(DNAINFO) Murray Weiss  — Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is “empowering” precinct commanders to make crime-fighting decisions within their neighborhoods without the time-consuming wait for top brass approval, DNAinfo New York has learned.

Reversing years of “micromanagement” atop 1 Police Plaza, Bratton expects a pilot program — dubbed “CENTCOM” and slated to roll out this month in southern Queens — will be expanded citywide to “decentralize” the NYPD’s power structure and make the department nimble enough to drive crime to even lower levels.

“I am someone who embraces decentralization more than anyone else probably in the history of the NYPD,” Bratton told “On The Inside.”

Source: Bratton Plans to Stop Top Brass From Micromanaging NYPD – Civic Center – DNAinfo.com New York