Former LAPD Chief Bill Bratton named to board of spin-off company of Motorola

William J. Bratton appears to be as busy in retirement as he was as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Since September, Bratton has been chairman of the global security firm Kroll. On Tuesday, he was named to the transition team of California Atty. Gen.-elect Kamala Harris.

A day later, it was announced that Bratton had been named to the board of one of two companies that will be formed from the Schaumburg, Ill.-based communications firm Motorola.

Motorola Solutions Inc. will be responsible for selling communications equipment such as police radios and barcode scanners to government and corporate customers, according to a news release issued by the company Wednesday. Bratton was one of nine board members named by the company.

In addition to his day jobs, the former chief recently offered up television commentary on the Ronnie Chasen murder case and wrote an article in the British newspaper the Telegraph about government's role in law enforcement.

As LAPD chief, Bratton dramatically reshaped the department and pushed down crime rates between 2002 and 2009. He surprised the city's political and police leadership by stepping down with two years remaining on his second term.

-- Andrew Blankstein

Comments

[Tom]

Bratton worked for Kroll prior to becoming the LAPD Chief. Kroll oversaw the Consent Decree. That Decree limited the cost paid for monitoring. Millions more was paid to Kroll after Bratton became chief. He negotiated with them prior to retiring, stepping right into a well paid job. Now he's going in the business of selling police radios. He needs to stay away from L.A. or it would be a conflict of interest.

East coast business as usual.

[CC]

That's just great, since Communications Division of LAPD got screwed into buying a horrible dispatch system from Motorola. The city was fleeced for a reported $70 mil. Not surprised that he's now going to work for them.

[CC]

LAPD Communications bought a reported $70 mil dollar system from Microsoft under Bratton, which works horribly & was never meant for a city as large as L.A. Tit for tat, I guess. Your tax dollars at waste.