William Bratton, the retired former police commissioner of Boston, Los Angeles and New York – the latter twice – said Tuesday that if offered the job leading a major city’s police force at this time, he wouldn’t “take the keys.”

William Bratton, the retired former police commissioner of Boston, Los Angeles and New York – the latter twice – said Tuesday that if offered the job leading a major city’s police force at this time, he wouldn’t “take the keys.”