Amazing...some small indication of accountability, in the U.S.! Bruce
Police Dept Fires 51 in New Orleans By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Times October 29, 2005 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28 (AP) Fifty-one members of the New Orleans Police Department - 45 officers and 6 civilian employees - were fired Friday for abandoning their posts before Hurricane Katrina or after. "They were terminated due to them abandoning the department prior to the storm," the 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." The police were unable to account for 240 officers on the 1,450-member force after the hurricane. 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," Mr. 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 that included relocation and new employment, he said. The fired officers do not have the right to appeal, Mr. Riley said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
