The head of the New Orleans police force has decided that two
officers found guilty of receiving medals for a lifesaving
rescue they never performed will be suspended. In February,
the officers reported that
they saved a woman from drowning
in her car after it overturned into a canal last August. Four
residents said they, rather than the officers, rescued the
young woman, and witnesses said police officers did not arrive
at the scene until after the victim had been pulled out of the
canal and revived.
[I think this story is understandable if not forgivable. I
mean, New Orleans is such a quiet town the police probably
have very little opportunity to earn recognition.]
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