Critical Issues in Police Civil Liability

by Kappeler, Victor E.

• ISBN13: 9781577661863
• ISBN10: 1577661869
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
The Scope and Impact of Police Civil Liability	1	(16)
The Incidence of Civil Suit	3	(2)
Police Fear of Litigation	5	(3)
The Cost of Civil Liability	8	(3)
The Benefit of Civil Liability	11	(1)
The Process of Civil Litigation	12	(2)
Summary	14	(3)
The Fundamentals of State Tort Law	17	(18)
Police Liability and State Tort Law	17	(11)
Historical Barriers and Defenses to Police Liability	28	(5)
Summary	33	(2)
The Fundamentals of Federal Liability Law	35	(30)
The Civil Rights Act of 1871	35	(10)
Municipal Liability under Section 1983	45	(7)
Administrative Negligence and Deliberate Indifference	52	(2)
Municipal Liability for Failure to Train	54	(6)
Defenses to Section 1983 Lawsuits	60	(4)
Summary	64	(1)
Civil Liability for Police Use of Excessive Force	65	(16)
Excessive, Deadly, and Nondeadly Force	66	(1)
State and Federal Claims	67	(4)
Federal Standards Governing the Use of Deadly Force	71	(5)
Standards Governing the Use of Nondeadly Force	76	(2)
Liability for Indirect Excessive Force	78	(2)
Summary	80	(1)
Police Civil Liability for High-Risk Drug Enforcement Operations	81	(26)
Search and Seizure Law in Drug Operations	82	(16)
Drug Detection and Probable Cause	98	(7)
Summary	105	(2)
Police Liability for Abandoning Citizens in Dangerous Places and Situations	107	(14)
Governmental Liability for Third-Party Criminal Victimization	108	(2)
Abandoning Vehicle Occupants and Qualified Immunity	110	(3)
Abandoning Children and Severity of Injury	113	(2)
Abandoning Assault Victims and Knowledge of Impending Victimization	115	(2)
Case Analysis	117	(2)
Summary	119	(2)
Legal Issues in Police Negligent Operation of Vehicles in Emergency Situations	121	(16)
Statutory Immunities	122	(3)
Negligence Principles and Police Pursuit	125	(9)
Defenses to Negligent Operation	134	(1)
Summary	135	(2)
Police Civil Liability for Failure to Arrest Intoxicated Drivers	137	(18)
Traditional Barriers to Liability	138	(6)
The Public Duty Doctrine	144	(4)
Special Relationship	148	(5)
Summary	153	(2)
The Liability of Traffic Officers: Negligence at Accident Scenes	155	(16)
The Duty to Warn and Protect	155	(5)
The Duty to Render Assistance	160	(3)
The Duty to Investigate Accidents	163	(3)
The Duty to Secure Accident Scenes	166	(2)
Summary	168	(3)
Police Liability for Failure to Prevent Detainee Suicide	171	(18)
The Framework of Negligence Litigation	172	(1)
The Special Duty of Care	173	(5)
Police Conduct and Breach of Duty	178	(8)
Defenses to Detainee Suicide	186	(1)
Summary	187	(2)
Shifting Conceptions of Police Civil Liability and Law Enforcement	189	(14)
Legal Assumptions and Police Civil Liability	190	(9)
Implications for the Future Police Executive	199	(4)
References	203	(4)
Cases	207	(8)
Index	215