In what circumstances will the police fail to warn the public about an open culvert?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from B.M. v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2004 BCCA 402 (CanLII):
In O'Rourke, supra, the police failed to reduce the risk of an accident by neglecting to replace the sign warning of the open culvert. In Doe v. Metropolitan Toronto, supra, the police failed to reduce the risk of the sexual assault by not warning the plaintiff of the rapist.
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