I read a post where someone said that the police are not obligated to protect you. Can anyone refer me to a ruling/court decision on that?
Police were sent to the address; they drove down the street and down the alley. Seeing no disturbance and hearing no noise, they left the area and continued their patrol.
I've never seen a policeman on patrol or even a deputy patrolling the neighborhood in the last 4 years.
Those are the kind of officer's and departments that give some a bad opinion of the rest of us.
I simply cannot get it through my head how an officer could get a call like that to a SPECIFIC ADDRESS and just do a ride by.
The police aren't obligated to protect you. Nor should they be. The only person responsible for your protection is you. It's a beautiful thing.I read a post where someone said that the police are not obligated to protect you. Can anyone refer me to a ruling/court decision on that?
The police aren't obligated to protect you. Nor should they be. The only person responsible for your protection is you. It's a beautiful thing.
Here, if you call 911, they will knock on your door and talk to you before leaving. Driving by is negligent, I think.An intruder broke into a second-floor apartment and raped the resident woman. He then went to the kitchen and she phoned the police from her bedroom, describing her problem.
The rapist returned. Police were sent to the address; they drove down the street and down the alley. Seeing no disturbance and hearing no noise, they left the area and continued their patrol.
She sued; she lost. Vaguely, my memory has it that the court held that the police could not be expected to do more than they did when there was an absence of any visible/audible problem.
That is the taxpayer's dilemma. The people who pay NO taxes get ALL the attention, and the people who pay virtually ALL the taxes get no police protection.I've never seen a policeman on patrol or even a deputy patrolling the neighborhood in the last 4 years.
The police aren't obligated to protect you. Nor should they be. The only person responsible for your protection is you. It's a beautiful thing.