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Task: Duty to Protect
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Sinthasomphone v. Milwaukee, 785 F.Supp. 1343 (W.D. Wis. 1992).
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Although officers generally have no duty to protect citizens from 3
rd
party harm, an officer will be held to a duty where some affirmative

act of the officer has created the danger to the person or otherwise

enhanced the danger to that person.
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• Officers and Agencies may be liable for “state created dangers.”

• Officer’s conduct must have created or enhanced the danger in
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order for liability to attach.

• In many cases danger is enhanced by depriving the person of other

available assistance.
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