{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-59-5-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 59:5-5","heading":"Failure to make arrest or retain person arrested in custody","body":"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.\nL.1972, c. 45, s. 59:5-5.","path":["TITLE 59 CLAIMS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"05748af510eb278fa88aee19cfa205a3141028fc25e1d70394dda2d4e22c9747","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-59-5-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-59-5-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}