Bill Bratton

[abstibus]

Is it true that Bill Bratton is to be taken on as Cameron's adviser? If so, then sense is prevailing at last.

[sandyRoe]

Why should we import an American martinet? Have we none of our own?

[abstibus]

From DM today
...he took over the scandal-plagued Los Angeles police in 2002, and again helped turn the city around.
Under his leadership, crime there dropped for six years in a row, including a 24 per cent fall in homicides which relieved the city of its title as America's murder capital.
Just a month into the job, he was confronted by demonstrators angry at the deaths of two teenagers in a car which crashed after police had shot at it.
When the protesters demanded, 'Control your officers', Mr Bratton simply replied: 'Control your kids.' What's wrong with that?

[Brenden]

While DC is about it, bring over Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona to sort our prisons out to be cost effective.

[modeller]

It's no good importing or appointing martinets if they are not given the necessary power and they wont be. The liberals of this country and the EU wont allow it.

[vulcan]

modeller is correct, they won't be given the necessary powers to do the job.Anyway the sort of people who have been rioting recently will just see these outsiders as a special challenge.

[Gromit]

// "We have seen a significant drop in crime over the last ten years which represents our continued focus on tackling these offences and bringing criminals to justice." //

http://content.met.po...7892522/1257246745756

We have had improved crime figures, particularly in lLondon for the past decade. Unfortunately, this present shambles of a Government are undoing the good work in record time. Bill Bratten would make no difference when the politicians giving him orders are this inept.

[DrFilth]

sodding labour knackering the figures up :)

[DTCwordfan]

He is just coming over to share some advice with Cobra et al, not to take over as head of the Met or anything like that - that's what he said on the Beeb news this morning and surely hearing what he has done and learning about better/best practice should be encouraged - something that we Brits are not good at doing and hence in managing change.

[Brenden]

Then we can overhaul our prisons, make them a punishment. Take a look at this.http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/arp
aio.asp

[emmie]

He is, but many won't see it that way, im sure.

[emmie]

I believe he has been here before, and as to his advisory role, don't see why not, if the person has experience, we should be using it.