Ping for the Norway ping list.
There's an ongoing debate--many hard feelings on both sides--up here in northeastern Nebraska, about the number of law-enforcement officials.
It appears there is exactly 1 law-enforcement official per 1,000 of population. Some people think that's too many, and others think that's too few.
I have no opinion on the matter; those very few times I've ever needed a cop (not only here, but elsewhere in the country and the world), there's always been one quickly and effectively.
I'm sure there's tons of crime in Norway that needs tending to by bolstering the police forces (/sarcasm)
So, if their Muslim problem is anything like the Dutch...might support a need for a larger police presence.
If I was them I would find laws on the books that didn't really protect people's rights. Like laws that you need permits to sell koolaid. Which I am sure are absolutely out of control in Europe.
Of couse a labor party official is going to want to expand the money going to police and the number of police officers. As the police unions are very powerful and major contributors to every labor party I have seen around the world.
Same thing with the Democratic party here: More teachers + higher pay per teacher = Much more campaign contributions to the DNC. And how can one argue against paying teachers more, or having a higher teacher to student ratio? Same thing with police.
I spent quite a bit of time in a small town on the West coast of Norway a few years ago. I never saw a policeman. I commented on this several times and was assured that there was a local police force. Finally some of the locals took me to another town to show me the "police station." There was an unmarked door at the rear of a small shopping center. The door was locked and no police cars in evidence. I'll have to admit that I never saw a situation that required police.