NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --William Bratton is back in his old job.Bratton, whose tenure as commissioner of the NYPD in the 1990s was marked by a steep decline in crime and clashes with then-Mayor ...

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded Thursday after William Bratton – a former top cop in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston – suggested that the Big Apple’s Democratic leadership ...

William Bratton, whose tenure as New York City police commissioner in the 1990s was marked by a steep decline in crime and clashes with then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, has been chosen to lead the ...

William Bratton, New York City’s Police Commissioner, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Bratton will end his 45-years in policing to take a job in the private sector.

WILLIAM BRATTON: The crises we are facing right now is a crisis created by the political leadership. [There are] Many instances by district attorneys around the country that forget that their ...

Law enforcement heavyweight William Bratton confirmed on Monday that he will not remain head of the New York Police Department past the end of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term in 2017.

Here are key events in William J. Bratton’s tenure as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department: Oct. 2, 2002: Bratton is selected by Mayor James K. Hahn to lead the department.

Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton speaks during a press conference at the New Orleans Police Department Headquarters in New Orleans, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has named William Bratton to head the NYPD, a job Bratton held in the mid-1990s when crime rates fell. He also has been police chief in Boston and Los Angeles.

NEW YORK — New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, the top cop in the largest city in the country, will step down next month after a tenure filled with a sharp reduction in crime and ...

He garnered national attention for a dramatic drop in crime while he was New York's police commissioner in the 1990s, then helped turn around L.A.'s Police Department. Now he's back at the NYPD.