William Bratton
William Bratton
William Joseph "Bill" Bratton CBEis an American law enforcement officer and businessman, and the current New York City Police Commissioner, the second time he has held that position. He has previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, New York City Police DepartmentCommissioner, and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department...
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If the police in 1997 had been pulled back from the assertive policing, the community-based policing could have reduced crime and disorder and improved race relations. Instead we have the situations we find ourselves in now.
At this juncture, we feel it's just rhetoric,
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We have a very robust counter-terrorism operation here in LA, similar to New York and Washington because we are always a prime target,
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nobody who knew much about the true facts of this case, or about John, expected him to be removed.
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Money that is spent here, even if allocated to Los Angeles, the county, the region, and the state will benefit ... because we're all about sharing what we acquire,
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Make no mistake about it: We dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets, ... As outlined in this indictment, these individuals had devised a plan, selected targets, obtained the weapons, set the date and chosen their victims.
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Make no mistake about itwe dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets.
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You have more police officers in the year 2000 for a problem that is much less. It's like giving a cancer patient more radiation and chemotherapy after the tumor has shrunk. It doesn't make sense.
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We can no longer rely on the federal government to be our principal source of information, ... The federal government on that day gave almost no information.
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We are taking the unprecedented step of sharing what we can with you, but I am not about to give to any of you tactics that might endanger my officers,
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I was just at a conference of police chiefs. It was all everybody was talking about.
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For the safety of all the public, for the safety of our officers, we need to understand intimately all that can be learned from that incident, and that is our intention, to learn, and to make changes where necessary and to do it in as transparent a manner as possible,
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In the car chase capital of the world, this device is a very appropriate device. It reduces the need for officers to have an active pursuit.
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I think that's the direction we [the americans] are going to have to go, the idea of people understanding that if you see something, say something, as simple as it sounds.