William Bratton

Christopher Dorner Is 'Not Rambo;' Bill Bratton Cuts Down Ex-Cop On Alleged Murder Spree

Experts, including ex-LAPD Chief William Bratton, downplayed Christopher Dorner's tactical skills and abilities today, with the former top cop saying that "he's not Rambo." Bratton tried to cut down the image of the ex-Los Angeles officer as a highly trained killer with fearsome police and military ... 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 >>

Who Killed Ronni Chasen? Former LAPD Chief William Bratton Says It Might Have Been Road Rage; The Hollywood Reporter States It Was Possibly A Planned Hit

THRRonni Chasen with Morgan Freeman.​So far it's a whodunnit for the ages. Ronni Chasen, an old-school Hollywood publicist was gunned down in Beverly Hills Tuesday morning. But by whom? Who would want a well-liked, well-connected, Mercedes-driving, 64-year-old woman dead -- in the middle of on ... More >>

LAPD Chief Beck Says City Budget Woes Already Mean Less Police

Chief Beck.​Speaking to CNN, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said the city's budget woes and a related 10 percent decrease in the LAPD budget have already translated to less police on the mean streets of L.A. "We already have reduced funding for the police department," he said. "We had ... More >>

Gleaming, New LAPD HQ Has Brown Lawn, Wilted Palms

​Former Chief William Bratton called it the most-expensive, state-of-the-art police headquarters in the nation, a $437-million, green-friendly monument to the original boys and girls in blue. And yet, something's amiss at the Los Angeles Police Department's new, gleaming, high-tech Police Admi ... More >>

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's Poodle/Political Problem

Conan To Emcee Police Benefit; You're Really Not Invited

An elite event to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Los Angeles Police Department, to mark the end of Chief William Bratton's tenure, and to provide yet another opening ceremony for the new Police Administration Building will feature Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien as an emcee, Wolfgang Puck as ... More >>

Bratton Almost Exited With Badge In-Pocket

Outgoing Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton exited the department's new headquarters downtown Wednesday with hundreds off of officers bidding him adieu. The "end of watch" farewell ceremony had the top cop choked up as he issued departing words to his troops.Bratton can no longer flash his LAP ... More >>

Cops Get New Contract, No Raises

The expansionist era of Chief William Bratton is over, and the city is seeking to put a lid on costs stemming from policing Los Angeles. A new contract with the city that aims to reign in the Los Angeles Police Department's overtime costs was approved by the rank-and-file members of the Los Angeles ... More >>

Long Knives Slice Up Bratton

As it overspends by $1 million daily, the City Council goes after the departing chief

No LAPD Showdown at L.A. City Council Meeting

Today's Los Angeles City Council meeting had all the earmarks of a high noon showdown between LAPD Chief Bill Bratton and the city's 15 council members. But now that fight won't take place...at least for today.L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti​According to L.A. Times staff writer David Zah ... More >>

Bratton's Endorsement of Ridley-Thomas Gets Weird

Yesterday, we mentioned how political endorsements have a funny way of coming back to haunt the people who do the endorsing. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton is now learning that lesson in spades.Ridley-Thomas campaign mailer​Even though critics, police experts and even the Los An ... More >>

New LAPD HQ Has Eye on L.A. Times

Los Angeles police Chief William J. Bratton today gave the news media a tour of his department's gleaming new headquarters at 100 W. First St. downtown. The 10-story box contains a media room with live streaming, a gym three times the size of the one at the circa-1955 Parker Center headquarters near ... 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 >>

Bulletin: Bill Bratton Out

​The L.A. Times' Web site is reporting that L.A. Police Chief William Bratton will announce his resignation at a noon press conference today. The report says he plans to become the "head of a private security firm." Bratton, who became LAPD chief in 2002, has three years left of his second term. T ... More >>

May 19 Election: Schwarzenegger, Villaraigosa, Weiss, Bratton, Bass, Go Down in Flames

Even with one key Los Angeles City Council District race still hanging in the balance on the Westside, the political wreckage surrounding some of California's best-known politicians was waist-deep, leaving Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to slog through the recriminatio ... More >>

