2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 59 - Claims Against Public Entities
Section 59:5-5 - Failure to make arrest or retain person arrested in custody

Universal Citation:
NJ Rev Stat § 59:5-5 (2023)
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59:5-5. Failure to make arrest or retain person arrested in custody

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.

L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:5-5.

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