Nightly News   |  August 12, 2011

Bratton in talks for UK riots advice

William Bratton, the former chief of police in New York, Los Angeles and Boston has been asked by Britain's Prime Minister to come on board as a consultant, to work with the British government on controlling mob violence. Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: NBC News can confirm tonight, after a week of raging fires, riots, looting in the streets of London and beyond, Bill Bratton , former chief of police here in New York and LA and Boston , has been asked by the British prime minister to come on board as a consultant to work with the British government on controlling this kind of out of control mob violence.