Breaking NEWS, FOX news: Compass resigns from NOPD

Post any info on Compass retiring in this thread, I will attempt to post the news source once it becomes available, if no one beats me to it.
 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170574,00.html

New Orleans' Top Cop Will Retire
Tuesday, September 27, 2005


NEW ORLEANS — The superintendent of the New Orleans police department has announced that he's retiring from his post.

Eddie Compass didn't give any reason for the decision, announced Tuesday during a news conference.

"I served this department for 26 years and have taken it through some of the toughest times of its history. Every man in a leadership position must know when it's time to hand over the reins," Compass said. "I'll be going on in another direction that God has for me."

The announcement comes on the same day it was revealed that nearly 250 New Orleans police officers left their posts without permission during Hurricane Katrina.

Compass said he will retire within 30 days.

"He is a man who is loved by many, and we will miss him," said New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin.

Neither Compass nor Nagin would say whether Compass was pressured to resign.
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Because Chief Wiggum ahhhhh Eddie Haskel....ahhhhmmm Eddie Compass lost his legal/moral compass when he sent the goons out to confiscate legally owned fireams of the Good Guys.

And got caught with his hands in the cooky jar, so to speak on this one.
 
Great! Now what about the deputy:

His deputy chief, Warren Riley, told ABC News: "No one will be able to be armed. We are going to take all the weapons."

Maybe they will appoint him the new Chief!
 
Yet more...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050927...qyF48Os0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-

By JULIA SILVERMAN, Associated Press Writer
7 minutes ago



NEW ORLEANS - Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after four turbulent weeks in which the police force was wracked by desertions and disorganization in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

"I served this department for 26 years and have taken it through some of the toughest times of its history. Every man in a leadership position must know when it's time to hand over the reins," Compass said at a news conference. "I'll be going on in another direction that God has for me."

As the city slipped into anarchy during the first few days after Katrina, the 1,700-member police department itself suffered a crisis. Many officers deserted their posts, and some were accused of joining in the looting that broke out. Two officers Compass described as friends committed suicide.

Neither Compass nor Mayor Ray Nagin would say whether Compass was pressured to resign.

"It's a sad day in the city of New Orleans when a hero makes a decision like this," Nagin said. "He leaves the department in pretty good shape and with a significant amount of leadership."

Lt. David Benelli, president of the union for rank-and-file New Orleans officers, said he was shocked by the resignation.

"We've been through a horrendous time," Benelli said. "We've watched the city we love be destroyed. That is pressure you can't believe."

Benelli would not criticize Compass.

"You can talk about lack of organization, but we have been through two hurricanes, there was no communications, problems everywhere," he said. "I think the fact that we did not lose control of the city is a testament to his leadership."

Earlier in the day, the department said that about 250 police officers — roughly 15 percent of the force — could face discipline for leaving their posts without permission during Katrina and its aftermath.

Each case will be investigated to determine whether the officer was truly a deserter or had legitimate reasons to be absent, Deputy Chief Warren Riley said.

"Everything will be done on a case-by-case basis. The worst thing we could do is take disciplinary action against someone who was stranded in the storm or whose child is missing," Riley said.

Sally Forman, a spokeswoman for the mayor, said it is not clear whether the deserters can be fired. She said the city is still looking into the civil service regulations.

Benelli said true deserters should be fired.

"For those who left because of cowardice, they don't need to be here," Benelli told the paper. "If you're a deserter and you deserted your post for no other reason than you were scared, then you left the department and I don't see any need for you to come back."

But Benelli said he believes only a small fraction of the officers will wind up being deserters.

"We know there were people who flat-out deserted," he said. "But we also know there were officers who had to make critical decisions about what to do with their families."

Riley said some officers lost their homes and some are looking for their families. "Some simply left because they said they could not deal with the catastrophe," Riley said.

Also on Tuesday, the state Health Department said Katrina's death toll in Louisiana stood at 885, up from 841 as of Friday.

Tuesday marked the second day of the official reopening of New Orleans, which had been pushed back last week when Hurricane Rita threatened. Nagin welcomed residents back to the Algiers neighborhood on Monday but imposed a curfew and warned of limited services.

Nagin also invited business owners in the central business district, the French Quarter and the Uptown section to inspect their property and clean up. But he gave no timetable for reopening those parts of the city to residents.
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Apparently, "hero" persists in being a term that is given to people regardless of whether they succeed brilliantly or fail miserably.

You know, the "hero" who drowns himself trying to rescue a dog that has fallen through the ice in a pond... :rolleyes:

The "hero" who is overcome by smoke and dies in a burning building because he thought he could be a one-man fire department and rescue the kitten inside... :rolleyes:

Apparently, all you have to do to be a "hero" these days is MEAN WELL. No one considers whether you did accomplish what you set out to, and no one considers whether you were brash, rash, hasty, thoughtless, impetuous, or even incompetent.

So even though Compass was an utter failure, he is called a "hero" because that's the politically correct term for anyone who screws up in the public eye. There doesn't need to be any criteria met before the term "hero" is applied. Remember that.

Oh, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nagin is just kissing CompASS because he's worried he'll blab about who gave the actual order to confiscate guns.

How much you wanna bet this is about the NRA's suit! :D


-blackmind
 
Lt. David Benelli said:
"I think the fact that we did not lose control of the city is a testament to his leadership."
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Oh, it's a testament to something, alright. And so the official CYA begins....

This would be so hilarious, if the tragedy wasn't already overwheling.
 
Originally Posted by Lt. David Benelli
"I think the fact that we did not lose control of the city is a testament to his leadership."
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:eek:

I wonder what the oxygen is like on LT Benelli's planet. The idiocy of these officers involed is staggering. Hope they arent reproducing.
 
I'd hate to see how many rapes and murders would get committed if the cops in New Orleans did "lose control of the city"... :rolleyes: :barf:



-blackmind
 
Amen to that.

Yes, Blackmind. You hit the nail on the head with that statement.

One of the most corrupt Police Dept's in America, still is I figure. Why, look what happened to the city and their mentality? They should be afraid.

Harley
 
Hero?!?!?!?! :eek:

If that's what they call a hero in Lousyanna, I'd hate to see how they describe incompetent, corrupt, ne'er do wells. :rolleyes:
 
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