New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton on Tuesday will announce his resignation as the head of the largest city police force in the United States, according to several media reports.
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Commissioner William Bratton resigned today, but will stay on as commissioner until next month.
He recently heaped praise on the commander he installed as the top chief of the NYPD, James O’Neill.
Bratton, 68, notified Mayor Bill de Blasio in late July he would be stepping down. A news conference is scheduled for 12 p.m. Eyewitness News will have live coverage online and on TV. O’Neill was promoted to his current position by Bratton in October 2014, and Bratton has long praised his work. Bratton, who started his career as an officer in Boston in 1970, has also overseen the police departments in Boston and Los Angeles.
Bratton was appointed by De Blasio in December 2013.
The news comes just one day after Millions March NYC, a Black Lives Matter-aligned group, began the #ShutDownCityHallNYC protest, taking over the park next to city hall in Manhattan and sleeping overnight in another nearby park that was open 24 hours in order to avoid arrests by police.
Broken windows policing, as it is known, cracks down aggressively on low-level offenses in the hopes that it will deter bigger crimes.
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“I have the luxury of going when I want to go”, Bratton told the paper.
