President Ronald Reagan called the Byrne family to express his condolences, and Vice President George Bush carried Edward’s badge with him during his 1988 campaign for president. After six years as a prosecutor in New York and Washington, Lawrence Byrne, known as Larry, went into private practice for two decades, conducting internal investigations for corporate clients and defending many of them in court. In 2014, the New York police commissioner, William J. Bratton, tapped him for the job of deputy commissioner for legal affairs. after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, long before Mr. Byrne arrived. In a settlement, the city agreed to appoint an independent civilian to monitor the Police Department’s counterterrorism activities, a step that Mr. Byrne said he welcomed.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2020 23:48 UTC