[Clemenza]

I don't care for Kelly or Bloomberg, but I think that they would dispatch extra units to the outer boroughs really quick. Every cop still sleeping at home in Goshen, Pearl River, or Commack would be given orders to come in or face the rest of their career writing parking tickets on Staten Island. I also believe that Pataki, or even Spitzer were he to be governor, would have the National Guard there, pronto. New Yorkers have their faults, but they would never elect a Governor Blanco.

BTW: When the (admittedly small) Harlem Riot occurred in 1964 or '65 (can't remember), the NYPD decided to do a "baton charge" all in a line. Of course the looters simply got out of the way and ran through the side streets, breaking windows along the way.

[durasell]

Kelly's good. So was Bratton. And that other guy, can't remember his name, who never made PC, but knew technology and was a good cop. Actually, I think he ended up in NO, if memory serves.

I see the NYPD having a couple of landmarks in the 20th century. Knapp/Serpico was one, and then the Kelly/Bratton years was another.