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Article: New York's police commissioner drawing criticism from community leaders, law enforcement specialists. (Originated from Boston Globe)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- July 19, 1994
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NEW YORK _ William J. Bratton, who gained plaudits as an aggressive reformer during his first six months as New York's police commissioner, is drawing criticism from some community leaders and law enforcement specialists for resisting an investigatory commission's call for an independent monitoring agency to tackle corruption.
The commission, which spent two years investigating widespread departmental abuses, proposed creating an outside monitor with sweeping powers as a watchdog for the 31,000-member department. The monitor could investigate corruption cases, subpoena witnesses and documents, hold hearings and grant immunity to elicit testimony.
But Bratton, a former ...