VERY SAD CASE OF A WOMAN THAT SUDDENLY FIGURES OUT THAT GOV WILL NOT PROTECT HER
Deputy constable suspended after viral 911 call reporting French Quarter rape
"At no time did an NOPD officer refuse assistance, fail to respond, or fail to take p…
VERY SAD CASE OF A WOMAN THAT SUDDENLY FIGURES OUT THAT GOV WILL NOT PROTECT HER
Deputy constable suspended after viral 911 call reporting French Quarter rape
"At no time did an NOPD officer refuse assistance, fail to respond, or fail to take police action on a reported sexual assault," Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said.
A New Orleans deputy constable has been suspended after a 911 call went viral in which a woman said an officer refused to stop a rape in progress in the French Quarter.
The New Orleans Police Department had opened an internal investigation into an unusual 911 call about a rape in plain sight at the corner of Toulouse and Royal streets on July 26. In the call, a witness said she flagged down an officer a block away from the ongoing sexual assault, and that officer failed to respond to the passed out victim.
The incident drew national attention Tuesday after The Lens obtained a recording of the five minute 911 call.
In a news conference addressing outrage because of the 911 call, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said the woman was not speaking with an NOPD officer, but rather a deputy constable from the Orleans Parish Second District Court.
On Thursday that a deputy was suspended indefinitely without pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation. That unnamed deputy is a law enforcement officer with 30 years of experience, Shorty said, and at the time of the alleged rape he was working a security detail for a movie being shot in the French Quarter.
Shorty did not say where the deputy constable worked previously over his 30-year police career, but added that deputy came forward after seeing news reports and volunteered Wednesday that he was the officer near the scene.
Shorty said the veteran officer’s admission does not mitigate his actions, which the elected constable said would be thoroughly investigated.
“We all have a duty, whether we’re NOPD or a deputy constable, to instill the public’s confidence in..
