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.
Cal. Gov. Code § 846
Police and Correctional Activities
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 34 Cal. 3d 18 - Williams v. State of California (1983)
Most recently applied in 756 F. Supp. 2d 1243 - Lum v. County of San Joaquin (November 2010)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.