http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/bulletin/norway-suspect-faces-court-police-defend-arrest-delay-1

This says there were police on the island. Usually? Came because they were called? They put in a call to Oslo and then 8 minutes later, an unexplained delay, asked officially for help. Granted..the emergency forces were probably involved in the Oslo explosion..but those 8 minutes meant 8 lives lost..or perhaps 12 as they are now saying there was an hour delay rather than 1.5 hours.

Also somewhere it said that there was a flotilla of boats picking up the swimmers and the police had expected to maybe be able to use some of those boats.

I can't figure out why they could not commandeer the helicopter that was taking pictures or enough boats. mg