Reply #6: Legally, no. [View All]

[Xithras]

Warren v. District of Columbia. The police have no duty to respond to emergency calls or to protect citizens from harm. Many states (including my own home state of California) go even further, and have laws in place specifically removing any liability from police departments who fail to respond or protect. You can call them 50 times about a murderer being in your house, and there is no legal requirement that they respond. According to the federal judiciary, if that murderer kills you and your family sues, they won't even be entitled to any compensation, because the government is not liable for damages caused by third party criminal acts.