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**44 AMP** · January 28, 2009, 03:22 AM

But the general rule is that the police have a duty to the general public, and not to any specific individual. You can't sue the police dept for failing to protect you. (you can, but it will go nowhere). Under certain conditions, you might have a case against individual police officers, but against the general dept, no.

January 28, 2009, 03:22 AM	#19
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,833	I can't cite cases, sorry... But the general rule is that the police have a duty to the general public, and not to any specific individual. You can't sue the police dept for failing to protect you. (you can, but it will go nowhere). Under certain conditions, you might have a case against individual police officers, but against the general dept, no. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.