One of the evening newscasts (CBS I believe), stated that the officers who took the elderly woman down in the incident
XavierBreath describes above were from the California Highway Patrol. Whether that identification was correct or not, I have no idea.
The broadcast also noted that there were mixed feelings on the part of local Louisiana law enforcement agencies about the help they were receiving from outside agencies (glad they are there to help, not happy that the local agencies need the assistance, unhappy that local citizens may be being brusquely treated by those from outside agencies, tired as all get-out, etc.)...all understandable emotions, I expect.
The police chief of New Orleans was shown swearing in seventeen(?) cadets from their local academy who had not yet completed training but were being sworn in anyway due to the crisis...his final words to them (at least in the news piece) were something along the lines of a matter-of-fact "congratulations, now get back to work."
What a difficult situation for everyone there....
