Eddie Compass

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Edwin P. Compass, III is a former Chief of Police of the New Orleans Police Department. He resigned as Chief of Police on September 27, 2005.^[1]

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,^[2] did not give any reason for his resignation. Compass' resignation followed a few days after an emergency injunction was handed down, prohibiting him “from confiscating lawfully-possessed firearms from citizens ... “^[3] Compass, who has been nicknamed "AWOL" by his former colleagues, has declared that he was forced to resign his post.^[4]

His actions subsequently led to the passage of the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act.