Is there any case law where the arresting officer has been found liable for failing to follow his own instructions?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Myers v. Patterson, 819 F.3d 625 (2nd Cir. 2016):
and seeming knowledge. As the Seventh Circuit aptly noted, "Fear of personal liability if the [original direction or information] turns out to be erroneous would interfere with valuable institutions of law enforcement[, and g]iving the arresting officer immunity would shift the liability back to the person who issued the erroneous instructions ..., simultaneously protecting all of the interests involved." Gordon v. Degelmann, 29 F.3d 295, 300 (7th Cir.1994).
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