London mayor election: Where do the candidates stand on law and order? : CityAM
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 h...