Does a police officer have a duty to prevent a pedestrian from running into a group of pedestrians?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Baker v. City of Los Angeles, 188 Cal.App.3d 902, 233 Cal.Rptr. 760 (Cal. App. 1986):
As a general rule, absent a special relation or circumstance, "one has no duty to control the conduct of another." (Peterson v. San Francisco [188 Cal.App.3d 907] Comm. College Dist. (1984) 36 Cal.3d 799, 845, 205 Cal.Rptr. 842, 685 P.2d 1193.) Respondent acknowledges that under ordinary circumstances appellant's police officers had no duty to prevent Marcus from injuring her.
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