41 Quotes by William Bratton

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    We are taking the unprecedented step of sharing what we can with you, but I am not about to give to any of you tactics that might endanger my officers,

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    We can no longer rely on the federal government to be our principal source of information, ... The federal government on that day gave almost no information.

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    Make no mistake about it: We dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets, ... As outlined in this indictment, these individuals had devised a plan, selected targets, obtained the weapons, set the date and chosen their victims.

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    Money that is spent here, even if allocated to Los Angeles, the county, the region, and the state will benefit ... because we're all about sharing what we acquire,

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    For the safety of all the public, for the safety of our officers, we need to understand intimately all that can be learned from that incident, and that is our intention, to learn, and to make changes where necessary and to do it in as transparent a manner as possible,

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    We have a very robust counter-terrorism operation here in LA, similar to New York and Washington because we are always a prime target,

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