The 54th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, William Bratton joined the Los Angeles Police Department with over thirty-two years of law enforcement experience. His first experience in policing was in the Army Military Police.  In 1970, he joined the Boston Police Department eventually rising to the rank of superintendent.  In 1983 he served as the Chief of Police for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police Department.  In 1986, Chief Bratton was became the Superintendent of the Metropolitan District Commission Police, which patrols the Boston Metropolitan Area. In 1990, Chief Bratton became Chief of Police/Senior Vice President for the New York City Transit Authority Police Department. Chief Bratton returned to New York in 1994 when he was appointed as the 38th Police Commissioner by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

 

Chief Bratton holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Law Enforcement from Boston State College/University of Massachusetts.  He is a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute and was a Senior Executive Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he served as a Research Fellow.  During the period from 1993 to 1996, he served as the elected president of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a national police research and policy organization whose members include some of the most progressive police leaders in North America.

A frequent guest lecturer, writer and commentator, he is the co-author of his critically acclaimed Random House autobiography “Turnaround.”  Among his many other honors and awards, Chief Bratton holds the Schroeder Brother’s Medal, which is the Boston Police Department’s highest award for valor.

 

Chief Bratton is married to Attorney Rikki Klieman, and has one adult son, David Bratton.