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William J. Bratton

William Bratton
Bill Bratton at the seminar on his new book Collaborate or Perish! Lessons for Politics, Business and Public Services.jpg
Vice Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
Assumed office
February 8, 2011
President Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded by Gary Hart
Police Commissioner of New York City
In office
January 1, 2014 – September 16, 2016
Appointed by Bill de Blasio
Preceded by Ray Kelly
Succeeded by James P. O'Neill
In office
January 1, 1994 – April 15, 1996
Appointed by Rudy Giuliani
Preceded by Ray Kelly
Succeeded by Howard Safir
Chief of Police of Los Angeles
In office
October 27, 2002 – October 31, 2009
Appointed by Jim Hahn
Preceded by Martin Pomeroy (Acting)
Succeeded by Michael Downing (Acting)
Commissioner of the Boston Police Department
In office
June 30, 1993 – January 1, 1994
Appointed by Ray Flynn
Preceded by Mickey Roache
Succeeded by Paul Evans
Personal details
Born William Joseph Bratton
(1947-10-06) October 6, 1947 (age 69)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Mary Bratton (divorced)
Linda Bratton (divorced)
Cheryl Fiandaca (1988–1998)
Rikki Klieman (1999–present)
Alma mater University of Massachusetts, Boston
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Unit USAMPC-Branch-Insignia.png Military Police Corps
William Bratton
Police career
Years of service Boston PD (1970–1983, 1992–1994)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police (1983–1986)
Boston Metropolitan District Commission Police (1986–1990)
NYC Transit PD (1990–1992)
NYPD (1994–1996, 2014–2016)
LAPD (2002–2009)
Rank 5 Gold Stars.svg Commissioner of the NYPD
January 1, 2014 – September, 2016
Chief of the Los Angeles P.D.
October 27, 2002 – October 31, 2009
5 Gold Stars.svg Commissioner of the NYPD
January 1, 1994 – April 15, 1996
New York Fire Department Chief Rank.png Commissioner of the Boston Police Department
June 30, 1993 – January 1, 1994
New York Fire Department Chief Rank.png Superintendent-in-Chief, Boston Police Department
January 1992
4 Gold Stars.svg Chief of the New York City Transit Police
April 1990
4 Gold Stars.svg Superintendent of the Metropolitan District Commission Police
June 1986
4 Gold Stars.svg Chief of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police
May 1983
4 Gold Stars.svg Superintendent, Labor Relations
September 1982
4 Gold Stars.svg Superintendent, Inspector of Bureaus
May 1982
4 Gold Stars.svg Executive Superintendent
October 1980
US-O1 insignia.svg Lieutenant
March 1978
LASD Sergeant.jpg Sergeant
July 1975
Patrol officer, Boston Police Department
October 1970

William Joseph "Bill" Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American law enforcement officer, businessman, and former New York City Police Commissioner, 2014–2016 and 1994–1996. He has previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993–1994), New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner (1994–1996), and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009).

Bratton began his police career at the Boston Police Department before becoming Police Commissioner in New York City, where his quality-of-life policy has been credited with reducing petty and violent crime. He moved to the Los Angeles Police Department in 2002 reforming the police after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and crime was reduced.

Bratton's policing style is influenced by the broken windows theory, a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signalling effect of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. He advocates having an ethnically diverse police force representative of the population, maintaining a strong relationship with the law-abiding population, tackling police corruption, being tough on gangs and having a strict no-tolerance of anti-social behavior.

Bratton was approached by British Prime Minister David Cameron to become the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner in July 2011, but this was blocked by the Home Office on the grounds that said commissioner must be a British citizen with experience and knowledge of the United Kingdom's laws. Bratton instead was offered an advisor role to the British government, which he accepted in August 2011.


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