NYPD ~ New York City police Commissioner Bill Bratton resigns

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NYPD Top Cop Bill Bratton Resigns, Critics Say Good Riddance

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...ddance-n621756

After a long and storied career in law enforcement, New York City police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday announced his resignation. Bratton, a 45-year-veteran of police work who has served as the top cop in Boston, Los Angeles and New York, said he'd be stepping down next month to pursue a job in the private sector.

His departure signals an end of an era, one that saw an almost unfathomable drop in crime but also the rise of mass incarceration and erosion of trust between the police and the communities they serve.

In recent years, as high-profile police killings, including the choke-hold death of Eric Garner by police on Staten Island, have sparked nationwide protest and unrest, Bratton has tried to forge new partnerships between officers and people of color.

But for many, the end of Bratton's tenure and his role as one of the most significant forces shaping American policing couldn't have come soon enough.

"Commissioner Bratton was no reformer to communities impacted by abusive and discriminatory policing," said Anthonine Pierre, a spokesman for Communities United for Police Reform, "no matter how much he and his supporters attempt to promote that fallacy."


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NYPD Veteran Named to Succeed Bratton ~ Mayor Bill de Blasio taps Chief of Department James O’Neill


New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, center, outside City Hall on Tuesday with his wife, Rikki Klieman, and successor Chief James O’Neill, who takes over next month.

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Good he was a total genuine $#@!, bring kelly back

[Oboe]

I'm sure the rank and file are dancing in the streets over this turd leaving.

[Adelaide]

I don't envy anyone who is in his position, especially at this moment.

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NYPD Top Cop Bill Bratton Resigns, Critics Say Good Riddance

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...ddance-n621756

After a long and storied career in law enforcement, New York City police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday announced his resignation. Bratton, a 45-year-veteran of police work who has served as the top cop in Boston, Los Angeles and New York, said he'd be stepping down next month to pursue a job in the private sector.

His departure signals an end of an era, one that saw an almost unfathomable drop in crime but also the rise of mass incarceration and erosion of trust between the police and the communities they serve.

In recent years, as high-profile police killings, including the choke-hold death of Eric Garner by police on Staten Island, have sparked nationwide protest and unrest, Bratton has tried to forge new partnerships between officers and people of color.

But for many, the end of Bratton's tenure and his role as one of the most significant forces shaping American policing couldn't have come soon enough.

"Commissioner Bratton was no reformer to communities impacted by abusive and discriminatory policing," said Anthonine Pierre, a spokesman for Communities United for Police Reform, "no matter how much he and his supporters attempt to promote that fallacy."


Video Inside


NYPD Veteran Named to Succeed Bratton ~ Mayor Bill de Blasio taps Chief of Department James O’Neill


New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, center, outside City Hall on Tuesday with his wife, Rikki Klieman, and successor Chief James O’Neill, who takes over next month.

I didn't realize there were "free agent" police commissioners roaming about the country from "team to team" like MBL players. Shouldn't police commissioners be more " home grown?"