Bill O'Reilly, Was he right or wrong?

You know, it is not the politically correct thing to say but I do agree with him to some extent, I wouldn't go as far as to say "Wasteland", that is a bit too harsh. I grew up around N.O.P.D cops, many who went on to be high ranking through the years. I have overheard their conversations, many of them refer to New Orleans as "3rd world war-zone" many said it's an "Animal House". As bad as Katrina was, it allowed the city to get a do-over, what came from that? An indicted mayor, a bunch of politicians going to jail for corruption.

At crawfish boils, many of these same cops laughed at how bad the leadership was at all levels, many cops currently think Serpas is a moron.

We have a guy running O.P.P who has 0 background in law enforcement prior.

Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff (2004-2013)
City Councilman, District D (2000-2004)
City of New Orleans, Chief Administrative Officer (1994-2000)
Director of Property Management (1984-1986)
Director, Office of Minority Business Development
Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation
Regional Tax Attorney
Orleans Parish Civil Sheriff’s Office Staff Attorney
Attorney, Private Practice
N.O. Business Development Center- Executive Director
Southern University of New Orleans Adjunct Professor, Business Law and Finance

A politician running the prison, just blows my mind that even could happen.

I could probably go on and on, it is disappointing that Katrina allowed the city to start anew and all that did was prolong the plague from returning(Corruption)

NOPD has plenty of corruption of it's own to deal with so maybe they should look within before throwing stones. Which is part of the reason many of the rank and file don't like Serpas. He has stopped a lot of the crap, including some funny stuff with details that was going on.

And, while many politicians were busted post Katrina, you now have a City leadership that appears to more or less not be corrupt and trying to do the right thing despite highly limited resources. Although I'm sure some funny stuff still goes on especially in the mid-level of the City government.

Beyond that you can't find a city or town in America, or the world for that matter, that does not have corruption and some bad leadership. So, while O'Reilly is both an idiot and correct with some of what he says, it's not like it's totally unique to New Orleans.

That being said, I totally agree that Gussman has no business being the Criminal Sheriff. He has zero qualifications for the job. The truth is that there is no real reason to have a separate Civil Sheriff, Criminal Sheriff and Police Department. They should all be under the control of one appointed Police Superintendent or a single Sheriff. But, they are not because having three different entities allows for more political patronage jobs and more elected officials.