I would say you are much less likely to be shot (by anybody) in Germany. Far fewer people carry guns. (Making up numbers for illustration purposes only: In the US, you may be twice as likely to have a physical confrontation with fists, and 50 times as likely to be shot.)

This changes things for the police. If a cop in Germany confronts a belligerent citizen, said citizen may take a punch at the cop. The cop is probably better trained, and also probably in better shape. Still, s/he could lose. If so, s/he may get teased by other cops back the station.

In the US, the cop has to worry about the belligerent citizen taking a shot at the cop. If the cop loses that encounter, the other cops at the station will speak very respectfully to the cop's widow(er). That's a completely different proposition. It means that the US cops are on a hyper hair-trigger alert that German cops don't have to be.

Disclaimer: I don't work in law enforcement. It's been many years since I was in Germany. This is my perception only.