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0:00:15 > 0:00:20Good evening, I'm Assad Ahmad. Residents in east London are being
0:00:20 > 0:00:24encouraged to contact the Home Secretary to complain about cuts to
0:00:24 > 0:00:29policing. Hackney Council has put up posters which ask people to make a
0:00:29 > 0:00:33stand against rising crime in the borough, blaming it on there being
0:00:33 > 0:00:39fewer police officers. Here is Caroline Davies. Deborah has been
0:00:39 > 0:00:42serving Hackney's hungry for 20 years. This year there was a break
0:00:42 > 0:00:47in.So they climb over, came through the window. As you can see, now
0:00:47 > 0:00:53we've put a grill on it. They took over £1000. We need more police
0:00:53 > 0:00:58here. When you can see them you feel more safe.Money for the police is a
0:00:58 > 0:01:03divisive topic. After five years of cuts in 2015, the government
0:01:03 > 0:01:06announced police budgets would go up with inflation. But the Met police
0:01:06 > 0:01:11and city hall say it's not enough. So how do you get more money for
0:01:11 > 0:01:16policing? This is one council's ounce, they are asking you to ask
0:01:16 > 0:01:19the Home Secretary.We are really feeling the bite in London and
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Hackney, we've lost one in four police officers, that's less police
0:01:22 > 0:01:27officers to help keep the people of Hackney say.Do you genuinely think
0:01:27 > 0:01:30people will write to the Home Office?I know they have, it's
0:01:30 > 0:01:33something residents feel strongly about and are keen to make those
0:01:33 > 0:01:40concerns heard.Does Deborah think she will write?Not really. I do
0:01:40 > 0:01:46think... Don't think it's going to get any better. We've been writing,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49people have been campaigning, complaining. There's nothing
0:01:49 > 0:01:55happening.The Home Office told us there are more police officers in
0:01:55 > 0:01:59London than anywhere else in the country and that £11.9 billion of
0:01:59 > 0:02:03taxes was invested in policing this year. Nevertheless, Hackney Council
0:02:03 > 0:02:07feel they need to pressure the government to any avenue to push
0:02:07 > 0:02:13their funding up. Caroline Davies, BBC London News. Officers are
0:02:13 > 0:02:17investigating a kidnapping south London where a man wearing a Rolex
0:02:17 > 0:02:21watch was held at knife-point for more than two days this week. The
0:02:21 > 0:02:2424-year-old victim was lured into a house in Croydon where he was
0:02:24 > 0:02:28stripped naked, beaten and tied up. His keys were taken by the gang who
0:02:28 > 0:02:33then burgled his parents house in Sydney south-east London. The entry
0:02:33 > 0:02:38of the suspects into the home of the victim's parents was captured on
0:02:38 > 0:02:40CCTV. Detectives say the victim has been left utterly distraught and
0:02:40 > 0:02:47traumatised. Metropolitan Police horses are being shown off at the
0:02:47 > 0:02:51halls of the year show in Olympia this week. But when it comes to
0:02:51 > 0:02:54their day job of patrolling the streets of London there is a lot of
0:02:54 > 0:03:00training involved. Mike Bushell to see how they prepare.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04They are the heavyweights of the question world with some of the
0:03:04 > 0:03:07bravest riders. Despite the size and weight of these beasts, it's all
0:03:07 > 0:03:13about the most delicate position. As they jump through fire and manage to
0:03:13 > 0:03:17remove some of their uniform while jumping, and the saddle and
0:03:17 > 0:03:20stirrups. This isn't about showcasing skills at Olympia this
0:03:20 > 0:03:24week. The mounted police use this training to help them prepare for
0:03:24 > 0:03:28their main job. Whatever they may face on the streets of London.We
0:03:28 > 0:03:32are cops on horses, police officers on horses. They are all professional
0:03:32 > 0:03:36horses, they patrolled the streets of London daily. This ride we do,
0:03:36 > 0:03:41what you've seen today, it's all about training.In a public order
0:03:41 > 0:03:45situation like riot of football crowd they say one mounted officer
0:03:45 > 0:03:50can do the job of ten on foot.Six times more likely to chat to a
0:03:50 > 0:03:55police officer on horse than if they are on foot. It's all to do with the
0:03:55 > 0:03:57horse, nothing personal about PC Dobson.You are a lot more
0:03:57 > 0:04:00approachable on a horse, I find the different initially when I joined
0:04:00 > 0:04:03the mounted branch, I couldn't believe how many people stopped and
0:04:03 > 0:04:11want to speak to you.If we go to an estate, you guarantee we'll have a
0:04:11 > 0:04:15crowd around us purely to pat the horse.This is where it begins. The
0:04:15 > 0:04:18policeman who joined the mounted force have never been on a horse
0:04:18 > 0:04:23before, they start this training.16 weeks later the trust between horse
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and rider is such that eventually they will even run through walls
0:04:26 > 0:04:32together. Mike Bushell. The country's first ever Muslim
0:04:32 > 0:04:37pantomime arrives in Stratford next week and it's already sold out.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Of course it has all the usual line as well as songs, all delivered by
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Muslim characters. You can see the full story on our website. Well
0:04:46 > 0:04:51worth taking a look. For now, let's take a look at the weather forecast.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56Tomorrow will be cold and wet with a chance of snow in north London and
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Hertfordshire. Top temperature of seven Celsius. The four weather
0:05:00 > 0:05:03forecast follows. For now, from all of us here, have a very good
0:05:03 > 0:05:05evening. Goodbye.