Appellants' claims

Appellants' claims of negligence included:

the dispatcher's failure to forward the 0623 call with the proper degree of urgency;

the responding officers' failure to follow standard police investigative procedures, specifically
their failure to check the rear entrance and position themselves properly near the doors and
windows to ascertain whether there was any activity inside;

the dispatcher's failure to dispatch the call received at 0642 hours.

By a 4-3 decision the court decided that Warren was not entitled to remedy at the bar despite
the demonstrable abuse and ineptitude on the part of the police because no special relationship
existed. The court stated that official police personnel and the government employing them owe
no duty to victims of criminal acts and thus are not liable for a failure to provide adequate police
protection unless a special relationship exists. The case was dismissed by the trial court for
failure to state a claim and the case never went to trial.[3]

DeShaney v. Winnebago County

Castle Rock v. Gonzales

References

^ Warren v. District of Columbia (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981) via gunrightsalert.com.

^ On 7 Jan 2012, Google Scholar listed about 212 opinions and legal articles that cited this case.

^ Caffrey, William (May 12, 2000). "Do You Have a Right to Police Protection?". Taking On Gun
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