New Orleans police chief quits - Yahoo! News

New Orleans police chief quits - Yahoo! News: "NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) - The police chief of New Orleans said on Tuesday he was retiring from the heavily criticized force, giving no reason for his decision a month after Hurricane Katrina slammed the city and set off a wave of looting.

'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,' police chief Eddie Compass told reporters."