Eddie Compass

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Eddie Compass is a former Chief of Police of the New Orleans Police Department.

He resigned as Chief of Police on September 27, 2005.[1] Compass, who earlier said he was organizing a tribunal to handle the cases of 249 officers who left their posts without permission during Hurricane Katrina[2], did not give any reason for his resignation.

Compass has been widely criticized for not cracking down on corruption in the New Orleans Police Department.

He was working with his team on restoring order in the city, which was hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Compass has declared that he was actually forced to resign his post. [3]

References

  1. ^  Levin, Alan: “New Orleans police chief quits”, USA TODAY, 28 September 2005.
  2. ^  Silverman, Julia: “N.O. Police Say 249 Officers Left Posts”, Associated Press, 27 September 2005.


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