Tag: Bill Bratton
Posted on Wed Aug 05, 2009 at 02:34:36 PM EST
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After 7 years as L.A. Police Chief, Bill Bratton today announced he's stepping down in October to take a job with a private security firm.
Bratton will "reunite" with Michael Cherkasky. Cherkasky and Bratton have been close associates. Before becoming chief, Bratton worked as a consultant for Cherkasky, advising governments in several countries on how to reform and build modern police forces.
Cherkasky runs a company called Altegrity. [More...]
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Posted on Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 05:17:00 PM EST
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Los Angeles is weighing an exemption from term limits for Police Chief Bill Bratton.
Removing the terms limits would require voter approval and revise one aspect of the police reforms that stemmed from the 1991 beating of Rodney G. King, which sparked riots when four LAPD officers were initially acquitted of brutality. Those reforms limited the police chief to two five-year terms.
I was at Chief Bratton's first swearing-in ceremony in 2002.(One of the cops providing security was 1960's singer Bobby Sherman -- here's a picture of my pal Mickey Sherman (no relation) and me with him.)
All of my coverage of Chief Bratton's tenure as LA Police Chief is here. I hope he gets another term.
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Posted on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:24:37 PM EST
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"The Constitution guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," Bratton said this week. "I see no reason why gays can't pursue happiness through marriage."The donation came about when their friends, celebrity publicist Howard Bragman and his longtime partner, Chuck O'Donnell, told them they were getting married. Bill and Rikki asked what they'd like as a gift.
Bragman was direct: No gifts -- instead, make a donation to Equality California to help stop Prop. 8. And please make it public.All of TalkLeft's coverage of Bill Bratton is assembled here. In 2002, I attended his swearing in ceremony in L.A. and wrote this lengthy report.
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Posted on Thu Apr 26, 2007 at 01:10:00 AM EST
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A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled police skid row searches unconstitutional:
U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson found that officers question — and at times search — parolees and probationers without evidence that they might have committed a crime, which the judge said was unconstitutional. He ordered the LAPD to change its practices.
This is the second victory for those on skid row:
A federal appeals court last year found the city's anti-camping ordinance to be unconstitutional, scuttling LAPD efforts to prevent the homeless from sleeping on downtown sidewalks at night.
TChris reported on that here.
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