CJE-3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Third Enforcement Act, Civil War Era In Norway, Intentional Tort
15 Apr 2016
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Policy guidelines are necessary to prevent unariculated improvisaion . In other words, whenever speciic direcives are absent, the acions of individual oicers amount to policy enactment. Policy guidelines may cover operaional areas that fall outside the criminal law and court review. Having guidelines already in place makes for smoother management when oicers confront issues regarding each of these situaions as they unfold in the ield. The courts don"t always assume a proacive or a leadership stance. Finally, agencies may incur greater civil liability whenever a irm policy is not in place. Today, the courts would look at such a guideline, along with the absence of any appropriate training as an unwarranted deliberate indiference by the organizaion and view the oicers acions with askance. The supreme court has ruled that the lack of a writen policy does not insulate an agency from subsequent liability.
