Who is Bill Bratton? Hear Your Future Police Commissioner Live From the WNYC...
Bill Bratton, New York's original tough-on-crime cop who rose to prominence during the Rudy Giuliani administration in the 1990s, will once again take the helm of the NYPD. In making the announcement...
View ArticleWhat Bill Bratton Learned in Boston, New York (The First Time), and LA
Three reporters who covered Bill Bratton in three different cities compare notes: Frank Zimring, professor of Law at the University of California-Berkeley and author of The City that Became Safe,...
View ArticleFrom NYPD to Prison to Prison Reform
Bernard Kerik, recent federal prison inmate, former New York City Police Commissioner and author of The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice (Regan Books, 2001) talks about his post-incarceration...
View ArticleTed Cruz vs. Bill Bratton on the Cryptic NYPD Demographics Unit
First, let's catch you up to speed.In the immediate aftermath of the Brussels attacks on March 22, 2016, Ted Cruz issued a statement:"We will do what we can to help them fight this scourge, and...
View ArticleNYPD Commissioner Bratton; Coming-to-America Culture Shock; Oh, Possums!
Coming up on today's show:New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton talks about the latest NYPD news. Playwright and director George C. Wolfe talks about his Tony-nominated musical, "Shuffle...
View ArticleCommissioner Bratton Says NYC Is Safer, Even With Less Overt Enforcement
NYC Police Commissioner William J. Bratton talks about the latest crime reports for the city and new criminal laws.Commissioner Bratton started by running through the statistics: shootings are down by...
View ArticleBronx Councilwoman on Chief O'Neill: 'I Think He Gets It'
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton will step down in September, naming current Chief of Department James O’Neill as his successor.WNYC reporters Robert Lewis and Brigid Bergin talk with...
View ArticleJames O'Neill, Outgoing Police Commissioner, Speaks on Reforms and Policing...
O'Neill acknowledged that a peak of more than 600,000 police stops in 2011 of mostly black and Latino young men was "absolutely not necessary." He said that they NYPD has not been perfect, but that...
View ArticleIntroducing NYPD Commissioner Shea
New York City police commissioner Dermot Shea talks about NYC's counter-terror work, 2019 crime stats, tracking hate crimes and criminal justice reform.
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; Former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton;...
On today's show:Mara Liasson, national political correspondent for NPR, ticks through the biggest political stories from over the weekend and what to watch for in the coming days.Bill Bratton, former...
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