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Task: Participation of Chief

Pembauer v. Cincinnati, 475 U.S. 469 (1986).

In cases where the final policy maker (the police chief in many

instances) is involved in a decision that impacts the rights of

individuals, agency liability may attach.

In cases where the chief of police is on the scene of some police

event and makes decisions that in some way causes a constitutional

injury, the agency may be liable based on this single event as if a

written policy in conformity with that decision was in place.

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