New Orleans will not ask to extend Guard stay

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New Orleans will not ask to extend Guard stay
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 30, 2009 6:06:27 EST

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley says he will not seek to extend the National Guard’s stay in the city.

Guard troops have been helping the police department patrol parts of the city since June 2006, but they are scheduled to pull out of New Orleans at the end of February.

Riley recently faced tough questions from state lawmakers about the cost and need for the troops more than three years after Hurricane Katrina. On Thursday, the superintendent said he would keep his word and not seek another extension.

Riley said the department lost hundreds of officers after Katrina but has seen lower rates of attrition in its ranks and now has about 1,500 officers.


Article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_guard_neworleans_012909w/%2e