NCJ Number
138988
Journal
Police Liability Review Volume: 4 Dated: (Fall 1992) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
V E Kappeler
Date Published
1992
Length
52 pages
Annotation
This publication summarizes recent Federal and State judicial decisions regarding the legal liability of police personnel and presents papers focusing on police agency liability for workplace safety and on the police duty to protect.
Abstract
The cases concern a detainee's suicide, qualified immunity in a mistaken drug raid, police shootings, false arrest, sex offenses by police personnel, search procedures, motor vehicle seizure, negligence regarding a missing person search, and arrest and detention based on mistaken identity. The analysis of liability for occupational safety noted that the United States Supreme Court held that failure to warn or train employees regarding a risk does not violate the right to due process. A discussion of the Milwaukee police decision to return a youth who was later murdered by Jeffrey Dahmer to Dahmer's custody despite the youth's injuries concludes that to avoid liability, police must handle every case alike, regardless of race, gender, or social class. Notes and case index