Nope:
Consider the consequences if citizens could successfully sue the police for failing to protect them. Could any city afford a police force? Who would become a police officer knowing that lawsuits would be filed against them daily? As outrageous as the Court’s decision might seem, it is eminently practical, for without it, there would be no police forces or fire departments.
This is a PJ media article by Mike McDaniel (who co-blogged with Bob Owens* at Confederate Yankee) where Mike goes through just a couple of the cases affirming that police and other emergency services have no duty to help you.
It's a point that is valid, and one that should come up every time an anti-gun politician says 'You don't need a gun, the police will protect you'. But the media won't ever bring it up because they believe the lie (and it is a lie). I'm not trying to impugn the police pisrofession, but it's just a fact.
That's one reason I enjoy the fact that I'm living in a rural area these days; the police understand that they can't be everywhere all the time, and so are much more understanding when a citizen takes care of things themselves (within reason, of course). And that's the way I like it!
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