Amid Barrage of Criticism, Defending His Department - New York Times

Amid Barrage of Criticism, Defending His Department - New York Times: "NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 - At 4:45 on Thursday morning, P. Edwin Compass III, superintendent of the New Orleans police, awakened a slumbering reporter at City Hall and cajoled him into an early morning trip around this devastated, increasingly deserted city."

"I've been working 21 hours a day; I have a bad back, two sprained knees, two sprained ankles, 55 stitches in my hand that haven't healed from having a cyst removed, hemorrhoids and glaucoma," Mr. Compass said. "I don't want to hear any excuses."