The department believes it will get a more diverse measure of community satisfaction, and allow it to further drive down crime. (nytimes.com)
Mr. Bratton, a veteran of the Dinkins and Giuliani administrations, who also oversaw the police departments in Boston and Los Angeles, is best known for driving down crime in the city in the mid-1990s with a tough - on - low - level - crimes approach. (observer.com)
«What we should appreciate even in this moment when we're feeling the pain of this tragedy is that our school safety officers, our principals, our teachers, our parents, working together, have steadily driven down crime in our schools,» de Blasio said. (nystateofpolitics.com)