Mayor Sadiq Khan today announced an extra 400 armed officers would be deployed to tackle the terror threat next year, saying: “Nothing is more important than keeping Londoners safe.”
Today he observed a training exercise to test the response of armed police to a Paris-style firearms attack on the capital.
He met Scotland Yard chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe who announced last year he would boost the number of firearms officers by 600 to meet the terror threat.
The Mayor and Commissioner revealed that 400 of the 600 officers who had volunteered would complete their training by next April.
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has backed away from his plan to ban Muslims from entering the US. He claimed the idea was “just a suggestion” after Sadiq Khan accused him of fuelling extremism.
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