Bill Bratton day in L.A.

Still feeling the anger

LAPD Chief William Bratton's BlackBerry went off over the weekend after a car-to-car drive-by shooting in Arleta left a 23-year-old man dead. Rachel Uranga in the Daily News.

Investigators were sending Bratton details of the homicide, as they do with every such incident shortly after it happens.

Since taking the helm of the department in October 2002, Bratton has received 2,455 such messages and thousands more about shootings that fail to kill.

Chief touts success
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton earlier this week touted his achievements to the new Police Commission and laid out future goals. Crime is down in all categories since he took office in 2002, with violent crimes down 31percent and property crimes down 25percent, he said. Daily News.

"The credit goes to the men and women of this department who have been able to achieve this with virtually no increase in the size of the department," Bratton said. "We are only beginning to see the impact of new hires on the department."