Posted on 09/28/2005 5:08:43 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7000310543
Corruption Charges Being To Surface In New Orleans Police Department
September 28, 2005 8:00 p.m. EST
Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter
New Orleans, Louisiana (AHN) - Fox News reports an investigation is underway by the FBI as agents look into massive corruption on the state and local levels in the New Orleans Police Department.
Police Chief Eddie Compass suddenly resigned on Tuesday asking media interests to respect his right to privacy, but it appears that the former New Orleans cop has a lot of explaining to do.
"It's pretty much always been known, but never openly acknowledged, that NOPD's actual numbers were far below the "official" figure of 1500 - 1700," says the Fox News source.
The number of officers that actually are employed by the department are around 900 to 1,000. The question now remains...where was all of that salary money going to?
The FBI began investigating the New Orleans police who had abandoned their post during Katrina and of the more than 500 screened so far, 84-percent don't exist.
"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," says Compass at a news conference.
The investigation is widening on Wednesday to include New Orleans Police Foundation and Elodia Blanco for hiring practices as well.
Corruption was wide-spread during the Katrina aftermath as New Orleans police officers were seen looting shopping centers and filling shopping carts with shoes, clothing, and electronics.
Mayor Ray Nagin was also questioned about allowing a large number of unnamed police officers to go to Las Vegas for rest and relaxation once the military arrived to take over the city. But a problem for the mayor rose when questioned who those officers were and how they could be contacted. Nagin did not have specific names to give.
Several middle ranking police officers committed suicide after the Katrina debacle, Nagin and Compass believe it was due to trauma and exhaustion from the storm but officials are looking into whether or not it might have been related to fear of being caught in a payroll scandal where at least forty-three-percent of the payroll is unaccounted for.
I being reading it....
NeverGore :^)
"The FBI began investigating the New Orleans police who had abandoned their post during Katrina and of the more than 500 screened so far, 84-percent don't exist."
Well if they make 40,000 a year and 25% for benefits that $21 million that's missing per year.
i saw that. compass had a choice. quit or be fired...
HMMMM a relative of the cry baby hand wringing Gov.?
This could get good!!!!
Several middle ranking police officers committed suicide after the Katrina debacle...
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This smells of fish ssoooooo badly, I cannot handle it.
Suicide...over having to work hard??? Give me a break.
Suicide?
The FBI may find that the "suicides" were actually murders to shut up those who knew too much.
Elodia Blanco is an African American.
Elodia is black, so if she's related to Kathleen, it's not very closely...
sooo? LOL j/k
Well it sounded good.. ;)
How deep is the incompetent Mayor Nagin involved?
I'm stuned ;)
Okay, give us a hint.
Not a relative.
Wait till Rush chews this up tomorrow...
"This is New Orleans boy, how do you know who your papa is? Because your mama told you."
I didn't hear about any Mississippi police officers committing suicide and everyone knows that Mississippi suffered FAR more damage than NO.
There hasn't been much good to come out of New Orleans over the past 4 weeks. Your partisanship is ugly.
CNN reported this? Or am I being gullible and falling for a way early April Fool's joke?
Do you really think the FBI would let that kind of information surface?
The gene pool in Louisiana political circles has very few variants. Hence the corruption has been line-bred for several generations.
"'Every man in a leadership position must know when it's time to hand over the reins,' says Compass at a news conference."
Or when to cut and run. Typical Democr@p.
Oh, Man. This is going to be good. :)
Excuse me?
I am not referring to the tragedy, just the corrupt players.
What is your problem with that?
I suspect that is wasn't the damage that drove officers to suicide. Good officers who saw their city descend into lawlessness and who were powerless to prevent it may have gone into despair.
"Did you all just see the segment on CNN about the Police in NO? Oh, man they are in BIG TROUBLE."
I did not see it...I'm surprised there's ANYTHING on CNN about it! It's just my guess, but I'll bet anything and everything on MSM for the next few weeks will be Tom Delay.
Oakland, Atlanta, Washington DC, New Orleans, Detroit.
What's the deal?
Perhaps I don't think corruption is good, either.
marking
"Don't you love farce?
My fault I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want.
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don't bother, they're here."
My partisanship can beat your partisanship! I think if there is glee at rooting out corruption, all for the better. I wonder if this is true but IF it is, there is no doubt these phantom police cost lives on many levels before and after the hurricane.
There are blood relatives, and there are in-law relatives. You would be hard pressed to back up the assertion of there being no relation.
Good, then the hurricane has served to expose much sepsis beneath the surface. Yah God.
And the fact that you report feeling "glee" over this is disturbing.
Yeah but don't look there... look over HERE!!! TOM DELAY HAS BEEN INDICTED!!!!!!
I find the timing to be suspect.
No. CNN reported a differrent story. Hotel operator had cops staying on the 10th floor after the storm. Cops were looting on their off hours. Hotel owner filed reports with LA state police and NOLA PD. NOLA PD denied a report was made.
CNN had footage of confronting the cop/looters.
I stated after the cane went through, that it picked the scab off of a festering boil of corruption.
lmao bump
The FBI may find that the "suicides" were actually murders to shut up those who knew too much.
Could be in some cases in others the “suicides” could have been the result of some “officers” finding out that they only existed on paper. Wow that would be a bummer. I might want to check out too if I found out I didn’t really exist. Sort of like that movie wehre the kid says - “I see dead people (policemen)”.
You are right -- it picked the scab off. And scattered some of the 'germs', too. I think that is good as well.
It's not blacks, it's democrats. Republicans can be corrupt too, but they don't run the major cities. When you have one party dominate a city government there is no reasonable check or balance. If you think that doesn't lead to corruption, you don't know human nature. And frankly when you look at all state and local government it is all about who makes money with government work and development projects.
See post 44 for my response
There hasn't been much good to come out of New Orleans in decades.
I should know. I was born and raised in Louisiana and have always hated New Orleans and the corruption that has been there forever.
If the corruption of the government of New Orleans comes to light as a result of this flood before billions are wasted in a futile attempt to rebuild, I would call that good coming out of the disaster.
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