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“We have the solutions,” City Council President Helena Moreno said. “We see them. The solutions are there. But … let's move. Let's move.”

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly 100 calls to report rapes this year have been quickly downgraded from emergency status, leaving survivors to wait hours for police — and, increasingly, to leave before officers arrive, a New Orleans newspaper and TV station report.

Lengthy waits are raising concerns among advocates about the emotional toll being taken on rape survivors.

“It’s worse than it’s been since we’ve had the ability to track it,” said crime analyst Jeff Asher. “And it’s much worse.”

Mayor LaToya Cantrell said that the city, "like the rest of the nation," is facing "a shortage of public safety personnel that includes police, fire, [and] EMS."

"At no time did an NOPD officer refuse assistance, fail to respond, or fail to take police action on a reported sexual assault," said Superintendent Shaun Ferguson .

In the 911 call, a witness said she saw a man raping an unconscious woman in plain view of the street corner in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

In the 911 call, a witness said she saw a man raping an unconscious woman in plain view of the street corner in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

A 18-year-old man is in custody following a shooting at the New Orleans Costco gas station that wounded a 1-year-old child.

OSS takes reports just like an officer would and sends it back to NOPD. They can take reports on the interstate as well.