former london police detective peter kirchen commended the response in reading but says officers there are likely to be working with fewer resources than forces in the big cities it's something that's been of concern for some time. whilst the response to terrorist incidents in places like central london are central manchester it's often held up as being fantastic and really quick and lots of officers and their rapidly brought to a conclusion that wouldn't be the case in smaller cities and towns throughout the u.k. the police in those areas they have far fewer resources there are far fewer officers cover far covering far larger areas and so by definition the response to an incident is going to be slower there's going to be fewer officers getting to the scene in this particular instance it seems like the attacker heard. a number of people in the park and then made his way out of the park and was arrested by officers arriving at the scene a short time later so it was brought seraphic conclusion in any event. to germany now where a night of rioting has left parts of the southwestern city o