New Orleans police chief defends officers

AP ^ | 9/5/5 | MELINDA DESLATTE

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Some officers had abandoned their jobs

I think a lot of them did that long before the hurricane struck.

[dfwgator]

"In the annals of history, no police department in the history of the world was asked to do what we (were) asked,"

I think the NYPD would beg to differ.

[Shocked2]

Would the police dept. have a few boats in their arsenal? Were they tethered to the school buses?

[dfwgator]

Chief Wiggum and Officer Barbrady would have done a better job.

[junta]

We need to catch those two "chillin" in Vegas.

[RichInOC]

Eric Cartman could have done a better job.

[bonfire]

Slidell did. Heard the Slidell sheriff this AM. They had a plan, had practiced, had supplies, shelter. THEY WERE PREPARED.

[Tacis]

"... and, when you consider all the income they will lose from the local businesmen who will sell their dope, women and scams elsewhere, the New Orleans police have made a significant contribution. Sure, some graft, payoffs, kickbacks, gambling money, phantom payroll income will come in and trickle down, but oour officers will hurt.""

[Coldwater Creek]

O'Riley just had the Chief of Police of Nashville on. He is a former some kind of chief of the NOPD. He could not have been more complimentary of his former colleagues.

I remember having seen several documentaries on the corruption of the NOPD.

I sure hope he takes care of business in Nashville, and the criminal element stays east of Jackson, we have enough crime, including the city/county/state officials as it is.

[decimon]

All else considered, let's remember that some of the missing cops may have drowned trying to do their jobs.

[decimon]

Sorry, I should have addressed my reply to'All' and not to you.

[mwfsu84]

It makes you realize how tough...and special... the folks who serve in the military are. All branches of the military are down in the Gulf Coast, doing a tremendous job. No one is offering them a trip to Vegas. Some of them are battle-hardened, having returned from Iraq.

A special thanks to all who serve or who have served.

[Coldwater Creek]

Amazing!!!!! It is all Bush's fault that they could not get to dry land. Nagin is no Moses.

[jimboster]

This story about the two cops who killed themselves stinks. Is anyone going to follow up on why they did it? When did this happen? Anything else in their lives which might account for suicide? Divorce? Bankruptcy? Indictment?

[Master of Orion]

At a news conference earlier Monday in New Orleans, Deputy Police Superintendent Warren Riley said between 400 and 500 officers on the 1,600-member police force are unaccounted for." Check the Walmarts.

Here's the video. http://www.wimp.com/orleans/

[rightwinggoth]

Absolutely. Those officers were true professionals. They were siphoning gas from every vehicle on the block, holding stores up at gunpoint, telling the sick and injured crying for help to write their names and SSNs on their own arms for ease of later identification and to tie their dead loved ones to trees -- all in the interests of the common good.

[Grizzled Bear]

Step 1 - Shoot Bad Guys
Step 2 - Take their weapons and Ammo
Step 3 - Repeat Step 1

[skr]

I think those 26 or so police officers in another coastal area that spent the storm in trees and then got to work as soon as they could climb down would probably beg to differ, too.

[Qatar-6]

The exact same thing came to my mind.

Chief Wiggum from "The Simpson's"

Leadership in action.

[kellynla]

If the Chief is looking for some of his officers, he might check the Walmarts...we saw some of the N'awlins' cops on camera ripping off a Walmart!

The cops in N'awlins must be dumber than dirt...there they were; being interviewed by one of the local TV station's newsman and recorded on camera while ripping off a Walmart. LMAO
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