Eddie Compass
Eddie Compass
Edwin P. Compass, III is a former Chief of Police of the New Orleans Police Department...
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Every man in a leadership position knows when it's time to hand over reins to someone else. I'll be retiring as superintendent of police and will be going on in another direction God has for me.
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Right now, human life is paramount so I'm concentrating all my power on getting out people who want to leave,
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People would be shooting at us, and we couldn't shoot back because of the families. All we could do is rush toward the flash.
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She called direct to him and said, 'What do you need?' He said people were sending stuff, but it wasn't what they needed.
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Since I was a little boy, my whole life, I wanted to be the superintendent of police,
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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.
citizens
These citizens will have to be removed for their own good,
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A couple of the gangsters recognized me and said, get (him),
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Once we look at the people face-to-face and start explaining these things, ... I think we won't have any problems.
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What we're doing is trying to make the best of a bad situation, and we need people to cooperate,
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We have a penalty schedule for each violation, and when that process takes place, individuals will have the right to appeal the decisions made by the bureau chiefs, ... the final decision and recommendation will be by me as superintendent of police.
We have individuals who are getting raped, we have individuals who are getting beaten,
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we had no juice to charge the batteries. We had to physically stay on the street to keep in touch.
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Our officers have been urinating and defecating in the basement of Harrah's Casino, ... They have been going in stores to feed themselves.