Former New York City Police Commissioner hired by N.O. to review security

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Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton will review New Orleans security vulnerabilities and recommend ways to shore them up as officials scramble after a deadly Bourbon Street attack last week to ensure the city is protected.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced Bratton’s hire on Wednesday during a City Council committee meeting, the first public hearing since the New Year’s Day truck attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people. Bratton’s work for the city will be paid for by the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, a group that funds legal representation for city officers and raises money for police-related causes.

Security experts have criticized the lack of barriers in place that might have impeded Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s three-block path down Bourbon. They have also pointed to the minimal crash test ratings of new bollards that the city was in the process of installing at the time of the attack.

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Bratton, 77, served two stints as police chief in New York City. The first came under then-Mayor Rudy Guiliani in the mid-1990's, when Bratton was heralded for implementing the “broken windows” theory of quality-of-life policing that was credited with reducing crime in the Big Apple.

Bratton, who had previously served as police chief in Boston, went on to lead the Los Angeles Police Department from 2002 to 2009. He later returned to New York City to again lead the NYPD from 2014 to 2016, when he retired from policing.

Bratton currently serves as co-chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, which makes recommendations to the Homeland Security secretary.

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