William Bratton
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"William Joseph" ""Bill"" "Bratton" Order of the British Empire/CBE is an American law enforcement officer and businessman, and the current New York City Police Commissioner, the second time he has held that position. He has previously served as the Boston Police Department#Leadership/Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993-1994), New York City Police Department (NYPD) New York City Police Commissioner/Commissioner (1994–1996), and List of Los Angeles Police Department Chiefs of Police/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 zero-tolerance policy has been credited with reducing petty and violent crime. He moved to the Los Angeles Police Department in 2002 reforming the police after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and crime was reduced.

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Make no mistake about it—we dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets.

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The reality is, kids today ... may in fact have sampled drugs some time in their life. Does that mean we should automatically disqualify them? I don't believe so.

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Bombastic pronouncements are expected on the anniversary of terrorist incidents like Sept. 11, ... was meant to instill fear, and fear is the most potent weapon terrorists possess.

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At this juncture, we feel it's just rhetoric.

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Money that is spent here, even if allocated to Los Angeles, the county, the region, and the state will benefit ... because we're all about sharing what we acquire.

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For the safety of all the public, for the safety of our officers, we need to understand intimately all that can be learned from that incident, and that is our intention, to learn, and to make changes where necessary and to do it in as transparent a manner as possible.

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We are taking the unprecedented step of sharing what we can with you, but I am not about to give to any of you tactics that might endanger my officers.

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Make no mistake about it: We dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets, ... As outlined in this indictment, these individuals had devised a plan, selected targets, obtained the weapons, set the date and chosen their victims.

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Left the officers no choice.

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