Does the police have a duty to take care of the vehicle of an arrestee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Mcmanus, No. 2008045539, No. B219205 (Cal. App. 2010):
Even independent of statute, the police have a nonstatutory duty to take care of the property of arrestees which includes their vehicles. (People v. Scigliano, supra, 196 Cal.App.3d at p. 29.)
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