| "In every police chief job he'd taken, Bill Bratton was known for putting his personal stamp on the agency, changing the color and style of police cars and redesigning the officers' uniform patch. But that wasn't the case when he joined the Los Angeles Police Department seven years ago. "I respected the traditions of the LAPD, and the one thing I respected was they do not have a patch," Bratton said in an interview earlier this week. "It's the ego of the LAPD that the badge says it all." (Source: Daily News Los Angeles, "Bratton leaves his stamp on LAPD," October 30, 2009) |
