pilotsmith
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
Police do not have a duty to protect. However, do they have a duty to enforce the law that when broken creates a basis for a civil suit for damages? For example, is there liability against the agency if a highway patrol vehicle is stopped on the freeway, and the officer observes a group of kids goofing off on the freeway shoulder, and doesn't take any action to get the youths off the freeway, and a youth later gets hit by a passing vehicle?
Police do not have a duty to protect. However, do they have a duty to enforce the law that when broken creates a basis for a civil suit for damages? For example, is there liability against the agency if a highway patrol vehicle is stopped on the freeway, and the officer observes a group of kids goofing off on the freeway shoulder, and doesn't take any action to get the youths off the freeway, and a youth later gets hit by a passing vehicle?