Strategic Management Model of Policing After Natural Disasters (with an emphasis on floods)

The occurrence of natural disasters poses a significant challenge to the police in maintaining order and security. Once the missions of emergency organizations and responsible institutions in rescue operations are completed, the police's efforts should focus on taking actions that facilitate the normalization of the affected areas. Therefore, this research aims to answer the question of how the strategic management pattern of law enforcement after natural disasters (with an emphasis on floods) is implemented by the police, while achieving the components and indicators of post-flood crisis management. This research is primarily practical in terms of its objective and orientation. The study population consists of experts, managers, and crisis management specialists in the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the National Crisis Management Organization. Purposive judgmental sampling was used to select the sample, and semi-structured interviews were employed to collect the data. In this method, after conducting fifteen interviews, the main and sub factors were repeated in the interviews until saturation was reached. The collected qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The main and sub codes obtained from the interviews with experts indicate that a total of 49 indicators were derived from the extracted data through the synthesis of interviews. Ultimately, these indicators were identified and classified into 9 components and 3 principles (final investigation, recovery, and post-event actions) for post-flood law enforcement management. Implementing the designed pattern in three dimensions of "recovery, final investigation, and post-event actions" in flood-related incidents leads to the establishment of order and security, which forms the basis for the continued activities of responsible organizations in crisis management. The police can emerge as an influential organization with a vital and effective role in post-disaster management.