The Mayor of London is supporting the Met Police to protect shoppers and businesses this festive season.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visited a mobile police station in the middle of a thriving area in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to meet with officers on patrol to see how they are working with the local community to target crime hotspots.
In Westfield the Mayor met local business owners and heard how the Met’s enhanced partnership work is targeting shoplifters with sting operations to tackle retail crime.
Personal robbery in London is down by 5% since April thanks to local community police work, targeted operations by the Met and the Mayor’s Violence Reduction Unit’s focus on prevention.
As millions flock to London’s world-famous retail destinations for Black Friday and beyond, the targeted work police officers are doing in Stratford is a great example of the Met working with communities and local businesses to make our city safer and bear down on robbery, thefts and retail crime in all its forms.
