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Posted on 10/28/2005 4:32:34 PM PDT by mom4kittys
Fifty-one members of the New Orleans Police Department -- 45 officers and six civilian employees -- were fired Friday for abandoning their posts before or after Hurricane Katrina.
"They were terminated due to them abandoning the department prior to the storm," acting superintendent Warren Riley said. "They either left before the hurricane or 10 to 12 days after the storm and we have never heard from them."
Police were unable to account for 240 officers on the 1,450-member force following Katrina. The force has been investigating them to see if they left their posts during the storm.
The mass firing was the first action taken against the missing officers. Another 15 officers resigned when placed under investigation for abandonment. "This isn't representative of our department," Riley said. "We had a lot of heroes that stepped up after the storm."
Another 45 officers resigned from the force after the Aug. 29 storm. The resignations were for personal reasons ranging from relocation to new employment, Riley said.
I hope that is not the last of it--there were 250 that abandoned their posts in all.
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| Posted by LA Woman3 On News/Activism 10/28/2005 5:23:01 PM CDT · 14 replies · 236+ views WWLTV ^ | 10/28/2005 | Associated Press Fifty-one members of the New Orleans Police Department, 45 officers and six civilian employees, were fired Friday for abandoning their posts before or after Hurricane Katrina. "They were terminated due to them abandoning the department prior to the storm," acting superintendent Warren Riley said. "They either left before the hurricane or 10 to 12 days after the storm and we have never heard from them." Police were unable to account for 240 officers on the 1,450-member force following Katrina. The force has been investigating them to see if they left their posts during the storm. |
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Sorry! I thought it was brand new info.
True but how many actually existed other than in the payroll records prior to Katrina?
Has anyone verified that there are 51 real live human beings tied to this supposed layoff of 51 policemen? And why a layoff, instead of firing outright? Dereliction of duty is cause for termination, no matter what else their union contract might state.
These are so bad they could run the United Nations, Zimbabwe, South Africa, King/Drew, Washington DC school district etc.
I know! I don't know why they are calling it a layoff. They are in such denial--even the acting police chief says it is not representative of their force--what BS. They are even trying to say that the officers "patrolled" in the Cadillacs that were looted. Maybe they patolled in Houston, Atlanta, Dallas--yeah thats the ticket.
..cept in NOLA
Doogle
And therefore since we don't know where you are, you are fired! LOL!
In other news, the mayor closed the barn door stating:
"We no longer need a closed door policy since all of the horses have run away."
"They are even trying to say that the officers "patrolled" in the Cadillacs that were looted."
Did you catch the claim that they had to take the Cadillac SUVs because their patrol cars were flooded? What does it tell you about their common sense (or, more to the point, their lack of it) that a car dealership is built in an area that is not flood-prone, while the police vehicle pool becomes a pool, literally?
Was there not one single person in a position of authority in the city of New Orleans, that had the vaguest sense that, maybe, just maybe, their city would flood in a hurricane, and it might not be wise to sit around with their thumbs up their butts and their buses, police cars and god only knows what else sitting in harms way? It's not as if the whole city was surrounded by water, held back by levees, backed up by gigantic pumps, for crying out loud.
I still can't believe it, yet it still keeps coming. Every time I hear something new, it's worse than before, as far as a lack of preparedness and accountability.
Clearly the WWL website layed-off the wrong headline writer in the cuts backs after the storm.
When are they going to lay off that inept mayor?
I consider our problems more Blanko's ineptness and previous mayoral corruption.
http://www.impeachblanco.org/
"And therefore since we don't know where you are, you are fired! LOL!"
Well, no, not exactly. It was a "layoff," which leaves the door open for "rehiring" them, whether they actually exist or not.
Are these real officers or phantom officers? Since they can't find them, how do we know?
Phantom employees were hardest hit.
It's Bush's Fault
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