Mayor Bill de Blasio will make the announcement.
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He also said that Bratton, 68, told him on July 8 about his intention to leave the police force and, aftre consulting with his team, announced Tuesday that the up-to-now No. 2 cop in the department, James O’Neill, 58, is the “perfect person” to succeed him. The protesters also demanded restitution to the survivors and victims of police brutality and that the city’s police budget be redirected to minority neighborhoods, CBS New York reports. “In each and every one of them I’ve gone to, people tell us ‘we want policing that’s something that’s not done to us, but done with us.’ And now this is what’s happening and it seems to be working”.
He’s been a NY cop since 1983, when he began as a patrolman with the old transit police department. Just days ago, Bratton told the New York Times that he meant to serve in the post until 2017.
During his first stint with the NYPD, Bratton was instrumental in implementing Giuliani’s “broken windows” policing strategy, which targeted low-level offenders with the idea that those same people would eventually commit more serious crime.
If that timetable sounds rather fast, it might be because Bratton made the decision in short order. “Policing is about legitimacy, being legitimate to the public, if you don’t have it, crime can go down and you are still not going to do your job”, said Prof. Tuesday brought a different story with Bratton’s resignation, although some sources say Bratton had secretly been planning to retire and had communicated as much with de Blasio months ago. Bratton’s presence didn’t stop cops from turning their backs on de Blasio at Woodhull Hospital; at Officer Liu’s funeral a few days later, cops ignored Bratton’s request that they show a little respect for the the mayor.
The mayor applauded Bratton’s achievements and strategies to keep the city safe and crime low.
Bratton found himself in the middle, calling the officers’ gesture inappropriate while noting that it reflected their feelings.
The department has a strained relationship with black residents and has been dogged by an ongoing federal corruption investigation that resulted in four high-ranking police officials being disciplined in April.
“It is now time for me to move on”, Bratton said after thanking his family and “this extraordinary mayor, who has truly been a partner, a friend and a leader”. Prosecutors say police accepted $100,000 in free flights, prostitutes, meals and other bribes, and in return arranged for police escorts, special parking and gun permits.
The New York-based firm he’s going to was founded by Douglas Band, a former aide to President Bill Clinton.
As tensions between the police and minorities have grown, the mayor, were he to be re-elected next year, will likely be under pressure by his liberal allies to select a more progressive candidate, and likely a commissioner of color.
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Regardless of the many controversies that marred his tenure, Mayor de Blasio praised Bratton during the statement.
