http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-norway-police-response-idUSTRE76O4ZC20110725

 

It was 5.26 p.m. on Friday when local police in Nordre Buskerud first received an alert about shootings on the island. Four minutes later they notified Oslo and another eight minutes after that they formally requested back-up.

 

Fourteen minutes later still, local police arrived at the shore of the mainland, but for a further 17 minutes waited for a boat.

 

"We asked for help from the SWAT team in Oslo, which is specially trained to deal with armed situations. We did not know about the extent of the situation that was out there," North Buskerud police chief Sissel Hammer was quoted as saying by the Dagsavisen daily newspaper.

 

"But this was not about waiting, this was 17 minutes during which we prepared ourselves."

 

 

Every time I think how we're in the exact same situation here it just makes my blood boil. I know we're fighting the good fight here, but this just drives me to the point of wanting to pack up and head to a free state tomorrow.

The cops over there are too busy playing jump rope and grab a** and smelling daisies instead of being prepared for some type of disaster. Very sad indeed.

The cops over there are too busy playing jump rope and grab a** and smelling daisies instead of being prepared for some type of disaster. Very sad indeed.

The one thing that has to be explained is that it was the height of the summer vacation and a significant amount of law enforcement was most likely on vacation. The average Norwegian gets 14 weeks of vacation and even the military disappears in the summer. To keep the country running during this time of year some Scandinavian countries recruit collage and trade school kids from all over the world to work for the summer in their field in exchange for a little pay and board but the chance to travel and see the sights through the country on weekends.

Our police dept did the same thing last year, called swat to go in and waited 3-4 hours before entering the complex where the shooting took place..

 

They were to scared to confront the shooter. Who had killed himself anyway after shooting his brother and neighbor..

I'll admit I guess being born here as much as I hate the gun laws here, they are the norm. I'm "used" to them. Its normal being unarmed every day unlike how much of a shock it must be for someone from a free state to be forced to come to a place like NJ. But events like these shock me back to reality where I realize how damn defenseless I would be to be able to protect my family and self, EVERY DAY, EVERY MINUTE, outside the home.