Los Angeles Riots

Crisis Management:

What kinds of prior preparation might have improved Los Angeles’s early response to the rioting?

How did responders establish a chain of command, both within their own organizations and across different organizations and professional groups? To what extent was this successful? In what ways did this fall short?

Reference:
Howitt, A. M., & Leonard, H. B. (2009). Managing crises: responses to large-scale emergencies. Washington, D.C: CQ Press.
Kapucu, N., & Özerdem, A. (2013). Managing emergencies and crises. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

I have provided The 1992 Los Angeles Riots from the book Howitt along with Chapters 9 and 10 from the book Kapucu.