http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051028/ap_on_re_us/katrina_police_fired
NEW ORLEANS - 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 whether 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 have resigned from the force after the Aug. 29 storm. The resignations were for personal reasons ranging from relocation to new employment, Riley said.
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Now, if you had a job protecting the public, wouldn't you first make sure your family was protected first? (they ARE part of the public) Also, do these firings really mean much? It's not like these other cops are going to be going back to their old posts any time soon... I would've just said i'm relocating to another city due to inoperable conditions.
NEW ORLEANS - 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 whether 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 have resigned from the force after the Aug. 29 storm. The resignations were for personal reasons ranging from relocation to new employment, Riley said.
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Now, if you had a job protecting the public, wouldn't you first make sure your family was protected first? (they ARE part of the public) Also, do these firings really mean much? It's not like these other cops are going to be going back to their old posts any time soon... I would've just said i'm relocating to another city due to inoperable conditions.
