I think New Orleans will probably be reduced from 480,000. I doubt if we'll have 350,000 people in this city in five years.

The investigation does in fact show police officers with some items.

They were terminated due to them abandoning the department prior to the storm. They either left before the hurricane or 10 to 12 days after the storm and we have never heard from them.

That has posed some problems with people talking over each other. We probably have 20 agencies on one channel right now.

It's still ongoing, but we hope to have a conclusion within a few weeks.

This is a culmination of intelligence we've been able to track back and fourth between here and Houston.

This isn't representative of our department. We had a lot of heroes that stepped up after the storm.

The regulation says that if you leave the job for a period of 14 days without communication you can be terminated. I don't think they have the right to a civil service appeal.

There is absolutely no reason to stay. There are no jobs, there are no homes to go to, no hotels. There is nothing here.

We advise people that this city has been destroyed, it has completely been destroyed.