....Fox News' Tony Snow has said that of the 1700 police working for New
Orleans, maybe only 1000 really exist.
Rogers asked someone in the know, who agreed with Snow's statements.

"It's pretty much always been known, but never openly acknowledged,
that NOPD's actual numbers were far below the "official" figure of 1500
- 1700," said the source.

"To get that number over 1500, and thus qualify for federal funding,
Compass and his predecessors counted reservists and certain retirees as
active duty officers. The REAL number is, and has been for some time, a
lot closer to 1000."

Some time ago, the Feds were considering taking over the NOPD.
Allegedly, that's when the "cooking of the books" on numbers of cops
started in earnest, because one of the feds' complaints was the low
number of officers, Rogers is told...

This Tony Snow claim was written up in a few minor newspapers; one such
link is in "FBI investigating NOPD corruption, phantom police; $5k
bonus" which was posted on 9/29, and which has more information on
Elodia Blanco. A direct link is here. And a similar Pravda report is
here. I wouldn't suggest trusting that source but instead referring to
Snow's report.



So, we have these two items:

1. There's a satirical article, and a Snopes debunking of that article.


2. A real news story that hasn't been confirmed and needs looking in
to.