Posted on 10/10/2005 3:07:50 PM PDT by VRWCTexan
Business owners are complaining that looting is continuing in many areas of the city, even with so few people in New Orleans. If crimes are being committed with a reduced population, assistance from other police forces and the National Guard, what is going to happen when more people come back to the city and all this help leaves? It could be that there is a severe lack of officers.
Beside the 249 who have been dismissed for desertion, there are allegations surfacing that hundreds more are on the payroll as “phantom officers,” people who are receiving checks and used to bolster numbers but not really serving on the force.
we are starved for more info about the ghosts on the payroll.
Give the citizens their guns back so they can protect themselves.
The new chief has been suspended 5 times.
Compass resigned pretty quickly don't you think
All of this must be laid squarely on the doorstep of Racketeer in Chief Nagin.
Ever wonder how a public official like Nagin can afford to instantly purchase a house in Dallas and move his family? Ask the NOPD (very appropriated acronym, by the way).
No problem. Just hire another phantom 700 police officers and problem solved. { that was sarcasm for those in Rio Linda }
Seems to me that the protection industry in New Orleans needs federal regulation to protect consumers of police services.
I heard a news report this afternoon that says during
the storm some NOPD officers broke into an auto
dealership and stole 200 automobiles.
Yep. They were Cadillac's too - NOPD Officers have to ride first class.
Betcha Compass is on his way to Costa Rico or anyplace that doesn't have an extradition treaty!
Business owners are complaining that looting is continuing in many areas of the city, even with so few people in New Orleans.
---Why does Ray Nagin want people back so bad? Oh, thats right. He is hiding in his new home, safe from it all. He needs to get the criminal element back so that the corruption can continue and flourish and he can fill his pockets.
Agreed - little tidbits here and there only - hoping that the Feds are busy little beavers in a back room some where doing a proper investigation of the phantom NO cops
I'm not sure I totally buy the story that he wanted to stay but that the mayor forced him out -
I suspect he knows a lot about fake payrolls etc and is wanting to try and put some distance ahead of the Feds coming in.
you can bet that will be hushed up, probably by the f.b.i.
that virtuous plumbers outfit.
The Feds had already taken full control of the N.O. "public housing" commission due to all corruption before Katrina blew into town.
More good reasons to rebuild N'olins
\sarc
According to this full article that had already been accomplished as of 2002, and then it all went down hill again - please be sure to read the full item, as it is very interesting
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