Bill Bratton served as the police chief in New York.
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The Dan Bongino ShowSep 16, 2026
Multiple reliable sources confirm Bill Bratton served as New York's police commissioner, in 1994–1996 under Mayor Giuliani and again from January 2014 to September 2016 under Mayor de Blasio. The claim's wording matches the passage, which refers to him as the police chief in New York.
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… I think they should review everything. It shouldn't be anyone from the FBI, from the CIA, from any three letter agency. Get a respected outside, maybe a guy, I'm just throwing a name out there, like a Rudy Giuliani type, or a Bill Bratton, who was the police chief in New York, a guy with no attachment to any of these entities, that has no reason to kind of, like, whatever, fudge the numbers or whatever some people may think is going on, and review everything, review everything. …
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Supports. Snopes and BBC (2016) report Bratton resigned as New York Police Commissioner effective September 2016, after serving in the role.[1][2]
Supports. NBC News (2013) and NBC New York (2014) report Bratton was named and sworn in as NYPD commissioner in January 2014, having previously served from 1994 to 1996.[3][4]
Supports. The New Yorker and CSMonitor describe Bratton as New York's police commissioner from 1994 to 1996 under Giuliani.[5][6]
Supports. Bratton's own LinkedIn profile states he was the 42nd police commissioner of the City of New York from January 2014 to September 2016 and held the post twice.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton Resignssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2New York City police chief Bill Bratton to step downbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 3Bratton named NYPD commissionernbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Bill Bratton Takes Helm of NYPD - NBC New Yorknbcnewyork.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5William Bratton: why new mayor chose him to lead NYPD – againcsmonitor.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Fixing Broken Windowsnewyorker.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Bill Bratton | LinkedInlinkedin.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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