Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan will also create a new commission to investigate the effects of decriminalising cannabis in the capital if re-elected (Getty Images)
Khan has promised to lobby the government for an extra £159m a year for police spending, which would go toward a planned 6,000 new Metropolitan Police officers.
Khan and Met Commissioner Cressida Dick believe London should get more than a quarter of Boris Johnson’s 2019 election manifesto promise of 20,000 more police officers in England and Wales.
The incumbent mayor’s manifesto also pledges to spend £187m in technology that will help the Met “make policing more efficient and safe”, with an emphasis on systems to help deal with “serious and organised crime, online fraud and cybercrime”.