Democratic candidates running for the New York City mayoral primary are promoting a harsher stance on crime and public safety ahead of this year’s election.

State Senator Zellnor Myrie, who was once pepper sprayed by the police, released a plan to hire 3,000 additional police officers.

Adams, a former NYPD captain, has been a champion of the department, and joined the crowd of law enforcement personnel who escorted suspect Luigi Mangione in handcuffs after the fatal shooting of a health insurance CEO. Adams wore a bulletproof vest to join officers in a raid on a suspected migrant crime ring last year.