It's June 05, 2024, 01:19:23 AM
Deputy Chief Riley said that two policemen, both described as “outstanding cops”, had used their own service pistols to commit suicide after the police department was left to cope on its own with thousands of homeless people and armed gangs of looters. One of the officers was Sergeant Paul Accardo, the police department’s spokesman. Deputy Chief Riley said that some officers — perhaps as many of 100 — may have been trapped in their own homes or unable to reach command centres. “We just don’t know,” he said. “We still have at least a thousand policemen out here trying to rescue people and take back the city. I don’t know what’s in their minds. I don’t know what gives the others out here their adrenaline, their push.”