New Orleans to bring in former NYPD commissioner as security expert after terrorist attack
New Orleans is bringing on William Bratton, who has been the top cop in Boston, New York and Los Angeles, to counsel the city on its security measures after the deadly Bourbon Street attack, the police chief said Wednesday.
New Orleans is bringing on William Bratton, who has been the top cop in Boston, New York and Los Angeles, to counsel the city on its security measures after the deadly Bourbon Street attack, the police chief said Wednesday.
Bratton, 77, a veteran of more than 50 years in law enforcement, will be a tactical expert on assessing security in the city, Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said Wednesday at a City Council meeting. He will be formally introduced at a news conference Thursday, she said.
William Bratton in New York City in 2023.Selcuk Acar / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images fileKirkpatrick called Bratton “one of the absolute top experts in this country on terrorism and hard targeting a city” and said he personally answered her call over the weekend to assist in reviewing potential security vulnerabilities.
Bratton started his career in Boston, working his way up to commissioner, before he took over the New York Police Department from 1994 to 1996 and returned for a second stint as commissioner from 2014 to 2016. He led the Los Angeles Police Department from 2002 to 2009. Bratton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The appointment was announced at a joint hearing of the City Council’s Criminal Justice and Public Works committees, the first public meeting since the New Year’s Day terrorist attack, in which a man inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group slammed a truck into revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring dozens more.
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