Eddie Compass
Eddie Compass
Edwin P. Compass, III is a former Chief of Police of the New Orleans Police Department...
direction god
I'll be going on in another direction God has for me.
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In the annals of history, no police force in the history of the world was asked to do what we were asked.
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Once they all are out, then we'll concentrate our forces on mandatory evacuation.
forces mandatory resources taken voluntary
Once the voluntary evacuation has taken place, we will concentrate our resources and our forces on the mandatory evacuation.
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Not one of my deputy chiefs left, ... We had 150 officers trapped in eight feet of water. It wasn't 150 desertions. We were fighting odds that you could not imagine. We had no food. We had no water. We ran out of ammunition. We were fighting in waist-deep water.
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At this time in the next 30 to 45 days, on a transition period, I will be retiring as the superintendent of police and I will be going on in another direction God has for me.
information
The information I had at the time, I thought it was credible.
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And some other individuals joined in. And they tried to grab me, ... But my guys pushed them back. And he got me into a vehicle and got me out of there. Yeah.
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I will ask you to respect my privacy, respect my decision and just respect my right to be by myself.
We are going to take all the weapons.
We don't have any substantiated rapes. We will investigate if the individuals come forward.
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We are not going to be tough, we are going to be sensitive, ... We are going to use the minimum amount of force.
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From the whole country there's been an outpouring of love and resources and support, ... It was difficult to leave, but I was in the last group to take their break. The NFL has been doing so much for the city of New Orleans and for the Saints, when they asked me to flip the coin I couldn't deny that.
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There are a small percentage of people who terrorize every major American city, ... They have low morals and prey upon the weak. These are criminals. They were housed with law-abiding citizens who they could take advantage of.