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RE: "Miss, are you being held hostage?" | How 8 policemen in bullet-proof vests were surrounding my home this afternoon

in #life6 years ago

Better safe than sorry. That's the kind of police efficiency and response anyone dreams about.
In venezuela the police are the ones who will kidnap you or steal your car, or worse yet, pay thieves to screw up up.
People are more afraid of men in uniform than of dangerous-looking men

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I know, I'm very lucky to live here and have an honest, non-violent and approachable police force. It's always a weird sight for me when I'm in other countries and policemen walk around with weapons of all kinds :-/ Let alone the local people not feeling safe around them.