Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. I'm Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. This week's special

episode will feature a conversation between Rafael Manguel, who's a contributing editor of

City Journal, and a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, and William J. Bratton, whose storied

career in policing included stints as New York City's police commissioner and L.A.'s police chief.

And of course, Chief Braden has written for a city journal on a number of occasions.

Ralph sat down with Chief Braden to discuss his new book, The Profession, a Memoir of Community,

Race, and the Arc of Policing in America, which recounts the challenges, controversies,

and triumphs of his tenure as one of the nation's most successful police executives.

Hi, I'm Raphael Mangual, a senior fellow and deputy director of legal policy at the Manhattan Institute.

Thank you so much for joining us for another Manhattan Institute event cast, brought to you by the Policing and Public Safety Initiative at MI.

Today's guest is Commissioner William Bratton. He is one of the few household names in American

policing. And because of his story career, he is a man who needs no introduction, but I'm

going to give him one anyway. Commissioner Bratton's professional life, I think, can be divided

into basically three categories. He currently serves as the executive chairman of Risk Advisory

for Taneo, a global corporate advisory firm.

Before entering the private sector, Commissioner Bratton spent decades building one of the most successful careers of any police executive,

serving as one of the, as chief of the New York City Transit Police, Commissioner of the Boston Police Department,

Commissioner of the New York City Police Department twice, and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

But Commissioner Bratton is also a successful author of multiple books, including his new memoir, The Profession, which is what we'll be talking with him about today.

Commissioner Bratton, thank you so much for joining us.

Great to be with you. And if I may, the book that you referenced,

which I'm very proud of, which we'll discuss, is a collaborative effort with my co-author,

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