New Orleans police fire 51 for desertion

Tom'sGirl said:

45 officers, 6 civilians fired for abandoning posts before or after Katrina

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BREAKING NEWS[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Associated Press[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 6:37 p.m. ET Oct. 28, 2005[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“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.”[/font]

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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]URL: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9855340/[/font]

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Buzzm1 said:

At least we don't think?? these 51 members of the New Orleans Police Department were the New Orleans Policeman who were participating in the looting, or maybe they did that too.

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