Criminal
May 31, 2006
Officers Must Be Aware of Dangers They May Create
Focus Column - By Jennifer Addams - A new ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals makes qualified immunity a little harder to obtain in state-created danger doctrine cases.
A new ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals makes qualified immunity a little harder to obtain in state-created danger doctrine cases. The 9th Circuit ruled that a police officer was not entitled to qualified immunity in a case where he created the danger and subsequent act of violence that befell a woman and her family. Kennedy v. City of Ridgefield, 2006 D...
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