tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post757542320945490993..comments2024-03-25T16:57:17.825-05:00Comments on Bostonmaggie: Saving Face vs. Saving LivesBostonMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298341600851300309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post-44811321336054205892011-08-23T14:00:42.237-05:002011-08-23T14:00:42.237-05:00I do agree with anonymous... Bratton definitely di...I do agree with anonymous... Bratton definitely did not do as well in L.A. And s/he is dead on about Cameron.Stellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post-1454936957566456652011-08-18T12:42:55.147-05:002011-08-18T12:42:55.147-05:00I know at first it was an unpaid consultancy. The...I know at first it was an unpaid consultancy. Then Cameron wantd him to head up Scotland Yard and I think that was paid.BostonMaggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298341600851300309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post-64970614463807326652011-08-18T12:22:44.064-05:002011-08-18T12:22:44.064-05:00Here's a post from the NYT...
http://www.nyti...Here's a post from the NYT...<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/world/europe/18britain.html?_r=2&hp<br /><br />Let me get this straight. England is having horrific social problems. Cameron wants Bratton to come to Britain as an unpaid consultant, right?<br /><br />Bratton accepted.<br /><br />British police were not pleased. <i>The officers had asserted, in some cases bluntly, that Britain had little to learn from the United States, with its far higher incidence of murder, a more prevalent gang and drug culture and a tradition of more aggressive policing.</i><br /><br />I don't get it, either.<br /><br />... and BTW, how are you?Stellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post-14613567600938959332011-08-18T11:20:12.035-05:002011-08-18T11:20:12.035-05:00Bratton may not have been equally successful eveer...Bratton may not have been equally successful eveerywhere.....but he's still better than whoever is *not* solving the problem now.<br /><br />He would have made progress.<br /><br />the Brits stuck their head up their collective ahhhhsis on this.BostonMaggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298341600851300309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post-23796646740523259492011-08-18T11:03:12.417-05:002011-08-18T11:03:12.417-05:00Bratton was not THE solution. Bratton, plus a str...Bratton was not THE solution. Bratton, plus a strong executive backing him. He had that in Boston and NYC, not LA so things did not turn out as well.<br />Cameron is not a strong executive so, no matter what Bratton tried to do, it would not work, Cameron would undermine him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com