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

§ 846

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for injury caused by the failure to make an arrest or by the failure to retain an arrested person in custody.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

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