William J. Bratton

William Joseph Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American law enforcement officer and businessman who served two terms as the New York City Police Commissioner (1994–1996 and 2014–2016). He previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993–1994) 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 was recruited to lead the Los Angeles Police Department in 2002 at a time when the LAPD was struggling to rebuild trust after the previous decades Rodney King videotaped beating, Los Angeles riots, O.J. Simpson murder cases perjury by former LAPD detective Mark Furhman and Rampart scandal, and presided over an era of reform and crime reduction. Bratton has served as an advisor on policing in several roles, including advising the British government. In January 2014, Bratton returned to the post of Police Commissioner in New York City, and served until September 2016.Brattons 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, tackling police corruption, being tough on gangs and having a strict no-tolerance of anti-social behavior.

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