos voor de agenten om interesse te tonen ipv meteen te oordelen.

I find education is key. Let them know what you are doing and what the Quad/Drone is capable of and they are mostly like the Police in the vid. I have members of the public asking me lots of times. Good example there fella.

Every cop I ran across while flying ask questions how to get into the hobby

Speaking of cops and FPV I just had the craziest experience with the police ever in FPV first we get kicked from a spot by them only to get invited to let us fly around them, they turned on their lights and I got a chase in 😂 I cannot wait to post this one ☝️ great edit man!

Full ACK for your final statement! I actually stopped calling it "drone" and speaking of "race quad" - then of course people think about those motorbikes with four wheels, but you don't get those stupid comments about "spying neighbors". It's becoming more and more a problem to find good spots here in Switzerland where nobody will complain. Even farmers started shouting at me when walking on "their" gras fields :-/

100 percent right !!! People freak put about drones with cameras but a normal cell phone can take pics etc.

Police "Hi, we're out fishing for information" You "Good luck with that!"

My experience was very similar. Someone called the police on me. They were told that a guy with cases was walking to the park. So I told them what it al was and I gave thes Officer my goggles and ripped a pack. He was blown away. Were friends to this very day. Good job mate. Let's all educate the masses about this fulfilling hobby.

Dat was een fifty-fifty mengsel van oprechte interesse, en bewust 'good cop' gedrag om je op je gemak te stellen zodat jij vertelde wat ze wilden weten. Ze komen niet voor niets een praatje maken. Maar evengoed gewoon keurig, eerlijk en fatsoenlijk, van beide kanten.

422 people have tickets from police for flying drones.

Very cool dude. And I think this is a fine example of Dutch police. You are in a good open spot, they see something cool. They stop and ask curious questions. That's all. They like cool stuff too. They are human too. Keep up the good stuff.

There questions were specific. In the states, and other countries as well, line of sight must be maintained and altitude kept below 400 feet. At least you answered correctly.

Well handled, sir. This is an attitude many would do well to embrace.

Great reaction from the police, so much different than other people who are calling use maniacs and dangerous. Big like from me buddy.....subbed!!! Keep on ripping my friend. Lekker bezig!!!!!!!!!!

One of the best parts of the hobby...interacting with curious on-lookers. I guess it all depends on how much you like talking to people..but I do enjoy being able to answer people's questions with confidence and contribute to their knowledge base. Cool cops for sure...I'm finding this to be pretty common occurrence with authorities being pretty receptive and just as curious as general population is. Then again sometimes i'm just like - go buy your own toys and figure it out yourself, don't talk to me weirdo...haha...depends on how I wake up that morning I guess.

Thats the most polite interrogation I've ever seen! The giveaway was the question about what do you see up there in the trees..... Nicely handled.

Awesome encounter. I've never had problems with police. Usually bitchy joggers or dog walkers. But where I live is very laid back so they really can't do anything. We don't have any laws yet against freestyle drones.

I had a couple of encounters with the police as well and the same sort reactions. If you remain within the (legal) limits... no problem. Ignorant people is a different story. Blij dat je deze video online hebt gezet. Leuk zo'n positief bericht

Really great video man ! Pretty obvious you were having fun and the police could see that and were friendly. So much fun has been taken out of drone flying to the point I use mine as a doorstop.

These drone flying or on some next level skill. That bit at the start makes me understand the rush that they feel.

hell yeh,, +1 for the dutch police.... and WTF do she mean with (what do you encounter in the trees? --> tree fairies ???)

Great flying skills man. Well done by Police too. Are living in Holland? Just saw yellow registration plate and guessed ;)

i have actually super glued props back together with pretty good success.

It is glad to know that some where in this world, there are good cops.

kan menig agent of boa een voorbeeld aan nemen . gewoon netjes 🤘

Is de politie in Nederland eigenlijk wel op de hoogte over Drones en het hoe en wat waar je mag vliegen?

Its nice to see the police showing respect and not assuming that he is doing something bad like the police in the USA

I'm curious about what she expected you to see in the trees that was so interesting. Love the flying skills too.

Lekker Thieu!!

Did you see anything special: like people bummbing? What was she fishing for

Hope I only get interventions like this in the future... Just recently ordered my first drone, needed for work, Mavic 2 Pro.

ive subbed you for your positive interaction with the police. polite and friendly, doing no harm.

American cops probably tackled him and put him in a chokehold.

