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In a time when the New Orleans Police Department is grossly understaffed and overtaxed, a new study has found that the majority of 911 calls received in the city are for non-criminal situations that don’t require a police presence at all.
In an analysis of publicly available 911 data, the Vera Institute of Justice – a nonpartisan group comprised of hundreds of researchers and advocates – found that over 61 percent of 911 calls in New Orleans are for non-criminal situations. This indicates that city residents are relying on police response to situations that present no imminent public safety risk, and have little to do with crime…
