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When Bill Bratton was sworn in as New York City's police commissioner in 1994, he made what many considered a bold promise: The NYPD would fight crime in every borough...and win. It seemed foolhardy; even everybody knows you can't win the war on crime. But Bratton delivered. In an extraordinary twenty-seven months, serious crime in New York City went down by 33 percent, the murder rate was cut in half--and Bill Bratton was heralded as the most charismatic and respected law enforcement official in America.. In this outspoken account of his news-making career, Bratton reveals how his cutting-edge policing strategies brought about the historic reduction in crime.
Bratton's success made national news and landed him on the cover of Time. It also landed him in political hot water. Bratton earned such positive press that before he'd completed his first week on the job, the administration of New York's media-hungry mayor Rudolph Giuliani, threatened to fire him. Bratton gives a vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the sizzle and substance, and he pulls no punches describing the personalities who really run the city.
Bratton grew up in a working-class Boston neighborhood, always dreaming of being a cop. As a young officer under Robert di Grazia, Boston's progressive police commissioner, he got a ground-level view of real police reform and also saw what happens when an outspoken, dynamic, reform-minded police commissioner starts to outshine an ambitious mayor. He was soon in the forefront of the community policing movement and a rising star in the profession. Bratton had turned around four major police departments when he accepted the number one police job in America.
When Bratton arrived at the NYPD, New York's Finest were almost hiding; they had given up on preventing crime and were trying only to respond to it. Narcotics, Vice, Auto Theft, and the Gun Squads all worked banker's hours while the competition--the bad guys--worked around the clock. Bratton changed that. He brought talent to the top and instilled pride in the force; he listened to the people in the neighborhoods and to the cops on the street. Bratton and his "dream team" created Compstat, a combination of computer statistics analysis and an unwavering demand for accountability. Cops were called on the carpet, and crime began to drop. With Bratton on the job, New York City was turned around.
Today, New York's plummeting crime rate and improved quality of life remain a national success story. Bratton is directly responsible, and his strategies are being studied and implemented by police forces across the country and around the world. In Turnaround, Bratton shows how the war on crime can be won once and for all.
Bratton's success made national news and landed him on the cover of Time. It also landed him in political hot water. Bratton earned such positive press that before he'd completed his first week on the job, the administration of New York's media-hungry mayor Rudolph Giuliani, threatened to fire him. Bratton gives a vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the sizzle and substance, and he pulls no punches describing the personalities who really run the city.
Bratton grew up in a working-class Boston neighborhood, always dreaming of being a cop. As a young officer under Robert di Grazia, Boston's progressive police commissioner, he got a ground-level view of real police reform and also saw what happens when an outspoken, dynamic, reform-minded police commissioner starts to outshine an ambitious mayor. He was soon in the forefront of the community policing movement and a rising star in the profession. Bratton had turned around four major police departments when he accepted the number one police job in America.
When Bratton arrived at the NYPD, New York's Finest were almost hiding; they had given up on preventing crime and were trying only to respond to it. Narcotics, Vice, Auto Theft, and the Gun Squads all worked banker's hours while the competition--the bad guys--worked around the clock. Bratton changed that. He brought talent to the top and instilled pride in the force; he listened to the people in the neighborhoods and to the cops on the street. Bratton and his "dream team" created Compstat, a combination of computer statistics analysis and an unwavering demand for accountability. Cops were called on the carpet, and crime began to drop. With Bratton on the job, New York City was turned around.
Today, New York's plummeting crime rate and improved quality of life remain a national success story. Bratton is directly responsible, and his strategies are being studied and implemented by police forces across the country and around the world. In Turnaround, Bratton shows how the war on crime can be won once and for all.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Bill Bratton had an agenda, from the time he was a teenager. His mission was to be a great policeman. His autobiography candidly portrays his path to leadership of the NYC Police Department and his triumph and discoveries along the way.
This book is not only a primer for criminal justice transformation, but also a guidebook to developing leadership skills and mastering the political process while achieving political goals.
Anybody who has been to New York City in the past several years has seen the fruits of Bill Bratton's efforts. His book gives witness to the journey he and his team took to renew the world's greatest city. A great opportunity for readers to go along for the ride. <B>
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I bought this book to learn something about the man behind the legend of "broken windows" police management. In Chapter 14 he summarises his philosophy and approach. Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised - good policing is good management: clarity of purpose; choosing and backing good people; removing people in the way; high quality data/intelligence; taking action; monitoring results; and communicating well.
The rest of Bratton's story is told well enough, and finishes at the point when he left the New York Police Department. It wasn't overly dramatised and frankly not particularly fascinating to read. I got a bit lost with all the names through his career because there wasn't enough space to flesh out many personalities.
What did take me a little by surprise was the amount of upward management, politicking and ego involved in his career. It seems to me that anyone who succeeds in being appointed to lead a major police department in the USA must have unshakable ambition, an ego the size of a small planet, and a PhD in Machiavellian techniques. Even so, having the qualities to get the job are quite different from having the ability to keep a Police Commissioner's job and make a positive difference when in it.
I can't say the book excited or amazed me, but I got a lot out of it. It's a useful insight into a different world.
The rest of Bratton's story is told well enough, and finishes at the point when he left the New York Police Department. It wasn't overly dramatised and frankly not particularly fascinating to read. I got a bit lost with all the names through his career because there wasn't enough space to flesh out many personalities.
What did take me a little by surprise was the amount of upward management, politicking and ego involved in his career. It seems to me that anyone who succeeds in being appointed to lead a major police department in the USA must have unshakable ambition, an ego the size of a small planet, and a PhD in Machiavellian techniques. Even so, having the qualities to get the job are quite different from having the ability to keep a Police Commissioner's job and make a positive difference when in it.
I can't say the book excited or amazed me, but I got a lot out of it. It's a useful insight into a different world.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The former Commissioner of the New York Police Department takes the reader on an odyssey which was his career in American Policing. From his early years with Boston, through successful tenures with the New York Transit Police, Metro Police, the Boston Police(again)and finally the NYPD. Insightful and thoughtful comments on the role of the police in society are coupled with a sober reflection on what works in policing. With a minimal amount of personal grand-standing, Bratton does even some scores with folks who were "obstacles" in his career. A pleasant and enlightening view of the world of the modern urban police administrator.
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Excellent
A top class read. Excellent insight into the world of police management. The book illustrates what a motivated and well led police force can achieve. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by Dylan Thomas
Enjoyable Tale
Enjoyable book with lots of learning. It is only spoiled by the politics at the end but I suppose you need to remember its his story and not necessarily a 'how to business book'... Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2009 by KMcG
Entertaining, Accurate, Interesting
Having worked for Bratton during his time as Police Commissioner for the NYPD I can honestly say his book is excellent! Read more
Published on 2 July 1999
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