Eddie Compass Quotations

What we're doing is trying to make the best of a bad situation, and we need people to cooperate,

we had no juice to charge the batteries. We had to physically stay on the street to keep in touch.

We have a penalty schedule for each violation, and when that process takes place, individuals will have the right to appeal the decisions made by the bureau chiefs, ... the final decision and recommendation will be by me as superintendent of police.

We have individuals who are getting raped, we have individuals who are getting beaten,

She called direct to him and said, 'What do you need?' He said people were sending stuff, but it wasn't what they needed.

Since I was a little boy, my whole life, I wanted to be the superintendent of police,

Right now, human life is paramount so I'm concentrating all my power on getting out people who want to leave,

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.

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.

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.

it is of vital importance to the citizens of New Orleans to maintain integrity in the process of distributing contracts, and such integrity is best achieved by promoting a transparent process.

I will ask you to respect my privacy, respect my decision and just respect my right to be by myself.

Our officers have been urinating and defecating in the basement of Harrah's Casino, ... They have been going in stores to feed themselves.

I'm still standing. I'm the ultimate warrior, ... I'm going to be the last person to leave the battlefield.

who made the ultimate sacrifice for this city.

We have our logistics in order and the patrols are going very well.

We continue to get better day by day,

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 of people, who want to voluntarily evacuate at this time.

We'll do everything it takes to make this city safe. These people don't understand they're putting themselves in harm's way,

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.

We are definitely in control of this city, ... We've been almost crime free for the last four days.

We are definitely in control of this city.

We are not going to be tough, we are going to be sensitive, ... We are going to use the minimum amount of force.

There are a small percentage of people who terrorize every major American city, ... They have low morals and prey upon the weak. These are criminals. They were housed with law-abiding citizens who they could take advantage of.

We got 30,000 people out of the Superdome and we're going to take care of you.

We're very fortunate to have someone of his experience and ability here, ... He's a good man and very much has control of the Army. He and I have worked together very, very well.

Every man in a leadership position must know when it's time to hand over the reins,

Every man in a leadership position knows when it's time to hand over reins to someone else. I'll be retiring as superintendent of police and will be going on in another direction God has for me.

I served this department for 26 years and have taken it through some of the toughest times of its history. Every man in a leadership position must know when it's time to hand over the reins.

These citizens will have to be removed for their own good,

A couple of the gangsters recognized me and said, get (him),

Once we look at the people face-to-face and start explaining these things, ... I think we won't have any problems.

Once they all are out, then we'll concentrate our forces on mandatory evacuation.

Once the voluntary evacuation has taken place, we will concentrate our resources and our forces on the mandatory evacuation.

Not one of my deputy chiefs left, ... We had 150 officers trapped in eight feet of water. It wasn't 150 desertions. We were fighting odds that you could not imagine. We had no food. We had no water. We ran out of ammunition. We were fighting in waist-deep water.

At this time in the next 30 to 45 days, on a transition period, I will be retiring as the superintendent of police and I will be going on in another direction God has for me.

I'll be going on in another direction God has for me.

In the annals of history, no police force in the history of the world was asked to do what we were asked.

The information I had at the time, I thought it was credible.

And some other individuals joined in. And they tried to grab me, ... But my guys pushed them back. And he got me into a vehicle and got me out of there. Yeah.