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In Canada, police have a statutory and common law duty to
investigate crime. The duty is owed to the public generally and not
specific individuals, including victims of crime. Claims advanced
by victims tend to fail for lack of proximity and policy reasons,
including the need to ensure police discretion can be exercised
solely to advance the public interest and not out of fear of civil
liability:
Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional
Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41. Despite the
presumption police are immune to civil liability arising from how
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