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Task: Policy on Critical Tasks
Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978).
An agency may be liable for the unconstitutional conduct of their
employees but only when some policy or custom, rule or regulation
instituted by the law enforcement agency’s final policy maker has led
to a foreseeable violation of a federally protected right.
• An agency that fails to develop policy on critical tasks in law
enforcement may be found “deliberately indifferent” to the rights of
citizens that the agency serves.
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