William J. Bratton Quotes
Cops have been complaining about morale since police forces were created. I used to complain about it a lot when I was a young cop.
Bratton, William J., and Peter Knobler. The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America. Penguin Press, 2021, p. 214.
See Thomas Jefferson {604969} for a later view.
William Joseph Bratton CBE is an American law enforcement officer and businessman who served two terms as the New York City Police Commissioner (1994–1996 and 2014–2016). He previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993–1994) and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). He is the only person to have led the police departments of the United States' two largest cities – New York and Los Angeles.