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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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