[RightOnline]

"I guess that's why, right after Katrina, he was "sending them" to Las Vegas and Atlanta for R&R. He needed on-the-books-only-cops to evaporate."

No more phone calls.......we have a winner.

[M1911A1]

It does fit nicley....

CNN is saying that Compass is retiring, not resigning.

[YaYa123]

Important to remember...less than one week after Katrina hit, and

For the record, it was Mayor Nagin who was all over television, justifying these R&Rs for "exhausted" New Orleans cops.



http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D15FC3E550C768CDDA00894DD404482

"NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 - A day after two police suicides and the abrupt resignations or desertions of up to 200 police officers, defiant city officials on Sunday began offering five-day vacations - and even trips to Las Vegas - to the police, firefighters and city emergency workers and their families.

The idea of paid vacations was raised by both Mayor C. Ray Nagin and senior police officials. who said that their forces were exhausted and traumatized and that the arrival of the National Guard had made way for the officers to be relieved...."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477597/posts