The slow police reaction on what appears to be a violent and distressing incident, is telling.
The commission's report also castigated what it described as a woefully slow police response once it became clear that Mr. Breivik was shooting people.
In recent years, city officials have made deep cuts in staff and operations, leaving residents complaining of darkened streetlights, slow police response times and bus delays.
At the Berlin Marathon, where the cut-off time is 6 15, the "slow police" are notorious for lurking at the back of the pack.
But secessionist leaders have pointed to everything from potholed streets to slow police response times to argue that a smaller government would be more responsive.
Sir Hugh has scrapped publicly with the government, most recently over Mr. Bratton, and Mr. Godwin is thought to have been damaged by the slow police response to the rioting in London.
On another front, Laurelton activists have for years urged the city to create a new police precinct in the area, since the 105th, which includes Laurelton, is so large that it may slow police response time, some say.
Bernard Squarcini, the French intelligence chief who is a key ally of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, replied to criticism of the slow police response, saying: "We couldn't go any faster".
It's mash-up already so who cares?" There was also a suspicion that the slow police response had more sinister purposes; it was rumoured that a hands-off approach allowed the looting to go on unchecked and that this paved the way for police swoops on particular estates.
Rachel Giror of Morgan City and her husband Troy put their number on Facebook after being fed up with the slow police response.
