Bill Bratton

Dec 7, 2024 | nypost.com | Rafael A. Mangual |Bill Bratton

The department’s reputation and notoriety have been the byproducts of two things: the danger of life on the city’s streets in the 1970s, ’80s, and early ’90s — and the department’s successful campaign to usher in an unprecedented turnaround for public safety. In just a single generation, New York went from several years of more than 2,000 murders a year down to fewer than 300.

Sep 11, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Bill Bratton |Scott Glick

When discussing law enforcement on either side of the Atlantic, I remember a quote from the late-great cop and former First Deputy Commissioner of the NYPD, John Timoney: “those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it, and those who study policing know we don’t study history”. It’s a lesson I took to heart: guided by the nine principles of Sir Robert Peel, the father of the Metropolitan police service, I helped to clean up the crime-ravaged streets of 1990s New York City.

Aug 31, 2023 | newsweek.com | Bill Bratton |Scott Glick |Cassandra Ramdath |Naveed Jamali

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Aug 30, 2023 | newsweek.com | Bill Bratton |Scott Glick

When it comes to New York City's crime reduction miracle that began in the early 1990s, some people need a history lesson. That lesson begins in the 1960s when crime started to rise until it finally peaked in the 1990s. By 1990, New York City would see someone killed every few hours, culminating in 2,245 murders that year. The city seemed lost, and having to ride the subway system that keeps it alive drove fear into the hearts of straphangers.