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William Joseph Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American businessman and former law enforcement officer who served two non-consecutive tenures as the New York City Police Commissioner (1994–1996 and 2014–2016) and currently one of only two NYPD commissioners to do so (the other is Raymond Kelly).
He said that SWAT was largely overhauled after a 2008 board of inquiry ordered by then-Chief William J. "Bill" Bratton produced an explosive report that was highly critical of the unit's operations.
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Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, right, at a mayoral campaign event for Rick Caruso, center, in 2022. At left is former LAPD chief William J. Bratton.
Randal Simmons, the first LAPD SWAT officer to be killed in the line of duty, on February 7, 2008. Since the establishment of the Los Angeles Police Department, 220 officers have died in the line of duty. [167] In 2008, Randal Simmons became the first LAPD SWAT officer to be killed in the line of duty. [168]
On May 7, 2007, Chief William J. Bratton announced a departmental reorganization. Cayler "Lee" Carter, who was a deputy chief and the highest-ranking official at scene, was demoted to commander and assigned home duty. [23] On May 17, Carter announced his resignation from the LAPD, effective June 6. [24]
In 2005, the LAPD began showing action-packed mini-movies online and at movie theaters to promote recruiting. The movies feature real LAPD officers and what they do. Bratton retired as Chief of the LAPD on October 31, 2009 and became the chief executive officer of Altegrity Security Consulting, a private security firm based in Virginia.
The gun was locked in a safebox. But on Dec. 17, 2019, Aiden Smith, the son of two divorced Los Angeles police officers, guessed the code: his mother’s birth year, according to court records.