Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s announcement that he could step down... 
 
 NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is leaving the NYPD — for a cushy private-sector job with a firm with close ties to the Clintons, sources told The Post on Tuesday. De Blasio lauded the commissioner's contributions to New York City since taking over the job in January 2014 and praised the man who will replace him, a veteran cop with more than 30 years on the force who grew up in the city and whose experience he said will advance the work of neighborhood policing. O'Neill has been heavily involved in those efforts, and de Blasio said neighborhood policing would be in place in 51 precincts as of this fall. Bratton's retirement came as a surprise, as Bratton had been expected to stay on through next year's mayoral election, city officials told ABC News. Add Interest 
 
 Bratton did not elaborate on his plans at today's news conference, but global CEO advisory firm Teneo said Bratton will join the firm in September as senior managing director and executive chairman of Teneo Risk, a new division that advises major companies on risk identification, prevention and response. Bratton, who ran the Los Angeles Police Department in between leading the NYPD, said he had accepted one of several job offers made to him in recent years, and told de Blasio of his plans July 8. Chief of Department James P O'Neill Accepts Position of NYPD Commissioner 
 
 NYPD Chief of Department James P. O’Neill will succeed Bill Bratton as NYPD commissioner after he resigns his post in September, Mayor de Blasio announced at a press conference Tuesday.  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s choice of a new police commissioner Tuesday was meant to provide continuity after the resignation of Commissioner William Bratton while offering an olive branch to those who said Mr. Bratton’s policing tactics were unfair to minorities.
– In a surprise move, Bill Bratton is expected to step down as New York City's police commissioner Tuesday, city officials tell ABC News. Bratton had previously been expected to remain in his post through the mayoral election next year. James O'Neill, the current chief of the department, is expected to take Bratton's place. The Wall Street Journal reports Bratton will stay in his post until September in order to have a smooth transition. Crime has hit historic lows during Bratton's tenure, but as NBC New York notes, that tenure has also "been marred by tumultuous relations with the public and a tense standoff between the department's rank-and-file union and (Mayor Bill) de Blasio following the killings of two officers in late 2014." And, the New York Post adds, a police corruption scandal involving high-ranking officers also erupted under Bratton's watch.