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"Bratton cuts response times; Will City Hall cut fat?
BY slashing citywide response times, the Los Angeles Police Department has shown that small reforms can make a huge difference. Let's hope our elected officials in City Hall are paying attention.
In a time when government tells us we need to pay higher taxes in exchange for a lower quality of public services, the LAPD under Chief William Bratton has done just the opposite, giving us better policing without extracting an additional penny.
All it took was a change in policy."