Bratton: Ray Kelly ‘Was the Police Commissioner’; I Am the Police Commissioner’
BRATTON: “This is the safest large city in America. We will be reporting this year overall crime is down another two percent —“
JANSING: “Then you would be comfortable if an investigation happened?”[crosstalk]
BRATTON: “It doesn’t require an investigation. Even the Daily News asserting that maybe the inspector general should look at it but we can’t trust the inspector general because the inspector general reports to the mayor. So now we need an outside independent entity. What are we going to base this investigation on? The allegations by the former police commissioner which we are refuting categorically line by line. What are we going to investigate? Any [indecipherable] who has the status of Mr. Kelly alleges without substantiation. He talks about he has a source within the police department. Well, man up and provide the source. This is a former police commissioner basically dealing with tabloid politics.”
STEIN: “I suppose because Mr. Kelly did run the police force, it’s presumed.”
BRATTON: “That’s right. This is even more egregious.”
STEIN: “No, it’s presumed that he would have some sort of an insight.”
BRATTON: “It’s presumed. It’s an assumption.”
STEIN: “No, I think it’s a fair presumption. He was there and knows what’s going on.”[crosstalk]
BRATTON: “He was there. He is no longer there. He was the police commissioner. I am the police commissioner. I know what we are doing.”