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Bill Bratton, Former Chief of the New York and LA Police

Should British police forces be learning from the methods used in Los Angeles and New York City? Stephen Sackur talks to Bill Bratton, former chief of the New York and LA police.

Should the British police be learning lessons from the crime-fighting methods used on the mean streets of Los Angeles and New York City? British prime minister David Cameron evidently thinks so. For advice on fighting gang crime he has turned to Bill Bratton, the so-called Supercop, who dramatically cut crime in America's biggest cities. Bratton was even mooted as a possible candidate to run London's Metropolitan force. Can US-style policing work in the UK? Stephen Sackur talks to Bill Bratton.

30 minutes

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