Bratton Police Reform Analysis

The article on Police reform by William J. Bratton in the NY times seeks to discuss the process by which Police Commissioner Bratton went about reforming the police departments he worked in throughout his life. In the first half of the article William Bratton speaks about his time in Boston as a sergeant, when he first began to be a police reformer. As well as his time as lieutenant helping to develop community programs within the Fenway Neighborhood. He speaks about carrying his ambitions of reform to six police departments which he has led. He’s worked to change culture and motive his officers, while connecting them with the community. Bratton addresses his best time motivating cops in New York City Transit, his best time crime fighting with …show more content…
We are also changing the police culture by orienting the daily work of officers toward service and communications.” This conclusion seems to feel the most supported statement from the author as it is backed up by the rest of the article, and his own ethos. Although he presents little statistics, his ethos and previous statements on how to make Police reform happen back up his conclusion. I agree with the notion that localizing and breaking down barriers between police and communities is a beneficial thing, I felt as if the other presented this conclusion well, but as stated multiple times it was lacking in a certain statistical or factual manner, relying mostly on subjective past experiences of the …show more content…
To truly reform such a needed and often misunderstood job it needs to be led at the fore front by those who experience the profession every day. Additionally, to address issues of cynicism and handling everyone like criminals retraining and incorporation to communities can help to humanize police officers with their communities and vice versa. As well as the idea that reformers need to show their police officers that they care about them, otherwise reforming can come off as a punishment and be met with rebellion or distrust. Overall I feel the author presented logical and precise suggestions for the reformation of police departments within, but the evidence and support to back such conclusions was lacking in factual, or statistical matter slightly weakening, or making it harder to have people completely back his