[mvpel]

Send your cousin a copy of Dial 911 And Die by Richard W. Stevens. It covers the police liability statutes in all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and in nearly all cases, the police have no legal duty to protect you except under certain very specific circumstances. And in those where they do, you or your heirs have to spend years in court to get them to own up to it.

[VOA]

Send your cousin a copy of Dial 911 And Die by Richard W. Stevens. It covers the police
liability statutes in all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and in nearly all cases,
the police have no legal duty to protect you except under certain very specific circumstances.

Thanks for the suggstion. I've just about gotten my cousin convinced that he
is more responsible for his immediate bodily safety than police ever will be.
It just took some time to convince him of this as he also has undergo conversion from
being a "subject" while growing up in Canada to being a "citizen" (and US Citizen) in Dallas.

I'm pro-cop...but stories like this one just give anti-police critics the ammo they need
to convince people that cops only spend their time at/driving between
KrispyKreme, Winchell, and Dunkin Donuts.