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New Orleans 911 callers getting recorded message asking them to hold

Local musician David Symons was walking home from a gig at about midnight Saturday when he tried to alert police to a possible crime in progress near Elysian Fields and Claiborne Avenue. “I saw someone apparently breaking into a truck, so I called 9-1-1,” Symons said. The answer he got was alarming. Instead of a person, he got a voice message. “We are experiencing a high volume of calls and a call taker will answer your call at any moment,” the automated voice stated. “If you have a non-emergency request, hang up and dial 504-821-2222." When moments became minutes, Symons said he followed the suggestion on the recording. He called the other number, which is the New Orleans Police Department’s non-emergency line. But when he called that number, he was led to yet another voice message. “It was the same story,” Symons said. “It was a recording and waiting on hold, so I eventually I decided to just let nature run its course.” The Orleans Parish Communications District, which handles all 9-1-1 calls, acknowledged that this past weekend was especially busy and that some calls rolled over to the voice message. MORE: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/in...