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WhiskeyGrinder

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Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #4)

Fri May 27, 2022, 01:52 PM

May 2022

No one can be compelled to provide aid unless there's a prior relationship (usually as in a doctor/patient or familial relationship). IIRC, there are a couple states that have laws that require a first responder to stop and try to help if they happen upon a scene off duty. It's just that the Supreme Court has found for cops specifically that they cannot be required to provide aid in a given situation.

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"It's like a fireman not going into a building because they might get burned," [View all] Ferrets are Cool May 2022 OP

Cops have no legal duty to protect anyone. None. It's important to remember. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #1

Their job is to protect capital n/t hibbing May 2022 #2

yep WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #3

Do firemen have a legal duty to go into burning homes? Did the firemen and women of 911 Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #4

. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #7

Thanks Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #10

Every Father I know would have gone in the school and pwb May 2022 #5

So would every mother. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #9

That off duty Border Patrol agent borrowed a shotgun from his barber and rushed to the scene. gldstwmn May 2022 #12

police training for such incidents iemanja May 2022 #6

Apparently surround and wait for SWAT was an old protocol from the last century. gldstwmn May 2022 #13

Or like healthcare workers Jilly_in_VA May 2022 #8

They will go in and save pets! This is an excellent analogy. gldstwmn May 2022 #11