I was assaulted many years ago in a park I was working in. I wasn't in uniform at the time, and I screamed my head off. There were some people nearby (beyond some bleachers) who decided it must be a joke. That was unhelpful and I was quite traumatized. When he was spotted a couple of times more in the park my boss took matters into his own hands, and the next time his presence was reported, he followed him, flagged down a cop, and the guy was arrested. He was 14-years-old. Buy the time he was arrested he had gone from simple assault (grabbing and struggling and verbally threatening a weapon but not showing it) to actually using a weapon and committing sexual assault.

It took a long time to get over it, and chances are he was not punished in any way that took him off of the streets or actually got him any help.