Are these people serious about being stopped

The City of London police are completely seperate from the Met [.....] They're also funded differently so they've got a lot more resources than other police forces.

And different priorities. +1 though. Ive had basically that entire conversation with a charming met copper with a gun who had chased me down on a large motorcycle and was ticketing me for several simultaneous offences on oxford st (happily just the one ticket). Even the met have their doubts about city police sometimes, apparently. Theyre definitely much stricter on Cycling offences generally than the Met.

The bicycle cops are easy to outrun though (allegedly)...