Bill Bratton

Prisoners, Parolees Headed to L.A. Under State Prison Downsizing: LAPD Chief Beck Says 150 Cops Will be Cut From Streets to Handle Them

Some of the worst news about L.A.'s response to the transfer of thousands of state prisoners and parolees to county jails and local police oversight is that the LAPD says it will need to take 150 officers off the streets to deal with them. In a geographically vast city with less than 10,000 officer ... More >>

In Wake Of Criticism, Dodgers Hire Bill Bratton To Review Stadium Security

Bill Bratton​Following last week's brutal parking lot beating, the Dodgers have hired former LAPD Chief William Bratton to advise them on security.That's a sharp reversal from Saturday, when Frank McCourt said he was satisfied that Dodger Stadium was already as safe as it could be.Since retiring f ... More >>

LAPD Audit: Bratton's fiscal mess

New chief Charlie Beck releases a report showing broad mismanagement

Going to Pot: L.A. Weekly’s Journalistic Standards?

Friends Of Crash Victim Allege LAPD Cover-Up

Friends of a Brentwood woman who was killed in a collision with a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser last month held a vigil this week and called for an investigation into whether the patrol car was speeding to an emergency call without its lights and sirens on -- a practice that was banned by th ... More >>

The Student Has Become The Teacher: Beck Establishes Distance From Bratton

In his third town hall meeting in as many nights, Los Angeles Police Department chief designee Charlie Beck established some distance between himself and his mentor, former Chief Bill Bratton.Charlie Beck is establishing some distance between himself and mentor Bill Bratton.​Beck, responding to a ... More >>

LAPD Crime Digest Still No-Show on Web Site

We don't always agree with the Los Angeles Times editorial page, but on Wednesday they got one thing right: The new LAPD chief needs to be more transparent.LAPD Chief Bill Bratton​The Times wrote that outgoing LAPD chief Bill Bratton "has been less impressive in the area of transparency and accoun ... More >>

LAPPL President Paul Weber: Next Chief Needs To Be 'People Person'

Los Angeles Daily News reporter Rick Orlov wrote yesterday that the Los Angeles Police Commission is now searching "in earnest" for LAPD chief Bill Bratton's replacement.LAPD Chief Bill Bratton​"There are at least six candidates who will be interviewed on Wednesday and Thursday - and they are said ... More >>

Another Bratton Endorsement Bites the Dust

Outgoing Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton once told the Weekly that he would never personally run for office . . . but it still didn't keep L.A.'s Top Cop from backing political candidates when critics said he should stay out of the endorsement business.Ted SoquiLAPD Chief Bill Bratt ... More >>

Gadfly Extraordinaire John Walsh Finally Turns to Blogging

Longtime Hollywood resident John Walsh may not be as famous as such bloggers as Perez Hilton or Matt Drudge, but among gadflies, community activists and City Hall insiders in Los Angeles, he's something of a legend.Kevin ScanlonHollywood gadflies (l-r) John Walsh, Chris Shabel, and Miki Jackson​Fo ... More >>

Bratton Successor: Insider LAPD Brass Who Want to Replace Him

Nothing against the interesting list the Los Angeles Times published today, of the Los Angeles Police Department's top brass who want to replace the departing Bill Bratton. But the chances that City Hall would somehow have a permanent new chief in place the day Bratton leaves for New York, which is ... More >>

Earl Krugel, Irv Rubin: Silenced?

L.A. Times Shills for Villaraigosa's 'Summer Night Lights'

Reading the L.A. Times this morning, we stumbled upon Hector Tobar's breathless column about Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's supposed anti-gang program called "Summer Night Lights."L.A. Times columnist Hector Tobar​Tobar visits Ramon Garcia Park in Boyle Heights, one of 16 parks in Los Angeles where ... More >>

S.F. Chief Seeks LAPD Help

Former Los Angeles assistant police chief George Gascón has just taken over as San Francisco's top cop and already is making waves -- by bringing in two LAPD homicide detectives to help solve a case that the SFPD allegedly botched. At the heart of the matter, according to the San Francisco Chronicl ... More >>

Tom Hayden: Bill Bratton Conflict of Interest in Cherkasky Deal?

Tom Hayden has been one of the gutsiest politicians in California, whether you like him or not. I've always admired him for that. It's not surprising to see that Hayden alone, so far among local civic leaders, is asking an obvious question also raised by my piece in L.A. Weekly today: isn't Bill Bra ... More >>

Lily Burk's Funeral in Los Angeles, a Calm Before the Storm

For a lot of people, the vibrantly sunny Los Angeles weekend was a time to focus on the life and death of 17-year-old Lily Burk, who was honored at a ceremony at Barnsdall Art Park. It's not often you see 500 people gathered to note the passing of a teenager who has yet to make her mark on the worl ... More >>

LAPD Chief Bill Bratton: A Hero or a Palin?

