William Bratton Quotes (13 Quotes)

You have more police officers in the year 2000 for a problem that is much less. It's like giving a cancer patient more radiation and chemotherapy after the tumor has shrunk. It doesn't make sense.

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,

We have a very robust counter-terrorism operation here in LA, similar to New York and Washington because we are always a prime target,

We can no longer rely on the federal government to be our principal source of information, ... The federal government on that day gave almost no information.

If the police in 1997 had been pulled back from the assertive policing, the community-based policing could have reduced crime and disorder and improved race relations. Instead we have the situations we find ourselves in now.

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,

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.

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,

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,

left the officers no choice.

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.

Half of them don't know who the hell he is.

In the car chase capital of the world, this device is a very appropriate device. It reduces the need for officers to have an active pursuit.