London still among world’s safest cities, says top police officer

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>London remains one of the safest cities in the world&comma; the capital&&num;8217&semi;s top police officer declared&comma; while warning people to remain vigilant amid the continued terror threat&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The city &&num;8220&semi;carries on&&num;8221&semi; and people should feel reassured by the increased police presence on the streets&comma; Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officers have spoken to more than 300 witnesses of around 20 different nationalities during their investigation into last weekend&&num;8217&semi;s attack&comma; which targeted people enjoying a Saturday night out&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking a week on from the atrocity&comma; Ms Dick &lpar;pictured&rpar; said people should continue to go about their daily lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said&colon; <i>&&num;8220&semi;I would suggest to people that London is one of the safest cities on the planet but of course we want you to be vigilant&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;You will be seeing police&comma; armed and unarmed&comma; in areas where there are crowds and around the streets of London&comma; possibly at a higher level than you have done before&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;You should feel reassured by that&comma; but please don&&num;8217&semi;t give in to terrorists and let&&num;8217&semi;s go about our daily business&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking after police revealed the ringleader of the London Bridge terror gang tried to hire a 7&period;5 tonne lorry hours before the attack&comma; she urged people to report anything they deem suspicious&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said that includes &&num;8220&semi;whether you see something suspicious&comma; you know somebody who has started to behave strangely&comma; you are hiring a vehicle to somebody and you have concerns about them&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said she has been &&num;8220&semi;humbled and privileged&&num;8221&semi; to hear of the heroic actions of members of the public and the emergency services in their response to the attack&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The three terrorists ploughed into people on London Bridge before going on a stabbing rampage in nearby Borough Market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the market remains closed people are expected to return to the surrounding bars and restaurants and Ms Dick said there will be mixed emotions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said&colon; <i>&&num;8220&semi;People will be thinking about what happened last Saturday night and respecting those who have lost their lives&comma; their families and those who have been affected but also not giving in to terrorists and that includes in the immediate surrounds of Borough market&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is expected the market will be ready to re-open next week&comma; she added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said&colon; <i>&&num;8220&semi;The rest of us Londoners want to support those people who have been affected&comma; including those who run the market&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Dick said the threat to London and the UK is one many other countries are facing and remained defiant when asked about the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said&colon; <i>&&num;8220&semi;We&comma; in this city&comma; have experienced terrorism for as long as I&&num;8217&semi;ve been alive and we have always been able to step up and deal with a new threat and that&&num;8217&semi;s what we&&num;8217&semi;re going to do here&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5e3bb1c8a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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