Mayor signs contract with company to assist with car accidents

NEW ORLEANS — Support is on the way for the New Orleans Police Department, which has been struggling with a manpower shortage. 

Mayor LaToya Cantrell signed a contract with a non-public firm, On Scene Solutions, that responds to site visitors accidents. 

Cantrell posted a online video on Instagram Thursday saying the arrangement. 

In accordance to OSS CEO, Ethan Cheramie, the contract was awarded to OSS all over November or December. 

“This contract has been a extensive time coming. Just about a 12 months or so,” Cheramie mentioned, “With the holidays and Mardi Gras, we lastly received this perfected earlier this 7 days with Mayor Cantrell.”  

Eyewitness Information questioned the Mayor’s Office why it is taken so lengthy to indicator the settlement, but we have been not presented an answer. 

The Mayor’s Place of work said in a assertion: 

“These products and services are a software and a pressure multiplier for our New Orleans Police Office and will provide civilian response to visitors accidents and other on the floor supportive expert services.

This will no cost up our law enforcement officers and help in acquiring the response that our people need in the event of a website traffic incident.

It is been a prolonged time coming, and we are excited to move this forward.”

On Scene Products and services started out as a pilot method nearly five several years back with two vehicles responding to website traffic accidents in Orleans Parish. 

“Most of the car or truck mishaps in New Orleans are minimal form mishaps devoid of really serious harm wherever a particular person is transported to the medical center. And which is likely to be our principal focus to help people today get in and out and on with their lives,” Cheramie claimed. 

In the coming thirty day period, they prepare to broaden to seven models doing work 7 times a week. 

In accordance to Cheramie, that would lower the NOPD’s connect with stress by 10,000 phone calls a 12 months, which equates to about 13 NOPD officers or 25,000 several hours saved. 

“We can absolutely free up that armed officer’s time to reply to a higher priority, violent type contact,” Cheramie claimed. 

Proper now, the responding agents are unarmed, retired NOPD officers who are capable to fill out accident stories. 

OSS is selecting any retired or reserve officers in the New Orleans place.

In accordance to Cheramie, OSS pays $30 dollars an hour, with possibilities to make extra. 

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