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| Former NYCPD chief to advise Britain on gangs | |
| 2011-08-14 | |
| Former New York and Los Angeles police chief Bill Bratton will advise the British government on tackling the street gangs blamed for the violence that raged nationwide this week. Bratton, who had private talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday, said there are lessons from the United States that were relevant to the situation in England. Bratton, who since 2009 has worked for private security consultancy Altegrity and its subsidiary Kroll, is seen as having taken bold steps to cut crime rates in New York and Los Angeles. Bratton said he believed the British government could overcome the problem, adding: "I support their resolve to seize upon this difficult situation as an opportunity to address the issues of gangs and gang violence and the resulting fear and disorder head-on." Meanwhile, Cameron has angered some senior police officers by saying he thought that initially there were "simply far too few police deployed onto the streets" in London, and that "the tactics they were using weren't working." "Police chiefs have been frank with me about why this happened," he said Thursday. "Initially, the police treated the situation too much as a public order issue rather than essentially one of crime."
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| Posted by:Pappy |
| #10 Thank you for explaining, Shieldwolf. I've learnt so much since I found this place! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-08-14 23:39 |
| #9 Because of the racial politics in LA and illegal aliens flooding into the city. Until you can get the racial politics sidelined and everyone to agree to use what force is necessary to break the gangs, they will rule sections of LA. Remember, regardless of what Hollywood likes to pretend, most gangs in LA are racially exclusive. And the illegals just fill up the foot soldier sections of the gangs in LA, and get their training and their contacts in place during their time in LA. Several of the most dangerous gangs in Central America use LA as their training base, and so when they are deported, they already have a criminal skill set that they can use back home. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-08-14 16:18 |
| #8 Or even, do you, which makes ever so much more sense. PIMF! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-08-14 15:22 |
| #7 No one can solve the gang problem in LA. Why do say that, Eric? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-08-14 15:20 |
| #6 No one can solve the gang problem in LA. NY's doing pretty well. And, after all, the NYPD is pretty much the only city police force in the world with a foreign policy. Look at Judith Miller's articles at City Journal for details. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2011-08-14 14:18 |
| #5 What is he going to do? Teach them how to hand the Police a bataan and a stun gun? |
| Posted by: newc 2011-08-14 13:37 |
| #4 Someone, please send for Colour Sergeant Frank Edward Bourne; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot immedately. He'll know what to do! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-08-14 11:27 |
| #3 The PukeK has so many problems internals, why is it that they had the absurd ability to listen to Michael Savage and make a determination that he was a threat to their country and put him on their watch list? How come no enterprising journalist doesn't ask the Whore Secretary, how much time and resources where expended that came up with such a conclusion? |
| Posted by: Jack Salami 2011-08-14 10:57 |
| #2 maybe he should have beaten the gang problem in LA an New York before giving advice! |
| Posted by: chris 2011-08-14 01:01 |
| #1 Bratton got his start here in Boston. My father in law and my wife knew him. Said he'd never be satisfied until he was named Police Commissioner of the Universe. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-08-14 00:30 |