The only person to ever lead the police departments of America's two largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, William J. Bratton has led a 46-year career in law enforcement marked by transformative leadership and sharp reductions in crime.
As the Police Commissioner of New York City from 1994 to 1996, Commissioner Bratton gained an international reputation for re-engineering the police department, revitalizing morale and achieving the largest crime declines in New York City's history. Within 27 months serious crime was cut by 33 percent; the murder rate was halved. Through innovative strategies that increased police-service coordination and accountability, and by using new technology to improve predictive capabilities, Commissioner Bratton reduced crime so precipitously that it inspired Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker article "The Tipping Point," a precursor to the iconic bestseller.
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