Bratton’s policies have been credited with reducing petty and violent crime. He also advocates an ethnically diverse police force, tackling police corruption, keeping strong relationships with law abiding citizens, and being tough on gangs and anti-social behavior. He was approached by British Prime Minister David Cameron to become the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner in 2011 but ended up in an advisory role to the British government. Bratton graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He authored the book Turnaround: How America’s Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic in 1998.
