police not being responsible for the protection of individuals.

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IM looking for a thread/post that had a ruling about the police not being responsible for the protection of individuals.

I am hoping someone will have a link or such to it. I have tried searching but I guess IM not putting in the correct key words.

 

[joab]

See if this helps
or this one



A publicly maintained police force constitutes a basic governmental service provided to benefit the community at large by promoting public peace, safety and good order. The extent and quality of police protection afforded to the community necessarily depends upon the availability of public resources and upon legislative or administrative determinations concerning allocation of those resources. Riss v. City of New York, supra. The public, through its representative officials, recruits, trains, maintains and disciplines its police force and determines the manner in which personnel are deployed. At any given time, publicly furnished police protection may accrue to the personal benefit of individual citizens, but at all times the needs and interests of the community at large predominate. Private resources and needs have little direct effect upon the nature of police services provided to the public. Accordingly, courts have without exception concluded that when a municipality or other governmental entity undertakes to furnish police service,it assumes a duty only to the public at large and not to individual members of the community E.g., Trautman v. City of Stamford, 32 Conn. Sup. 258, 350 A.2d 782 (1975); Henderson v. City of St. Petersburg

 

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Thanks