The response of the FBI and other police forces to the
aftermath of the Boston bombings has been exemplary. The coordination among the
services, the mobilization of an extraordinary amount of resources, both human
and material, the relations with the citizens and the management of the media
will be looked at in many police academies, in different parts of the world, as
cases of best practices and models to be followed.
Among the many lessons, they remind us that celerity in the resolution of these major threats to public life is key to recapturing people’s
confidence in the security institutions and on national political leadership.