Like als je de ondertiteling niet las

I applaud your kind of police, so polite, so much respect! Hier in Suid Afrika 'n hele ander storie! (Here in South Africa it's a whole different story) That was really good to see! Maybe time to come home. (In a forefather/roots type of way)

I never had bad encounters with Dutch police, they were always super nice and helpful.

Dit is nederlands

seemed like they were interrogating you to me

Make no mistake, that encounter was not just about the cops being interested. They were also making sure everything was on the up-and-up. At least they maintained their professionalism - not something you can count on in the U. S.

Nice to see it working this way! I had only a security guy on a parking lot, but he was interested too and spend some time talking and looking. Let's hope, it will all end well! 👍

Kijk zo kan het ook idd :))

yes... you can spy a lot running at +50km/h with a fixed analog camera..

I have a local park I have flown all kinds of RC planes at. I can't count how many times I was in the field and had a local police officer show up. Many times just watching, other times getting out, walking over and asking a ton of questions. I've had officers bring other officers to watch when I was there.. literally 3 cop cars in the parking lot watching me fly lipo after lipo. I have yet to take a drone.. thinking it won't be quite the same. (Atlanta USA)

True words at the end. And I have to say. Everytime I fly with my Mavic, some people come around and ask me about that hobby few things. It is always a funny conversation and (except one situation) I always got positive feedback. And I am happy about that :)

Exactly. The drone hype that was caused a few years back demonized all RC Pilots. We are just having fun and 99% of us do it legally (now) and responsibility.

It felt like they were fishing for information to use against you or to put in their data base. What do you see? I see branches. HAHA

You should be a Drone Pylon Racer ... you handle the curves / turns ... GREAT !

Really good to see we have the same here in Australia the police stop see what we are doing we explain and offer to take them for a y along once you show them on a fly along they really cool about it keep up the good and hats off to the police officers 👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏻

Flying in the trees, I was thinking all the chicks were out sunning in the trees and that's why we fly through the branches

Nice to see some Police doing their job in a public spirited way.

Thats why you always need some backup pair of googles or monitor to show them few laps of real time fpv flying ...

Funny when she asked “And what can you see in those trees?”. Not very subtle way of asking “are you a perv?” ROFL

haha, great video mate, I'm glad they were so polite, they seemed more interested than anything

As a Dutch drone pilot, I completely agree with you! We are just having fun!

They reacted really well, don't think I'll get the same treatment here in Australia, but I'll soon find out when I've done 100 hours on liftoff 😂

love the police car "WTH" reverse lol

Just saw your video I am in the Uk would be nice if all interactions were like that with people walking dogs they are far more aggressive . Respect to the police for allowing you to enjoy the hobby 👍🏻👍🏻

Blijft grappig hoe goed zo'n titel werkt, 1000x meer bekeken als je andere video's

Nice encounter. Love the Dutch, they are so chill and reasonable.

Yeah, you fly great. A "ride" with another set of goggles, and you could have hooked a cop. It's hard to say it isn't pretty darn addicting! I'm hooked. No rehab for me either. It's hopeless... LOL

The female cop seemed to be implying that you were looking at something (voyeurism?) from within the tree branches. She's got a dirty mind! Lol 😆

Completely agree! However some of those questions sounded tricky.

Im still learning to fly.Thanks for translating....and the upload......

BEST DRONE I HAVE SEEN SOO FAR. THOSE MOVES ARE CRAZY. I CANT EVEN YAW MY VISUO 180 DEGRESS AROUND TO FACE ME. SALUTE

Nice, this is how interactions with authorities should be. Educate so they do not discriminate against people that are flying FPV multirotors. There are always "bad apples" in the bunch but for the most part this is just a hobby for those of us that are serious, we are not pervs looking to spy or surveil people, it is a hobby that consists of either freestyle flying or proximity/race. Great video.

One time a woman shouted at me «I hope you’re not filming me!». I just said «You’re the most boring thing around here, why would I?» and kept flying.

Different story in the UK....... Government & Police live in fear that someone somewhere might be having Fun!! 🤣

I think cops want to have those goggles chasing perps

The police in my area are getting into drones. It’s a good thing. Tech vs. thugs!!

tof dat ze niet kut doen want de meeste doen dat wel zo zie je maar weer dat er ook toffe mensen zijn die gewoon normaal doen 👍

Just seen this, I feel they were deffo testing the waters with their questions....but weren't heavy about it. I'm surprised they neve4 asked about public liability insurance ?. Well done too, for being calm and informative to them too.

All those questions were testing you to see if you were out of 'line of sight'. Set you up for Admission of guilt. :( Love the flying. Nice!