P. Edwin Compass, III is a former Chief of Police of the New Orleans Police Department. Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a Police department, particularly in North America. The New Orleans Police Department or NOPD has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans Louisiana.
He resigned as Chief of Police on September 27, 2005. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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, did not give any reason for his resignation. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States Compass's resignation followed a few days after an emergency injunction was handed down, prohibiting him “from confiscating lawfully-possessed firearms from citizens . An injunction is an Equitable remedy in the form of a Court order, whereby a party is required to do or interact with in certain ways all right or to refrain from . . “[3] His actions subsequently led to the passage of the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act. The Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 was a bill introduced in the United States Congress intended to prohibit the confiscation of legally-possessed
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. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States
Compass has declared that he was actually forced to resign his post. [4]
References
- ^ Levin, Alan. "New Orleans police chief quits", USA TODAY, 28 September 2005.
- ^ Silverman, Julia. "N.O. Police Say 249 Officers Left Posts", Associated Press, 27 September 2005.
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