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William Bratton
Leadership & Management
Experienced American police executive who led the Boston, New York City and Los Angeles police departments and advised on policing and homeland security.
Biography
William Joseph Bratton (born October 6, 1947) is an American businessman and former law enforcement officer who served two non-consecutive tenures as New York City police commissioner (1994–1996 and 2014–2016). He previously served as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (1993–1994) and as Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (2002–2009), and is the only person to have led the police departments of the United States' two largest cities.
Bratton began his police career at the Boston Police Department and has been associated with quality-of-life policing credited with reducing petty and violent crime. He was recruited to lead the LAPD during a period of rebuilding and presided over an era of reform and crime reduction. He has served as an advisor on policing, including to the British government, and has chaired the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. His approach is influenced by the broken windows theory and emphasizes a diverse police force, toughness on gangs, and strict policies toward anti-social behavior.
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Books by William Bratton
Institutional Investor Activism
The book examines hedge fund or institutional investor activism—how activist investors target companies, push for corporate and governance changes, and the effects of such activism on companies, shareholders and the activists themselves, including strategic approaches, returns, regulation, and US–EU comparisons.