William Bratton Quotations

nobody who knew much about the true facts of this case, or about John, expected him to be removed.

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.

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

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.

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.

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,

I was just at a conference of police chiefs. It was all everybody was talking about.

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,

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.

Make no mistake about itwe dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets.