Bratton friend’s firm gets no-bid deal from police

It pays to have friends in high places.

The NYPD is poised to issue a no-bid contract to a Martha's Vineyard-based firm who's boss is a pal of Bill Bratton who worked with the police commissioner when he was a private consultant, records show.

The department plans to sign the deal with Strategic Policy Partnerships to fulfill Bratton and Mayor de Blasio's mandate to fix community policing in the wake of the Eric Garner case.

The firm would help high-ranking officers mend community relations and enhance cadet training among other tasks, according to a Dec. 19 notice in the City Record, the city's official publication for procurements.

The consulting firm is run by Bratton friend Robert Wasserman. Bratton — who ran his own law-enforcement consulting firm, the Bratton Group, before taking over the NYPD's top job last January — raked in more than $53,000 while working with Wasserman on a contract with the Baltimore Police Department in 2013.

Their firms also worked together as law-enforcement consultants in Oakland, Calif., where Bratton earned $125,000.

Last year, Wasserman's firm had a contract "involving the transition of the Bratton administration in 2014" that was funded through the nonprofit Police Foundation, according to NYPD Deputy Commissioner Stephen Davis.

But the new contract will be with the NYPD and will be paid for by taxpayers.

The NYPD refused to disclose the amount of the contract, and Police Foundation President Susan Birnbaum did not return calls.

"Anytime no-bid contracts are being put out there, I certainly have a great deal of concern," said a City Council member who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal
from the mayor.

"Anytime there's a no-bid contract being put out there, there are question marks next to it. We need to look at all the other city's where they did work to see if these strategies are effective."

Wasserman founded Strategic Policy Partnerships in February 2012. He served as a consultant to Bratton during his tenure as Los Angeles police chief from 2002 to 2009 and under his prior tenure as NYPD commissioner in 1994.

Additional reporting by Aaron Short

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