Longtime NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly’s name has been bounced around from the beginning of the Napolitano resignation announcement, but for a number of reasons I don’t think he makes the president’s short list.
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would be another top law enforcement pick for DHS secretary. David Shankbone photo
My personal favorite for the position would be former Boston Police and NYPD Commissioner, and former Los Angeles Police Chief, Bill Bratton. The author of several books, a leading practitioner of community policing, and the architect of the successful crime fighting strategies that cleaned up New York City in the early 1990s, Bratton has been at the cutting edge of training, tactics and practices that have secured some of the country’s most populous and targeted communities. He’s not without his critics, but he’s proven in several demanding environments and situations why he’s one of the country’s (and world’s) top cops.
Who else is there with similar qualities that could do one of the toughest jobs in the country?