New Orleans police chief Eddie Compass said last night: "We don't have any substantiated rapes. We will investigate if the individuals come forward."
This certainly doesn't give one the impression that the NOPD is out there actively trying to find out what happened, but rather that they are sitting back and waiting for witnesses to come to them.
As we already know from their abysmal conviction rate, in the past witnesses to crime in NO have been very reluctant to come forward out of fear. I would expect unless the NOPD makes active efforts to find witnesses, few if any will come forward as they are more concerned with their hour-by-hour existence. It also seems rather odd that the police chief limited his statement to rapes and did not address any other crimes.
I saw something like Louisiana has the worst penalties of any state for rape. Something like LWOP for first-degree rape. Seems to me if this is true, that's the crime that police would want most to catch.