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Doug, here are the supporting documents that spell out the relationship between the Guard and the various levels of State and local government in Louisiana and New Orleans. I hope you can find what you are looking for:

Not to beat a dead horse, but another article has come to light that sheds more light on lack of preparation by New Orleans, and a complete failure in local leadership. As you read this reflection on the utter failure of New Orleans and Louisiana political leadership, recall and compare the leadership provided by Rudy Guliani in the dark fearful days immediately following the 9/11 attacks.

Law Officers, Overwhelmed, Are Quitting the Force, NY Times, 4 Sep 2005 excerpt:

A Baton Rouge police officer said he had a friend on the New Orleans force who told him he threw his badge out a car window in disgust just after fleeing the city into neighboring Jefferson Parish as the hurricane approached. The Baton Rouge officer would not give his name, citing a department policy banning comments to the news media.

The officer said he had also heard of an incident in which two men in a New Orleans police cruiser were stopped in Baton Rouge on suspicion of driving a stolen squad car. The men were, in fact, New Orleans officers who had ditched their uniforms and were trying to reach a town in north Louisiana, the officer said.

"They were doing everything to get out of New Orleans," he said. "They didn't have the resources to do the job, or a plan, so they left."