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Ex-NYC Top Cop Tries to Help Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) - William Bratton, a former New York City police commissioner recognized for cutting the city's murder rate, began a visit to Lima on Wednesday to help the South American capital deal with its growing crime problem. Lima Mayor Alberto Andrade said private businesses are footing the $40,000 consultancy fee for Bratton, dubbed "Super Policeman" by Peruvian news media. The goal is "to see if the systems and the strategies and the tactics that were developed in my country, particularly in my city, New York, are applicable to your situation," Bratton said of his three-day visit. As police commissioner from 1994 to 1996, Bratton gained recognition for significantly cutting New York's rate for homicides and other serious crime. He later set up a New York-based consulting firm that has advised several Latin American cities, including the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and the Chilean capital of Santiago, on crime-fighting strategies. Bratton's strategies often include deploying officers closer to the community in small precincts and developing a computerized database of crime statistics to help police respond more quickly. In Lima, a shantytown-ringed city of nearly 8 million people sprawling across Peru's central coastal desert, crime-fighting is left to the national police force. Last year, there were more than 12,000 robberies and 800 murders in central Lima alone, Andrade said. |
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