Danish Police have an online-squad that plays CS:GO, Fortnite, Minecraft etc. with young people. This is to prevent fraud, hate-speech, and grooming. All the officers stream live on Twitch.

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  7. Damn. And I didn’t go through with the idea to get into the police.

  9. When that cancerous choobler can send a squad to your house after you roast him.

  11. We have the same in Norway. They have a strong online presence, an open Discord anyone can join, and do a great job at interacting with their community. People can ask questions, raise concerns.. it’s a great initiative.

  12. Norway too, nice intention for sure but it comes off as a bit cringe. I’m not opposed to it though, just some of their social media stuff is weird.

  14. So uhh, how does one get hired into the videogames squad? 😀

  15. Do I have to go through Police Academy and where do I apply

  16. It’s a publicity-stunt.

    They are here on reddit aswel. And they like to comment when there is low hanging fruit for upvotes and feel-good energy.

    As soon as anything critical is said about Danish police, they are nowhere to be seen.

    Wankers, the lot of them.

    Also, I don’t see how playing the games stop anything. It stops them doing real work in the hours they spend on gaming. I’m unsure if that time-investment is returned by better reputation and more future candidates for hiring into the force

  17. How can they effectively prevent fraud, hate-speech, and grooming if they’re in the game playing as individuals? there are probably thousands of rooms/instances of these active at any given time, they be present in probably 1% of them or less?

  18. “Ok I hate my enemy, they are subhuman.” They then send jackboots to break down your door. Hate speech really?

  20. I understand the job, but why the twitch

    You’d think that undercover would be the point

    Is this Danish version of “prove that you are working from home”

  21. These guys always start CT then forfeit the game after 7-0

  22. I don’t get it. What do they do when they find something? What’s the chance it’s even in their jurisdiction when they do?

    Not knocking the sentiment, just wondering how effective it is. Do they publish stats on how many interventions or arrests they make?

  24. Do they play as terrorists I ask? If so fire immediately!

  26. Sound ridiculous but if you think about it it makes complete sense. Lot of young alt-right sympathizers today started on discords and gaming group chats.

  27. Imagine being payed to play video games all day as your job.

    Do you think they have skill requirements? Like you can only play CS as DMG and above?

  29. In Ukraine, we have a police squad that monitors OnlyFans accounts. Porn production is criminalized here, so a bunch of law enforcement watch mature content for tax payers money.

  30. So, if you trash talk them you could get charged by dishonoring an officer?

  31. Damn, they really convinced their higher-ups to let them game on work hours 😀

  34. Danish police is changing its image and public perception more and more since social media was introduced.

    If they are bored in a shift Danes wake up to some hilarious adds like a lost and found search for the owner of a crowbar found near a broken window at address xxxx.
    Or a “reward” is waiting at the station for the lucky driver that forgot to slow down when the light turned red.

  37. I salute their courage, I’d probably crumple after two matches of CS:GO from the toxicity

  38. They are also on Reddit! u/Online-Politiet they answer questions on police work and the law etc. on Danish subs

  39. ok but imagine that youre doing something illegal like grooming and find out there’s literally a cop in your game, the police already tracking your address

    i wonder whats the effectiveness of this system

  40. Many European countries have gaming police units. The most advanced systems are found in The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland and Norway with multiple countries following in their footsteps and adapting best practices. Interestingly, many of these units are funded directly by the European Union. Preliminary research results have shown very positive signs.

  41. What the frick that’s an amazing job.

    Get paid to play online games all day, while watching for crime. As a morally righteous gamer where do I sign up?

  42. Imagine you start trash talking and you find the fucking counter-terrorism unit at your house

  43. The intended goal is really cool and I think it’s a fantastic way to add safeguarding for young people online.

    It’s also absolutely hilarious conceptually.

  45. There was a thread on a Danish sub where a user was implying that he would harm himself. Online patrol was contacted and the managed to get him help.

    That’s an instance where the community was grateful for that they were there I believe

  46. CS:GO doesn’t exist anymore (for a long time already) – it’s CS2 now..

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