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Bill Bratton backs ‘refund’ not ‘defund’ police as summer heats up
Dorchester native pens new book ‘The Profession’ Bill Bratton, once the city’s top cop, said it’s time to “refund the police” — not...
Jun 18, 20211 min read
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Bill Bratton: ‘Disastrous’ bail reform is ‘principle’ cause for NYC crime spike
New York City crime is surging after decades on the decline because of “disastrous” liberal criminal justice reforms, former NYPD...
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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Jun 10, 20210 min read
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Bill Bratton on American policing and the challenge facing the Boston Police Department
The most successful police chief in recent history recounts his career, the most difficult year for police since the 1960s, and the...
Jun 10, 20211 min read
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Jun 9, 20210 min read
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LA Times: Bill Bratton talks L.A. police, George Floyd and his memoir
Over his three-plus decades running police departments in Boston, New York City and Los Angeles, Bill Bratton branded himself as...
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Jun 7, 20210 min read
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Opinion: As a longtime police chief, I believe we have to reestablish trust
By Bill Bratton Over the past several years, police officers and some of the communities they serve have experienced a crisis of...
Jun 4, 20211 min read
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Leadership APD
Cops need leadership now more than ever, where they feel so maligned and misunderstood. That’s where the Chief becomes the bridge between...
Nov 5, 20201 min read
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PERF: Mass Demonstrations – The Never-Ending Struggle to Get It Right
Dear PERF members, Last Saturday, I watched the new Aaron Sorkin movie, The Trial of the Chicago 7, on Netflix. It’s set in Chicago...
Oct 24, 20201 min read
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Policing on the Brink: A Conversation with William Bratton
Former NYPD and LAPD commissioner William J. Bratton joins Brian Anderson to discuss the troubling state of crime and law enforcement in...
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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Earl Paysinger, longtime LAPD leader, dies at 64
Earl C. Paysinger, a pillar of the Los Angeles Police Department and a respected leader in South L.A. who was credited with driving down...
Dec 17, 20191 min read
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Acevedo calls out Cornyn, Cruz, McConnell after Houston sergeant fatally shot by 'domestic abuser'
Just two days after a Houston police sergeant was fatally shot in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call, Chief...
Dec 11, 20191 min read
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Commissioner James O’Neill as He Exits NYPD: ‘We’re Going to Have to Speak the Truth’
No decision seems to have defined the tenure of NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill more than firing of Daniel Pantaleo, the plain clothes...
Nov 30, 20191 min read
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Chicago Police Superintendent to Retire. He Guided a Department in Crisis.
CHICAGO — Eddie Johnson, who took over Chicago’s police department at a time of cratering public confidence and a spike in homicides,...
Nov 8, 20191 min read
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