| Description |
xii, 259 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The scope and impact of police civil liability -- The incidence of civil suit -- Police fear of litigation -- Frivolous lawsuits -- The cost of civil liability -- The benefit of civil liability -- The process of civil litigation -- Summary -- 2. The fundamentals of state tort law -- Police liability and state tort law -- Historical barriers and defenses to police liability -- Summary -- 3. The fundamentals of federal liability law -- The Civil Rights Act of 1871 -- Municipal liability under Section 1983 -- Administrative negligence and deliberate indifference -- Municipal liability for failure to train -- Defenses to Section 1983 lawsuits -- Summary -- 4. Civil liability for police use of excessive force -- Excessive, deadly, and nondeadly force --State and federal claims -- Federal standards governing the use of deadly force --Standards governing the use of nondeadly force -- Liability for indirect excessive force -- Failure to intervene -- Summary -- 5. Police civil liability for high-risk drug enforcement operations -- Search and seizure law in drug operations -- Drug detection and probable cause -- Summary -- 6. Police liability for failure to protect : abandoning citizens in dangerous places and situations -- Governmental liability for third-party criminal victimization -- Abandoning vehicle occupants and qualified immunity -- Assurances of police protection -- Case analysis -- The future of federal third-party liability cases -- Summary -- 7. Police civil liability for negligent pursuits -- Statutory immunities -- Negligence principles and police pursuit -- Defenses to negligent operation -- Summary -- 8. Police civil liability for failure to arrest intoxicated drivers -- Barriers to liability -- The public duty doctrine -- Special relationship -- Summary -- 9. The liability of traffic officers : negligence at accident scenes -- The duty to warn and protect -- The duty to render assistance -- The duty to investigate accidents -- The duty to secure accident scenes -- Summary -- 10. Police liability for failure to prevent detainee suicide -- The framework of negligence litigation -- The special duty of care -- Police conduct and breach of duty -- Defenses to detainee suicide -- Summary -- 11. Shifting conceptions of police civil liability and law enforcement -- Legal assumptions and police civil liability -- Police innovation and liability -- Implications for the future police executive |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index |
| Subject |
Tort liability of police -- United States
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| LC no. |
2007278580 |
| ISBN |
1577664418 |
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9781577664413 |
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