Is a police officer obligated to a member of the public to provide a level of protection?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Williams v. City of Bakersfield, Case No.: 1:14-cv-001955 - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2017):
imposed duty providing otherwise, a police officer owes no duty to a member of the public unless that "officer voluntarily assumes a duty to provide a particular level of protection, and then fails to do so, or . . . undertakes affirmative acts that increase the risk of harm to [that member of the public]." Zelig v. County of Los Angeles, 27 Cal. 4th 1112, 1129 (citations omitted).
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