That can't be right. And it isn't. Maybe you mixed up imperial and metric units? Amsterdam has 12.7k people per sq mi[1]. Not NY-dense, but certainly more dens

That can't be right. And it isn't. Maybe you mixed up imperial and metric units? Amsterdam has 12.7k people per sq mi[1]. Not NY-dense, but certainly more dense than San Jose. I am sure that Dutch police get longer and higher education than their US colleagues, on average. But more importantly, I think the culture in the police here is completely different, they attract a different type of character. In the US, using the "soft" approach is not popular with politicians and voters, so the police seems to have developed into an "army-light", attracting mostly "tough guys" who like the use of force. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam