William Bratton and the Compstat Idea

             William Bratton is not afraid of hard work. He does not back away
             from a challenge; rather, he embraces it. Perhaps this is why he became so
             successful in the field of law enforcement. Bratton, who holds a
             bachelor's degree from Boston State College and is a graduate of the FBI
             National Executive Institute, first became a police officer in Boston in
             1970. Just ten years later he was the superintendent of police, which is
             the highest sworn rank in the Boston Police Department (Dussault 1, 2).
             From there he went on to manage police agencies, transportation
             authorities, and the New York City Transit Police (where he cut subway
             crime by nearly 50%) (Dussault 1). In 1993 he was named police
             While Bratton was enjoying his much-deserved success in Boston, the
             New York City crime rate was suffering from the defeatist attitude that
             prevailed among cops everywhere. Policemen believed they could do nothing
             about crime; in their minds, crime was caused by societal factors such as
             unemployment, broken families, and bad education, and how could they
             possibly fix those issues' Police commanders accepted their cops' excuses
             that they did not have the proper resources to fight crime, and as a
             result, crime rates rose (PoliceTalk.com 1). However, when Rudolph
             Giuliani became mayor of New York City, he did not want to hear any
             excuses, and he wanted to make good on his promise to lower the crime rate.
             Giuliani knew how successful Bratton had been as head of the New York City
             Transit Police as well as in other areas, so he appointed Bratton as police
             When Bratton was sworn in, he made New York City a promise: "The NYPD
             would fight crime in every boroughâ€"and win. Crime would go down by 10
             percent the first year and by another 15 percent the next" (Tapellini 1).
             Many people thought Bratton was a fool to make such a bold promise; they
             were wrong. From 1994 t...

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