Hurricane Katrina: reflecting history and forcing change in the New Orleans police department
When Hurricane Katrina flooded 80% of New Orleans in 2005, the city and its police department faced extreme challenges. As government on many levels failed to respond meaningfully for days on end to a compounding humanitarian crisis, a depleted, stressed New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) worked t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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Routledge international handbook of policing crises and emergencies
Year: 2025, Pages: 59-72 |
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| Summary: | When Hurricane Katrina flooded 80% of New Orleans in 2005, the city and its police department faced extreme challenges. As government on many levels failed to respond meaningfully for days on end to a compounding humanitarian crisis, a depleted, stressed New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) worked to respond to citywide crises in unprecedented circumstances. While Katrina was a cataclysmic event that would have overwhelmed any police agency, NOPD’s response came to be marked by corruption emblematic of its long-troubled history, despite valiant efforts by many officers during the storm. The exposure of NOPD’s problems led to a new, unprecedented force on the department to change in ways it never had: the most extensive court-ordered reform mandate in American policing history, requiring a nearly complete rebuild of the dysfunctional department. In the process, against all odds, NOPD went from being considered possibly the worst department in the country to a model of reform for other agencies facing crisis. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 71-72 |
| ISBN: | 9781032207872 |