Ever since Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton announced his resignation last week, it's as if the guy has become some kind of victorious, military hero who fought a horrible, bloody mission in some god-forsaken land...and now he gets to take a well-deserved breather and enjoy the spoil ... More >>

LAPD's Bill Bratton Will Join Altegrity Inc.

Chief Bill Bratton is expected to announce today that he plans to resign from the Los Angeles Police Department to take over as the top gun of a private security firm. According to radio reports, he has accepted a job at Altegrity Inc., which is based in Falls Church, Virginia. The company is owned ... More >>

Who Will Replace Bill Bratton as LAPD Chief?

Who will succeed LAPD Chief Bill Bratton, who is leaving to work for his former boss Michael Cherkasky at Kroll Associates (but in this incarnation, these two old friends will now run Altegrity)?Bratton announced his plan to leave following months of rumors -- rumors the chief fed by traveling almos ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

May Day Cops Dodge Bullet No LAPD officers involved in the 2007 May Day melee in MacArthur Park will be fired, although Chief Bill Bratton had called for four terminations. L.A. TimesCut the Comedy Birmingham High School administrators will be disciplined for allowing Sacha Baron Cohen to use the sc ... More >>

Chief Bratton: L.A. Weekly Story "Voodoo Reporting"

"I'm not a politician," Police Chief Bill Bratton told a radio audience yesterday. "I work in a political environment, which shows how sane I am." During Wednesday's Patt Morrison show on KPCC, the LAPD Chief went after a recent L.A. Weekly cover story that questioned his department's use of crime s ... More >>

Bratton and Villaraigosa Seek More Cops During Fiscal Crisis

Yesterday, at the Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Dispatch Center in downtown, Chief Bill Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were buddying up again, with City Attorney candidate and Councilman Jack Weiss along for the ride. LAPD Chief Bill BrattonInitially described in press releases ... More >>

Bratton: L.A. Is as Safe as 1956

Except the chief is manipulating numbers and acting like a politician

Tape May Hold Clue to Identifying Grim Sleeper Serial Killer

UPDATE: Listen to the 911 call here. Shortly after midnight, January 10, 1987, a Los Angeles Police Department dispatcher received a call from a man who said he was phoning from a pay booth. The mystery caller told the female operator that he wanted to report a murder. He claimed to have seen a man ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Helmet Rule Ignored? A police officers' union is suing the LAPD and its chief, Bill Bratton, accusing both of violating the department's own safety policies. The case is part of the spreading controversy over orders that kept cops from donning riot helmets before a January 10 protest in Westwood. L. ... More >>

House Party: Notorious Drew Street Home Demolished

Police Chief Bill Bratton, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and City Councilman Eric Garcetti, along with dozens of police officers, undercover agents and city workers, gathered in Glassell Park Wednesday to celebrate the demolition of a notorious drug house once owned and operated by Avenues gangster ... More >>

Drew Street Drug House Demolished

Creepily, some neighbors miss the gang’s terror, a Neighborhood Watch of sorts

Feuding Cops: Bratton vs. Parks

There was never any doubt that Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton and City Council Member Bernard Parks were not the best of buds. Parks was ousted as Police Chief and Bratton was brought in, after all. However, who knew that the feuding between the two chiefs was more than a few digs during pres ... More >>

Grim Sleeper Returns: He's Murdering Angelenos, as Cops Hunt his DNA

The most elusive serial killer west of the Mississippi took a 13-year break. Now he's back

Valley Shootout: SWAT Hero's Final Minutes

Why Randal Simmons stepped in harm's way

Voter Guide: the Pros and Cons of the Initiatives, February 5 Ballot

Making sense of the issues

Where Are the Adults?

City Hall can’t cope as L.A. neighborhoods get hit by taggers gone wild

The Real Thing

Earl Paysinger

Coming of Age in the Mouth of Madness

The kids of Skid Row

Tripping Quincy Jones . . . and Other Scenes From EG 2006

Who Could Have Saved Baby Suzie?

Inside the SWAT team’s fatal decision to confront a gun-wielding father

Badge of Anger

Jan Perry goes after LAPD Officer Torres

Hahn Solo

Hahn Solo

Jimmy doesn’t like to be called dull. In fact, he defends his style with, uh, passion

Making It Personal

What’s really driving these L.A. mayoral candidates?

Loco Control

It’s hard not to feel like a sucker on these budget measures

People vs. the Police — Take Five

The Stanley Miller beating prompts more promises of citizen involvement. Haven’t we been here before?

D’oh! Goofiest L.A. Political Gaffes

Life at Ground Zero

Chief Bratton takes aim at gang violence

View From Parker Center

A one-on-one with Police Chief Bill Bratton

Bill, We Hardly Know You

Cut Chief Bratton some slack for a good start

Take Heed, Chief

Bill Bratton needs to spend time with council members from high-crime districts

One More Question

The Otani Affair

Two top picks for Bernie Parks’ replacement book the wrong place to stay