We still have stop and search police patrolling London.
The Mayor has been very vocal about these things for some time. This article was written in January
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a8152371.html and this one was written a few days ago:
https://news.sky.com/story/man-in-hi...bbing-11317084
He's been grappling with the government for some time about the £millions removed from the police budget but it appears the government lack interest and won't even give him an audience. The major can't do this all on his own. The government need to recognize the problem and assist him in finding solutions.
May has dropped 21,500 police officers in the UK since 2010 That's one in four in places like Hackney and includes cuts of 1,157 armed police officers in London. She argues, there is no direct link between the number of officers and the level of crime but contradicted that statement when she bussed in hundreds of army personnel during the terrorist troubles.
The Metropolitan police have also been severely hit by lack of government funding. According to the institute of fiscal spending, central government spending on police has dropped by 14 percent.
Even with last the last election promise of £143 million extra police budget for an extra 1,500 armed police, figures show that money only funds an extra 1,000 officers and that doesn't even cover the decline in armed police since 2010