Bill Bratton

I don't believe that race was a factor, this rush to put a race tag on it, I'm sorry, that's not involved in this at all.

I'd prefer to just dig the whole damn thing up and put it back the way it was, where Broadway is Broadway and not a dead-end street, the activity is not occurring anywhere else in the area.

We need a new form of quality-of-life broken windows policing. by Bill Bratton

We need a new form of quality-of-life broken windows policing.

Shh ... we don't want to jinx it, we're into our 12th day now, Charlie. Eleven is a record and let's keep it going.

I think it's probably a rift that is going to go on for a while longer, however, we will be making efforts to sit down and talk with the union leaders in particular to deal with their issues.

Morale in the department at this time is low, there is no getting around that, and it’s low for a multiplicity of reasons.