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TITLE 1. GENERAL 100-7931.000›DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 810-998.3›PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 814-895.8›CHAPTER 3. Police and Correctional Activities 844-846

§ 845

California Government Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a police department or otherwise to provide police protection service or, if police protection service is provided, for failure to provide sufficient police protection service.

A police department shall not fail to respond to a request for service via a burglar alarm system or an alarm company referral service solely on the basis that a permit from the city has not been obtained.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 547, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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