Our police officers are public servants who put themselves in danger every day to keep Londoners safe. It is, or should be, one of the great strengths of our city that our police service and public both strive to build strong, community-based relationships with policing by consent at their core.

Policing in the UK is grounded in the principle of ‘policing by consent’. Derived from the nine principles of policing developed by the founder of the Metropolitan Police, Robert Peel, the notion of ‘policing by consent’ is rooted in the belief that for policing to be effective, there must be broad public support for a police service's actions.