Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/08/D8ECG4B08.html" target="_blank">http://www.breitbart.com/news/ 2005/12/08/D8ECG4B08.html</a> >>The city has fired 60 police officers and suspended more than 25 others who didn't show up for duty in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city's police chief said Thursday as officials worked their way through a long list of disciplinary hearings. Most of the fired officers, 51 of them, were let go before the hearings began, Police Chief Warren Riley said. The 228 officers now involved in the disciplinary hearings left New Orleans without permission in the days after the hurricane hit, the chief told The Associated Press in an interview. "They did return. But they left without permission, and at a critical time like this, it's totally unacceptable," Riley said. The hurricane hit on Aug. 29, leaving much of the city under water and in chaos. Looters broke into stores and homes, there were reports of shootings in the streets, and there were assaults inside the Superdome, where thousands of residents who were unable to evacuate rode out the storm.<<
