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I'm not disputing that at all, the hard work of all the emergency services is something we should all appreciate.
However, this is the third incident in two months and, whilst we know nothing yet of the identity of the perpetrators, I'd be surprised if they weren't known to the security services. As others more knowledgeable than me have commented, the cuts to community policing have been particularly hard and that has a direct effect on intelligence gathering at the local level.
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Agreed, just like the Manchester attacker being reported 3 times that he was as risk of being radicalised but nothing was done about it.
I can't remember where I read it but there was an account from a modern day policeman describing how there's no community engagement anymore because there's not enough police or time. We need to get back to a place where if someone in a community starts acting strange it will get noticed and checked rather than just responding to the next big event.
Sumo
Yet it sounds like the emergency services did an incredible job last night.
One wonders whether every city has the resources to respond like that.