Eddie Compass

Eddie Compass
Chief of Police of the New Orleans Police Department
In office May 25, 2002 – September 27, 2005
Preceded by	Richard Pennington
Succeeded by	Warren Riley

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.

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. Compass' resignation followed a few days after an emergency injunction was handed down, prohibiting him “from confiscating lawfully-possessed firearms from citizens ... “ Compass, who has been nicknamed "AWOL" by his former colleagues, has declared that he was forced to resign his post.

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

As of 2018, Compass was working as head of security at Delgado Community College.

References

1. ^ Levin, Alan (2005-09-28). "New Orleans police chief quits". USA TODAY.
2. ^ Silverman, Julia (2005-09-27). "N.O. Police Say 249 Officers Left Posts". Associated Press.
3. ^ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. "Consent Order Civil Action 05-20,000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2005.
4. ^ "Frontline: Law & Disorder: Interview Eddie Compass". PBS. 25 August 2010.
5. ^ "Still on the Force". Investigative Reporting Workshop. 22 December 2017.
6. ^ Radden Keefe, Patrick (13 April 2026). "The Car-Crash Conspiracy". The New Yorker. Accompanying Motta was a man who Kennedy assumed was a police officer—understandably enough, given that he wore a badge on his hip and a hat that said "POLICE." His name was Eddie Compass[...]