Eddie Compass
Eddie Compass
Edwin P. Compass, III is a former Chief of Police of the New Orleans Police Department...
ask decision respect
I will ask you to respect my privacy, respect my decision and just respect my right to be by myself.
commit officers suicide worried
I had two officers commit suicide because they were worried about their families,
Get me in there, brother, even if it's as an extra.
asked city coin country deny difficult flip group last love nfl orleans outpouring resources
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.
continue
We continue to get better day by day,
city people putting takes themselves understand
We'll do everything it takes to make this city safe. These people don't understand they're putting themselves in harm's way,
bodies reports
Unfortunately, we have reports of some bodies floating,
We don't have any substantiated rapes. We will investigate if the individuals come forward.
We are going to take all the weapons.
forces mandatory people thousands
We have thousands of people who want to voluntarily evacuate at this time, ... Once they are all out, then we'll concentrate our forces on mandatory evacuation.
thousands
thousands of people, who want to voluntarily evacuate at this time.
sacrifice ultimate
who made the ultimate sacrifice for this city.
logistics order
We have our logistics in order and the patrols are going very well.
people rush shoot shooting toward
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.