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To: Turboe who wrote (37)	6/28/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: LT	Read Replies (1) of 10167

Not on a one to one basis anyway. The individual citizen can't sue the police (generally) for failing to protect them. This is founded in the legal theory that governmental agents are generally exempt from tort action and to a lesser degree criminal action (privelage) if they acted in good faith. The police responsibility is construed legally to extend to society in general rather than an individual person. To make the police legally liable for everyone's individual safety would open a huge civil can of worms, we'd be negotiating for years...... LT

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