15-08-2011, 08:21 AM
Commander Bratton (so honored by the Queen one September the 11th) joins former U.S. Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff, former CIA Director George Tenet, former FBI Director Louis Freeh, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and New York Senator Charles Schumer as recipients of the William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award, which salutes outstanding achievements in combating terrorism, extremism and injustice, and for making "a dramatic difference [in making Boston, NY and LA] safer and more secure for all, and his crime-fighting initiatives have been hailed and emulated by police departments throughout the world." This article asks the question of whether he changed the corrupt culture of the LAPD, which was "copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history"), and has been involved in numerous civil rights violations and race-based cases among other controversies. The review of his book, "The Turnaround" notes that "his mother caught him directing traffic in the street" when he was merely 18 months old.
I'd say Greater London is in for a ride.
I'd say Greater London is in for a ride.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"