Yeah, that sounds right. The crucial difference is that police encounters in the UK hardly ever result in death. Edit to add: it's not just that the police are

Yeah, that sounds right. The crucial difference is that police encounters in the UK hardly ever result in death. Edit to add: it's not just that the police are much less likely to shoot someone, but that people know the police won't shoot them and therefore they're less likely to react in stupid and/or dangerous ways.