Law & Disorder: NOPD and Katrina
Watch the PBS Frontline documentary Law & Disorder https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/law-disorder/, and read this Atlantic article https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/katrina-blew-the-lid-off-the-nopd/402814/ discussing how the New Orleans Police Department was filled with corruption and had to evolve into a reformed police department following a DOJ investigation. More detailed information regarding the consent decree has been published HERE https://www.nola.gov/nopd/nopd-consent-decree/. [If you want to read the documentary transcript, click HERE https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/law-disorder/etc/script.html .]
While you are watching the documentary and reading the article, think about the following questions:
• How do you feel about the issues presented?
• What do you agree or disagree with?
• Can you identify with the situation?
• Are you for or against the issue(s) presented?
• Do you have something to add about the reality of the issue(s)?
• How do you evaluate the situation/outcome in general?
Discuss the following questions and items in your reaction and analysis to the documentary and article in your essay. Include material (with in-text citations and references) from the textbook, the Atlantic article provided above, outside scholarly sources, and specific examples from the documentary in your analysis.
You may also incorporate your responses to the above questions in your discussion.
1) What were the underlying issues presented?
2) What was revealed about consent decrees, accountability, transparency, and oversight for police departments?
3) From a criminal justice perspective, what surprised you most?
4) What could we realistically do/have done (if anything) for victims and families?
5) What has happened to the officers since? In the end, was justice served? If so, how and if not, why?
6) How can other police departments in need of reform adopt tactics used to reform NOPD, especially in the wake of hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma, Florence, and Michael?
7) What role can recruitment, selection, training, and education of police officers play in preventing these situations?
8) What does recent scholarly research suggest regarding the issues in the documentary, Atlantic article, and items addressed below?
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