Sentence examples for police liability from inspiring English sources

At present, some insurers write "first-dollar" (i.e., no-deductible) police liability policies for small municipalities.

In 2008, the House of Lords, in a case not unlike that of Akhtar, ruled that there was no police liability if they failed to prevent such violent offences.

Police liability coverage traditionally has been written on an occurrence basis, meaning it indemnifies acts taken during the policy period, regardless of when a suit is filed, even if it's long into the future.

This may partly explain why we hear so little about police liability insurance — because academics and the media tend to focus their attention on policing in places like New York and Chicago.

But no one had really said much of anything about police liability insurance.

A: Regulators might decide to require deductibles in all police liability policies because they think it is in the public's best interest for the city to keep some skin in the game.

This will be discussed in the context of police civil liability under Title 42, United States Code, Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act.

18 March 2009 At the High Court in London, Metropolitan police admits liability for the 2003 assault on Ahmad and pays him £60,000 damages.

The Supreme Court agreed today to resolve an important and longstanding dispute over how to assess police officers' liability in suits for damages over the use of excessive force.

Although we are urged to consider the merits of the Court of Appeals' holding, we are unable to do so, because this suit does not now present a live "case or controversy". This suit was brought to determine the police officers' liability for the death of appellee's son.

The judicially-created doctrine of qualified immunity has effectively insulated police from liability for Fourth Amendment violations and ensured that victims bear the burden of their own injuries.