Greig Smith Hits Back Over LAPD Hiring Freeze

Now it's getting interesting. Last Friday night, 12th District City Councilman Greig Smith released his own salvo over a proposal to freeze the hiring of LAPD officers during Los Angeles's budget crisis, claiming Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was engaging in "scare tactics and fear mongering." Office o ... More >>

Bill Bratton's Endorsements Spectacle

The LAPD chief's politicking has critics fearing a slide to the bad old days

DNA Deep Freeze

Why Los Angeles crime-fighters fell years behind on rape testing, and may never catch up

Grim Sleeper's Sole Survivor

Relishing life, a tough churchgoing mom is at the center of the Los Angeles serial-killer mystery

Bratton's Jump Into L.A.'s Mayoral Race

Angry candidates ask: How can Bratton and Villaraigosa claim L.A. is as safe as 1956?

Rap Names for L.A. Politicians

What's in a name? Ask MyRapName, a Web site that automatically generates a rap-singer identity for you after you enter your first name and last initial. We did this with the names of some Los Angeles' leading statesmen and stateswomen -- just in case they require more street cred for their next elec ... More >>

Queer Town: LAPD Chief Bratton Imperfect "Homo Hero"

Last week, Queerty.com, one of our favorite gay Web sites, chose Los Angeles Police Department Chief William Bratton as its "2008 Homo Hero of the Year," and today the Los Angeles Times picked up the story -- this city's paper of record loves to hand out kudos to the power establishment whenever it ... More >>

Sympathy for the Devil: Crime Stats Say L.A.'s Streets Are Safer Than Ever, So Why Are Gang Hoods Still So Bloody?

Top dogs Da Brat, Zen Baca and Tony V weigh in, along with street players D-Black, Marky-D and Mauricio

Grim Times and Crimes in Famed Melrose District

The below press release sheds light on what some have begun to call an overwrought hyper-focus on gangs by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief William Bratton. As the Weekly has reported, Villaraigosa and Bratton in 2007 hyped a fake "gang crisis". It was bunk—as experts predicted, it was a ... More >>

San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

Mass Murder in Winnetka takes life of popular SWAT officer, a former Villaraigosa bodyguard An LAPD SWAT officer was shot to death and another was wounded last night in a horrific 11-hour standoff gone bad involving a 20-year-old unemployed furniture mover with a history of mental issues and suspec ... More >>

May Day Do-Over

“Curiously, none of the angry protesters that I saw appeared to be actual immigrants.”

Bratton's Mea Culpa Tour

“You’ve obviously not been watching your own news channel,” Bratton said acidly to the KTTV reporter. “I’ve already apologized. I don’t feel the need to answer your specific question, or apologize to you.”

The End Of Murder

If New York can slash homicide by 76 percent, can Los Angeles contemplate a vanishing point?

Municipal Whiplash

The mayor suddenly decides gang crime, not L.A. Unified, is public enemy No. 1

Prime-Time Crime Fighter

William J. Bratton

Inside the Box With the Super Dope Cops

Hustlers, gangsters, addicts and narcos are all trying to get their chippy on where it’s always Mardi Gras on crack

LAPD's Half-Open Book

Comparing the department’s responses in two cases: Suzie and Devin Brown

The Crisis Mayor

Antonio faces big tests in first month on the job

Blood and Ink

Military-Industrial Complex, Anyone?

Mr. Miller’s Tea Party

The ceremony of another L.A. police beating

Marking the Chief

William Bratton’s report card shows talent and huge challenges

Changing Cops

Chief Bratton may finally be bringing reform to the LAPD

The Blue Bottom Line

Egos overcome reason in debate over more cops

A Bear Trap

Civil-rights lawyer Connie Rice takes on Rampart

The Ticking Stopwatch

LAPD's new terrorism czar ponders al Qaeda

The Long Wait

Staking out taggers with the LAPD

Tributes

Monster Rap

An ex-gangbanger’s take on stemming the violence

Trouble Girl

Young graffiti artist JERK throws up a name for herself

A Clean Slate

Plato on the Beat

Can Bratton reform the LAPD without revisiting Rampart?

An Open Letter to Mayor Hahn: Be Bold

Trouble Girl

Young graffiti artist JERK throws up a name for herself