SOCL 3371 Chapter : Notes 6
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Katrina on august 29, 2005 were largely unprepared and divided, say scharf and. The department had many good and competent officers but was still reeling from scandals and a pernicious organizational culture a decade earlier, in which police. Patrols at times commingled with illegal drug trade groups. Today the nopd faces a crisis of manpower, morale questions, increased murder rates and resurgence of questions about police integrity all legacies of hurricane katrina, say scharf and. The policing era: strategy of policing in this time period: With neither political power nor legal standing, blacks could hardly be expected to share in the spoils of the political era of policing. There were virtually no black police officers until well into the 20th century. Thus, police attention to, and protection for, areas populated primarily by racial minorities was rare during this era. (pg. The reform era: response to corruption, brutality, unfairness, and incompetence; model after hoover and the.
