Swatting is not really a thing in Europe AFAIK. I believe it's exclusively a US problem. Few countries have militarized their police to the extent that the US h

Swatting is not really a thing in Europe AFAIK. I believe it's exclusively a US problem. Few countries have militarized their police to the extent that the US has. And of course the gun ownership is so common there that they'd pretty much have to assume the worst when a call comes in. Cities like Chicago have casualty rates measured in the thousands per year. Many active war zones are more peaceful than that. So, it's understandable that there are incidents and that police are biased to protect themselves when they need to respond to calls like this. Of course police do show up in Europe if you call them and most larger cities have swat teams as well to respond to e.g. terrorist threats. I live in Berlin, and of course we have situations where that kind of response is needed fairly regularly. Same with other cities across Europe. But they wouldn't show up in full force for what appears to be domestic violence based on a single anonymous call. Usually when something is actually going on, they'd be getting many calls and it would be clear pretty quickly what is needed.