By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 05:12 EST, 15 August 2011 Supercop: William Bratton is being brought in as an adviser but has staked a claim for the top Met job David Cameron's new adviser on gang warfare would be prepared to become a British citizen to become head of the Met Police. American 'supercop' Bill Bratton has told friends he is prepared to swap his nationality if it made any difference to the selection process for the country's top police job. Mr Bratton, credited with turning around the New York Police Department and its Los Angeles counterpart, said he believed an outsider could reinvigorate a police force.
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Chiefs round on Cameron's new police advisor
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