Current legislation prevented Bill Bratton, former head of New York police, applying to take charge of the Metropolitan Police in 2011.

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Even Bill Bratton himself said in 1998 that "zero tolerance is neither a phrase that I use nor one that captures the meaning of what happened in New York City".

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And for that part of the session he will be joined by US policing guru Bill Bratton, former Chief of Police for Los Angeles and former New York City Police Commissioner.

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That is why I will be discussing how we can go further in getting to grips with gangs with people like Bill Bratton, former Commissioner of Police in New York and Los Angeles.

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As a result the anti- gang crash units were shut down and a new complaints and discipline policy to stop police corruption was taken up. 10.09.36 Clive Myrie This was the Police department that Bill Bratton took over.

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"Over time we are finding that sophistication is improving and the costs are going down, " said Bill Bratton, a consultant who also served as chief of police in Los Angeles and commissioner of Boston and New York City's police departments.

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Bill Bratton clearly relishes a challenge.

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Government sources also indicated that there was no chance of Bill Bratton, the former Los Angeles and New York police chief brought in as a consultant by ministers, getting the top job, because it would send out the wrong signal to officers in Britain.

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Bratton said he has met with mayoral candidates including former Comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, both Democrats, and Republican publisher Tom Allon.

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