Our research topics are important in analyzing disaster law. However, we tried to discover what changes are needed in disaster law based on the problems observed from Hurricane Katrina.
After looking into my research area (police actions during Hurricane Katrina), I realized that there were several important factors to take into account when a Natural Disaster is clearly insight. First, the general welfare of the people must be taken into account as the primary goal. That is when preventative measures are utilized by local, state and national governments, people are first, not property preservation. Second, general citizens are not the population of disaster victims taking advantage of property theft. Rather, in areas like New Orleans where the police are notorious for corruption, it is the local police that take advantage of natural disasters by property theft. Third, property loss should be the last worry to law enforcement. Rather, law enforcement ought to prevent trauma by saving lives through immediate rescue. This is particularly important when the government, as in Hurricane Katrina, knew that a catostrophic event was likley to occur and tens of thousands would suffer.
In sum, the government, in the height of the information age, ought to be better prepared to ease the harms caused from major natural disasters.
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