[SmithL]

I'm OK, you're OK, everything is just fine.

[SouthernFreebird]

Geez, I would think city officials would of had a stash of supplies for just such emergencies.

[Archidamus]

To see New Orleans finest in action:

http://www.zippyvideos.com./8911023771013466/countdown-looting-in-walmart/

[Prost1]

"between 400 and 500 officers on the 1,600-member police force are unaccounted for"

I don't know, why ask me? I'm just the Police Chief. I don't know where they are or where they went. I don't know how many are on duty or available for duty. I'm just the Chief.

Ask Bush!

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Unfortunately for this "whatever it is" people have eyes to see and ears to hear!

[Archidamus]

"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.

[Dog Gone]

They ran out of ammunition? The looting policemen ran out of ammunition?

Uh-oh.

[Archidamus]

"As for reports that police stood by while women were raped and people were beaten, the chief responded: "Are you crazy? We did everything that was humanly possible to protect human life."

They also did everything in their power to protect private property.

[Past Your Eyes]

"In the annals of history, no police department in the history of the world was asked to do what we (were) asked," Compass said with a mix of anger and pride. No, I suppose not. And no police department in the world that I know of has ever shown themselves to be so utterly incapable of doing their basic duties, either. I suppose the NYPD and FD might have said the same thing. But what a difference in the way they performed. Maybe it had something to do with their leadership?

[Parley Baer]

Hey Eddie howcome a good percentage of your force went awol? In you defence there were a good number of officers that were doing there job under trying circumstances. But to many were missing in action.

[Frustration]

that's funny, all I saw them do for days was loot stuff.

[VeniVidiVici]

They didn't desert in droves and yet fully one-third of them are unaccounted for.

And they ran out of ammunition?

Sorry, folks, but this statement just boggles the mind. And the MSM hasn't picked-up on it?

Can you imagine if the police chief were white?

[RichInOC]

[Compass] said the department was doing a roll call.

Do what? "Doing" a roll call? Present tense? A week after the storm?

[BushCountry]

They couldn't cross the bridge to get supplies!?!

This storm was a Eastbank event for New Orleans, not an Westbank event. There was very little wind damage from the storm on the west wall, the Westbank was relatively untouched (shingles still on most roofs), flooding was the problem. Since we are looking at possible transportation issues for those stranded at the Dome, see the image below.

However, besides plenty of buses (shown below), there were many water towers that were unaffected, tons of trucking centers with available trucks (hotwire if you need too) and supplies in warehouses that had a COMPLETELY DRY ROUTE TO THE DOME! Why didn't the Mayor/Governor use the resources available?

[Jeff Gordon]

I think New Orleans is suffering from a LOT of bad karma.

[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.

[dfwgator]

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

[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.