{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-845","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 845","heading":"","body":"Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a police department or otherwise to provide police protection service or, if police protection service is provided, for failure to provide sufficient police protection service.\nA police department shall not fail to respond to a request for service via a burglar alarm system or an alarm company referral service solely on the basis that a permit from the city has not been obtained.","path":["Government Code - GOV","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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"22d9e6998cdcab6b6cd143501d6866a72d412005ddd6d63ed9d3e07ae132ff4e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-844.6","next":"us-ca/gov-845.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}