It's not 'shooting back' when they don't even have a fecking gun. Yes part of being police is suppose to be that you are agreeing to put your safety on the line to protect society.
This is complete bollocks. People are using cars? I assume you mean the handful of terrorist attacks? Yes in Europe there is armed response, and in many euro countries the police are armed all the time, yet strangely they don't go around fecking murdering people on a weekly basis.
As for UK cops, you're talking out of your arse. Here's a list of those killed directly in the line of duty..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_police_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty
In a country of over 65 million people, 2012 was a terrible year because 4 police were killed. In the 5 years since there have been 3 more. Last year the US with its 5 times bigger population had 135 police killed just in 2016 alone.
Teach your police to de-escalate situations instead of acting like fecking rambo when they go into each stop. They can be cautious and still be polite and not order civilians around like dogs. That's what ends up getting police killed, everyone fecking hates any interactions they have to have with them. Even if a police has their weapon drawn, they can still speak calmly and politely and request people do what they want instead of barking commands at them like a bad marine movie.
That last line of yours by the way is so goddamn typical of America. Countless other countries have different and more successful methods for dealing with problems, but instead of actually listening to them and learning from them, America always has to be special and unique. Some American cops have actually gone to train in the UK and come back blown away by the difference in approach and the effectiveness.
sad you aren’t. Still, „People here are idiots, so the police has to be idiots as well. Also, you have pesky brown people in your country!“