No Requirement for Police to Protect Individuals: Looking for Cite

[DrjonesUSA]

Government Code 845 The concept is "sovereign immunity". See link.

(Thanks to tombinghamthegreat - I had both PC and GC open at the same time, and originally wrote 845 was part of Penal Code.)

So it appears I was mistaken in my prior post.

Can you please help us understand? Is this a Federal code, state, or what?

What govt entities does this code apply to?

[Librarian]

So it appears I was mistaken in my prior post.

Can you please help us understand? Is this a Federal code, state, or what?

What govt entities does this code apply to?

California - see http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html

811.2. "Public entity" includes the State, the Regents of the
University of California, a county, city, district, public authority,
public agency, and any other political subdivision or public
corporation in the State.


811.4. "Public employee" means an employee of a public entity.

[ldivinag]

The last riots in Los Angeles. LAPD cited that as to why they couldn't help those that were being shot at, looted, and burned down...

exactly...

no need for references.

i recently watched a NAT GEO show on the la riots where they interviewed the head dude of LAPD at the normandie intersection and his decision to pull everyone out.

his reasons were that his officers were not prepared with tools to handle the situation...

of course they also interviewed chief gates on his view on the outcome...

they both disagreed with each other.