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Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , says the NOPD NOPD New Orleans Police Department . The "good news" may be that hundreds of the officers were ghost employees on the payroll.

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Title Annotation:	police officers, absent without leave, New Orleans
Author:	Taylor, Jeff A.
Publication:	Reason
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U7LA
Date:	Dec 1, 2005
Words:	33
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