As an American one of the things that always stood out to me the most about Germany was how police operate there. It was like they were reluctant to use force unless they absolutely had to. Extremely chill overall. Even when they did need to arrest someone they just walk side by side with the person like they just having a conversation
Berlin police were a little more

but most other cities they didn't really stress like that.
Even the honor system with paying your fare for the subway right on the platform instead of before a gate like most places here. No way that would ever work here